Bettye Swann

Betty Jean Champion

Discography of Bettye Swann:

#	Dwnld	Release title	Total tracks	Type	Imprint date	Label
1		Bettye Swann	22	Track list	2004	Capitol Records
2		Rythm & Blues	2	Track list	1967	CBS
3		I Think I'm Falling In Love / Don't Take My Mind	2	Track list	1967	Money Records (2)
4		Make Me Yours	2	Track list	1967-04-00	Money Records (2)
5		(My Heart Is) Closed For The Season	2	Track list	1968	Capitol Records
6		Fall In Love With Me / The Heartache Is Gone	2	Track list	1974	Abet
7		Bettye Swann	22	Track list	2004	Honest Jon's Records
8		Fall In Love With Me / Lonely Love	2	Track list	1967	Money Records (2)
9		Bettye Swann	22	Track list	2004	Honest Jon's Records
10		Kiss My Love Goodbye / I'm So Happy	2	Track list		Atlantic
11		Victim Of A Foolish Heart / Cold Day (In Hell)	2	Track list	1972	Atlantic
12		Storybook Children	2	Track list	1975	Atlantic
13		Till I Get It Right / Yours Until Tomorrow	2	Track list	1973	Atlantic
14		Today I Started Loving You Again / I'd Rather Go Blind	2	Track list	1972	Atlantic
15		Make Me Yours / I Will Not Cry	2	Track list	1974-12-00	Contempo-Raries
16		Make Me Yours	12	Track list	1993	Collectables
17		Storybook Children	2	Track list	1975	Big Tree Records
18		The Money Recordings	24	Track list	2001	Kent Records
19		Time To Say Goodbye	2	Track list	1974	Atlantic
20		Victim Of A Foolish Heart / Cold Day (In Hell)	2	Track list	1972	Atlantic
21		(My Heart Is) Closed For The Season	2	Track list	1968	Capitol Records
22		Fall In Love With Me / The Heartache Is Gone	2	Track list	1974	Abet
23		Angel Of The Morning / No Faith No Love	2	Track list	1969	Capitol Records
24		(My Heart Is) Closed For The Season / Don't Touch Me	2	Track list	1968	Capitol Records
25		Victim Of A Foolish Heart / Cold Day (In Hell)	2	Track list	1972	Atlantic
26		Nobody But Me / The Dance Is Over	4	Track list	2006	Kent Select
27		Today I Started Loving You Again	4	Track list		Atlantic
28		All The Way In Or All The Way Out	2	Track list	1975	Atlantic
29		Heading In The Right Direction	2	Track list	1976	Atlantic
30		Storybook Children / Just As Sure	2	Track list	1975	Big Tree Records
31		Tell It Like It Is	17	Track list	1986	Stateside
32		Make Me Yours	2	Track list	1972	Abet
33		Make Me Yours / Fall In Love With Me	2	Track list		Hi-Oldies Records
34		I'm Just Living A Lie	2	Track list		Fame (3)
35		Don't Look Back / You Gave Me Love	2	Track list	1967	Money Records (2)
36		I Want Sunday Back Again / Kiss My Love Goodbye	2	Track list	2012	Go Ahead Records (3)
37		Little Things Mean A Lot	2	Track list		Capitol Records
38		I Think 'M Falling In Love / Don't Take My Mind	2	Track list	1967	Money Records (2)
39		Till I Get It Right (Mono/Stereo)	2	Track list	1973	Atlantic
40		Today I Started Loving You Again / I'd Rather Go Blind	2	Track list	1972	Atlantic
41		Bettye Swann	22	Track list	2004	Astralwerks
42		Bettye Swann	22	Track list	2004	Capitol Records
43		Make Me Yours	12	Track list	1973	Abet
44		Make Me Yours / Here I Stand	2	Track list	1980	Collectables
45		(My Heart Is) Closed For The Season / Don't Touch Me	2	Track list	1968	Capitol Records
46		Victim Of A Foolish Heart / Cold Day (In Hell)	2	Track list	1972	Atlantic
47		Don't Wait Too Long / I Can't Stop Loving You	2	Track list	1973	Abet
48		Make Me Yours	12	Track list	1967	Money Records (2)
49		Today I Started Loving You Again / I'd Rather Go Blind	2	Track list	1973	Atlantic
50		Make Me Yours	2	Track list	1967	CBS
51		Kiss My Love Goodbye / Loving You Is Mellow	2	Track list	2003-10-13
52		I'm Lonely For You	2	Track list	1968	Capitol Records
53		Victim Of A Foolish Heart / Cold Day (In Hell)	2	Track list	1972	Atlantic
54		The Complete Atlantic Recordings	23	Track list	2014-01-07	Real Gone Music
55		Fall In Love With Me	2	Track list	1974	Abet
56		Fall In Love With Me	2	Track list	1967	Money Records (2)
57		Time To Say Goodbye	2	Track list	1974	Atlantic
58		Don't Wait Too Long / What Is My Life Coming To	2	Track list		Hi-Oldies Records

Best known for her 1967 R&B chart-topper "Make Me Yours," Southern soul chanteuse Bettye Swann was born Betty Jean Champion in Shreveport, Louisiana on October 24, 1944. She first surfaced during the early 1960s as a member of the Fawns before mounting a solo career in 1964 with the Carolyn Franklin-penned "Don't Wait Too Long," the first of a series of Arthur Wright-produced singles for the independent Los Angeles label Money. "The Man That Said No" and "The Heartache Is Gone" followed in 1965, and two years later, Swann returned with the gorgeous "Make Me Yours," which also served as the title for her first full-length LP. 1967 saw the release of three more Money singles -- "Fall in Love With Me," "Don't Look Back," and "I Think I'm Falling in Love" -- while the next year heralded a leap to major label Capitol for "My Heart Is Closed for the Season." The follow-up, "Don't Touch Me," was the first single released from Swann's second long-player, The Soul View Now; Don't You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me? followed in 1969, highlighted by the minor hit "Little Things Mean a Lot." After a one-off single for Fame, 1971's "I'm Just Living a Lie," Swann landed at Atlantic; her label debut, "Victim of a Foolish Heart," cracked the R&B Top 20 in 1972, and was revived over three decades later by blue-eyed soul upstart Joss Stone. Her next Atlantic effort, "I'd Rather Go Blind," was notable in large part for its B-side, a reading of Merle Haggard's "Today I Started Loving You Again," that proved Swann a superb interpreter of country-soul -- 1973's "Yours Until Tomorrow" was backed by another Nashville cover, this time Tammy Wynette's "Til I Get It Right." In 1974, she made a return to the lower rungs of the Billboard Hot 100 with "The Boy Next Door" -- the flip side, "Kiss My Love Goodbye," found Swann operating firmly in Philly soul territory, its slick, urbane production courtesy of the Young Professionals team of LeBaron Taylor, Phil Hurtt, and Tony Bell. With 1975's "All the Way In or All the Way Out" she again enjoyed minor chart success, but subsequent recording sessions are undocumented, and Swann eventually faded from sight.

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