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"Make Me Yours" is a 1967 song written by Bettye Swann (Betty Jean Champion) and produced by Arthur Wright, which became a crossover hit for the Louisiana-born Swann. The single went to number one on the Billboard "Hot R&B" chart for two weeks in July 1967 and also peaked at number twenty-one on the pop singles chart.

Chart positions

Other versions

The song has been recorded by several artists:

• Z.Z. Hill recorded it as an album cut for his 1967 release, A Whole Lot of Soul
• In 1968, Mary Wells, covered it on her album, Servin' Up Some Soul
• Ann Peebles on 1969 album, This is Ann Peebles
• In 1979, Denise LaSalle covered as part of a medley with ""Precious, Precious" and "Trapped by a Thing Called Love", on her album, Unwrapped
• In 1979, Jackie Moore released it as single, peaking at #72 on the US, R&B chart
• Motown group, High Inergy for their 1980 album Hold On from which it was the sole single release peaking at #68 R&B.
• Vaneese Thomas on her Soul Sister Vol 1 CD in 2009
• Syleena Johnson on herRebirth of Soul CD in 2017.

References

1. White, Adam; Bronson, Fred (1993). The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits. Billboard Books:Watson-Guptill Publications, New York. p. 33.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 560.
3. "Make Me Yours (Song by Jackie Moore) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts".
4. "Make Me Yours (Song by High Inergy) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts".
5. "Cover versions of Make Me Yours written by Bettye Swann | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.

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