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Bettye Swann (born Betty Jean Champion, 24 October 1944, Shreveport,
Louisiana) is an American soul music singer, best known for her 1967 hit
song ?Make Me Yours.?
Career She grew up in Arcadia, Louisiana, one of 14 children, and moved to
Los Angeles, California in 1963. Although some sources state that she was
in a vocal group known as The Fawns who recorded for Money Records in 1964,
she has refuted this, saying that she sang with a trio in Arcadia by that
name.http://www.lasvegascitylife.com/articles/2005/03/03/cover_story/cover.txt
In 1964 she started a solo singing career, as Bettye Swann, at the
prompting of local DJ Al Scott, who became her manager. After a minor hit
with the self-penned "Don?t Wait Too Long," her big breakthrough came with
"Make Me Yours," which topped the Billboard R&B charts in July 1967, and
also made #21 on the Billboard Hot 100
