"Make Me Yours" is a 1967 song written by

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(Betty Jean Champion) and produced by Arthur Wright, which became a crossover hit for the

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-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.

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Other versions

The song has been recorded by several artists: *

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recorded it as an album cut for his 1967 release, ''A Whole Lot of Soul'' *In 1968,

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, covered it on her album, ''Servin' Up Some Soul'' *

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on 1969 album, ''This is Ann Peebles'' *In 1979,

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covered as part of a medley with ""Precious, Precious" and "

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", on her album, ''Unwrapped'' *In 1979, Jackie Moore released it as single, peaking at #72 on the US, R&B chart *

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group,

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for their 1980 album ''

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'' from which it was the sole single release peaking at #68 R&B. *

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on her ''Soul Sister Vol 1'' CD in 2009 *

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on her''Rebirth of Soul'' CD in 2017.

References

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