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To listen to a song clip, click any song title that has a speaker icon. In 1968 she split with Scott, moved to Georgia, won a new contract with Capitol Records and had another hit in 1969 with "Don't Touch Me" (#14 R&B, #38 Hot 100).
In 1972 she transferred to Atlantic Records and had a couple of minor hits with "Victim of a Foolish Heart" (later revived by Joss Stone), and Merle Haggard’s "Today I Started Loving You Again".

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 made #21 on the Billboard Hot 100. She continued to record until the mid-1970s, but with little commercial success. The following year, she launched her music career, changing her name to Bettye Swann.

Her many hits, which continued on the R&B charts through 1976, also included "The Boy Next Door" (1974, not to be confused with the same-named 1963 hit by The Secrets) and "Storybook Children" (1976, duet with Sam Dees).

After giving her last public performance in 1980, the year her husband and manager, George Barton, passed away, Swann retired from the music business.

Her last public performance was in 1980, the year her husband and manager, George Barton, died.

Swann later changed her name to Betty Barton, began working as a teacher in the Las Vegas area, and became a Jehovah's Witness. She continued to record until the mid-1970s, but with little commercial success. She is now retired and, according to a 2005 interview, suffers from a degenerative spinal condition.

Although some sources state that Swann 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.

In 1964, Swann started a solo singing career, changing her name to Bettye Swann at the prompting of local DJ Al Scott, who became her manager.

After leaving Money Records she lived for a short time in Athens, Georgia. Born Betty Jean Champion in Shreveport, Louisiana, she grew up in Arcadia and moved to Los Angeles in 1963. She landed her first contract with Money Records soon after and, in 1967, released her debut album on that label, "Make Me Yours."

Bettye Swann debuted on both the R&B and Pop/Rock charts in 1965 with the self-penned "Don't Wait Too Long." Her fame took off in 1967 with another self-penned song, "Make Me Yours," which topped the R&B charts and became a Top 40 Pop/Rock hit.

She is now retired and, according to a 2005 interview, suffers from a degenerative spinal condition.

In 2015, multiple elements from Swann's 1974 recording "Kiss My Love Goodbye" were sampled in the Galantis single "Peanut Butter Jelly".

Discography

Albums

• 1967: Make Me Yours (Money)
• 1969: The Soul View Now (Capitol) - R&B #48
• 1969: Don't You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me (Capitol)
• 1990: Sweet Dreams (Capitol)
• 2001: The Money Recordings (Kent)
• 2004: Bettye Swann (Astralwerks/Honest Jon's)
• 2014: The Complete Atlantic Recordings) (Rhino)
• 2015: The Very Best of Bettye Swann (Kent)