Bettye Swann Black
Release date:
May 24, 2024
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180 gram audiophile black vinyl. Soul artist Bettye Swann was born in Shreveport, USA on October 24, 1944, and spent her first nineteen years in Louisiana. After the contract expired, she signed to Capitol Records and teamed up with producer Wayne Shuler and recorded a R&B version of Hank Cochran's country song "Don't Touch Me". On this comprehensive self-titled double album, compiled by Mark Ainley, classic songs such as "Tell Me Like It Is", "Stand By Your Man", "(My Heart Is) Closed For The Season", "Willie & Laura Mae Jones" plus eighteen heartfelt soul songs showcase Bettye's unique voice.
Tracklist:
- 1. Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)?
- 2. (My Heart Is) Closed for the Season
- 3. I'm Lonely for You
- 4. Don't Touch Me
- 5. Little Things Mean a Lot
- 6. Cover Me
- 7. Just Because You Can't Be Mine
- 8. Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
- 9. Sweet Dreams
- 10. You're Up to Your Same Old Tricks Again
- 11. No Faith No Love
- 12. Ain't That Peculiar
- 13. Don't Let It Happen to Us
- 14. Today I Started Loving You Again
- 15. Words
- 16. These Arms of Minde
- 17. Tell It Like It Is
- 18. Stand By Your Man
- 19. Chained & Bound
- 20. Willie & Laura Mae Jones
- 21. Angel of the Morning
- 22. Traces
