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Old Heads: What You Know About This 60's Soul Singer? Ms.Bettye Swann
She came hard with this album "Make Me Yours". I personaly never heard of her untill somebody suggested 2 me earlier 2day to check her out. Her voice moves me to tearjerking eyes, and thats only from the amazon samples that I'm hearing right now. Wow what a beautiful voice!!! | |
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i see her CD anthology a lot at the wrecka stows in my neighborhood. i'd like to hear what she's like. | |
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I'm aware of her from the hit tunes i've heard on the radio in the past. Unique voice.
Not that you need to be told this, but compare her version of Victim of a Foolish Heart to Joss Stone's to see the difference between a woman and a girl's interpretation. tA  Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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theAudience said: I'm aware of her from the hit tunes i've heard on the radio in the past. Unique voice.
Not that you need to be told this, but compare her version of Victim of a Foolish Heart to Joss Stone's to see the difference between a woman and a girl's interpretation. tA Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm Thats true! She was young when she started out(just finished reading her allmusic bio) but she possesses a deep maturity, experience and pain in her voice. I need to buy this self-titled album. So far, what I heard worth every damn penny: 
Review by Tim Sendra If Bettye Swann is remembered by anyone other than soul obsessives, it is for her chart-topping hit "Make Me Yours" from 1967. Hopefully, this collection will open a few ears to the low-key, genre-bending singer who blended the full-bodied gritty sound of Southern soul and the smooth sheen of soul from the urban North. It covers the years 1968 to 1970, after she left Money Records and set up shop with Capitol and producer Wayne Shuler. The union did not provide any hits, but the body of work is quite impressive. Swann was equally adept at slinky, sassy uptown soul like "(My Heart Is) Closed for the Season," "Cover Me," and "You're Up to Your Old Tricks Again" as well as down-home, heartbroken ballads like "Little Things Mean a Lot," the bluesy "Don't Touch Me," and Otis Redding's "These Arms of Mine," but also unique blends of styles like her Baroque soul take on the Bee Gees' "Words" and her countrified funk version of Marvin Gaye's "Ain't It Peculiar." In fact, she often dipped into country music for material and came up with some impressive songs like her aching version of Patsy Cline's "Sweet Dreams," which comes darn close to the original in the heartbreak stakes. Her takes on "Stand By Your Man" and "Angel of the Morning" are beautiful and soulful reinterpretations, too. Unfortunately, her duet with Buck Owens on "Today I Started Loving You Again" remains in the vault, but her solo version was released and is quite wonderful. Bettye Swann certainly deserves to be discovered; this disc is packed with original, soulful, and exciting music from beginning to end. Credit to Honest Jons for putting it out. First Candi Staton, now Bettye Swann — first-class collections from a label that is doing things right. | |
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