SiriusXM '60s Gold playlist

Bettye Swann, born Betty Jean Champion in Shreveport, Louisiana, wrote Make Me Yours and had a number-one R&B hit and #21 pop hit with the song in July 1967. It was not on the list – until now. The background singers are Bettye Swann, who did a lot of overdubbing.

 
Bettye Swann released 21 singles. She had six consecutive top-40 R&B hits, 1965-73, including the number one Make Me Yours. On the Hot 100, she had only two top-40 hits: Make Me Yours got to #27 and a remake of Jeannie Seely's 1966 country hit Don't Touch Me reached #38. In May 1969, Swann released a remake of Merrilee Rush's 1968 hit Angel Of The Morning. Juice Newton had a hit in 1981 with a version of the song – but Swann's version never charted.

 
I think we can add James Brown & The Famous Flames' Think to the list. In fact, I know we can. Think was written by 5 Royales guitarist Lowman Pauling and was originally a #9 R&B hit for the 5 Royales in October 1957. (Pauling also co-wrote Dedicated To The One I Love.) Brown's remake of Think got to #7 on Billboard's R&B chart in July 1960 and reached #33 on the Hot 100. In 1973, Brown had a #15 R&B hit and #77 pop hit with a new version of the song.

 
"Here I come, workin' on the list. I get the funniest looks 'cause there's another song I missed." We can add The Girl I Knew Somewhere, the B-side of the Monkees' A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You. This was written by Michael Nesmith and peaked at #39 on the April 15 1967 Hot 100.

 
Percy Faith's Theme From A Summer Place, written by Max Steiner, was number one for nine weeks in February-March-April 1960. The Lettermen's vocal version, with lyrics written by Mack Discant, peaked at #15 on the August 7 1965 Billboard Hot 100 – and it is not on the list. Until now. At least I'm adding the song in summer. That is a small consolation.

 
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