MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF

Created on 21/05/2002
Latest update on 02/03/2024

Artist: Jerry Butler
Author: Burt Bacharach/Hal David
Label: Vee-Jay
Year: 1962

The Isley Brothers were supposed to cut this track first. But they messed with the lyrics (turning it into Are You Lonely By Yourself as heard on Ace cd Shout And Twist With Rudolph, Ronald & O'Kelly). When Burt Bacharach found out, he objected. With twenty minutes of studio time left, The Isleys recorded Twist And Shout, changing course and securing their destiny.

Covers:

1963:

Dionne Warwick [on her first album; she'd demo-ed this song and secretly expected her version would be put out first; her first reaction towards the authors when she found out she came second: Don't make me over!]

1964:

Little Anthony & The Imperials

1964:

Burt Bacharach [author; album title track]

1964:

Claude François [as N'essaie pas de me mentir]

1965:

Walker Brothers [n°1 UK]

1966:

Cilla Black

1977:

Cissy Houston

1984:

Ron Banks

1997:

Divine Comedy

1999:

Günther Neefs

2021:

Trijntje Oosterhuis

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