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The A Side:
Don’t Make Me Over (The KING-dom Come Mix) 7:20
Don’t Make Me Over (Radio) 3:54
The B Side:
Falling In Love (Club Mix) 5:52
Falling In Love (Radio) 4:00
The Brief:
Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote “Don’t Make Me Over” for Dionne Warwick. The song was released as the b-side to Dionne’s first single that was released in 1962. Despite that, the song caught on and entered the Billboard charts in December 1962 where it would eventually rise to #21 pop and #5 R&B. It was the first of more than 56 singles that Dionne placed on the Billboard Hot 100 during her career.
In 1989 Sybil Lynch teamed up with producers James Bratton and Dolores Drewry to record a cover of the tune. Sybil’s version actually outperformed Dionne’s by charting higher on the both the pop and R&B charts. It also reached #19 on the UK Singles Chart.
The Billboard Charts:
| Chart | Debuted | Debut Pos. | Peak Pos. | Wks on Chart |
| Hot 100 | 9/23/89 | 79 | 20 | 23 |
| Hot Black Singles | 7/29/89 | 2 | 25 | |
| Hot Dance/Disco | 8/12/89 | 4 | 13 |
The Source:
Label: Next Plateau Records Inc.
Catalog#: NP50107
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 1/3 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1989
The Equipment:
Technics SL-1200MK2 Turntable
Audio Technica AT440MLa Phono Cartridge
Yamaha RX-Z1 A/V Receiver
Sony PCM-R300 DAT Deck
Turtle Beach Catalina sound card
Mustek Scan Express A3 1200 Scanner
Spin Clean Record Washer MKII
The Software:
Cool Edit Pro
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006
Microsoft ICE
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Covers seldom trumps the original.
But this one did.
Great post, Richie!
Excellent combination of the Bacharach/David sound with the Soul II Soul beat.
One of my favourites from 1989, and her Walk On By followup also just as amazing!
Thanks Ric
hey bro…how are you…thank for the sybil….hope you can do me a favor…do you still have walk on by and crazy 4u -sybil…hope you can post it…thanks
I do have Walk On By, not the other one. Hope you enjoy
Her cover of “I Wanna Be Where You Are” (Michael Jackson song) was great.
hey bro…when i extract the single why only come out the side a a the 1st one? the rest of it cant extract…just to tell you…thanks…
finally i download twice…thanks bro