Make It Easy on Yourself
1962 single by Jerry Butler
"Make It Easy on Yourself" is a popular song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David which was initially a top 20 Pop and R&B hit for Jerry Butler in 1962. The best-known version is the 1965 recording by the Walker Brothers, for whom it was a No. 1 UK and Canadian hit. Dionne Warwick, who made a demo of the song in early 1962, later had a hit with it in 1970.
Jerry Butler
Chicago-based Vee-Jay Records head A&R man, Calvin Carter, brought back "Make It Easy on Yourself" from a trip to New York City where he scouted song publishers. Carter played the demo, featuring Dionne Warwick's vocal, for Vee-Jay artist Jerry Butler who commented: "Man, it's a great song, and the girl who's singing it, and the arrangement, is a hit." When Carter explained that Florence Greenberg, the owner of Scepter Records, who had recently signed Warwick, was not interested in "Make It Easy on Yourself", Butler recalled being "ecstatic" and, wanting the same arrangement featured on the demo, flew to New York City to record the song in a session overseen by Burt Bacharach, although Bacharach's official credit was limited to arranger. "Make It Easy on Yourself" was released in June 1962 and reached No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 that August, and No. 18 on the R&B chart.
The single was released in New Zealand on the Allied International label.
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