| "Make It Easy on Yourself" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Jerry Butler | ||||
| from the album Need to Belong & Other Great Performances | ||||
| B-side | "It's Too Late" | |||
| Released | June 1962[1] | |||
| Recorded | Spring 1962[citation needed] | |||
| Genre | Pop, easy listening | |||
| Length | 2:30 | |||
| Label | Vee-Jay | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Burt Bacharach, Hal David[2] | |||
| Producer(s) | Calvin Carter | |||
| Jerry Butler singles chronology | ||||
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"Make It Easy on Yourself" is a popular song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David which was initially a 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.
- ^ "Spotlight Singles of the Week". Billboard. June 16, 1962. p. 21.
- ^ Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 96. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.