Billy Swan (above, on the cover of Cash Box, December 14, 1974) was born May 12, 1942, Cape Girardeau, Missouri..
One of rock’s more interesting fringe characters, Billy Swan had been in the music business for more than a decade before he landed a surprise No. 1 neo-rockabilly hit in 1974 with I Can Help. His composition Lover Please was a hit for Clyde McPhatter in the early 60’s, and he spent the rest of the decade a a combination roadie, engineer’s assistant, and songwriter, penning material for Conway Twitty, Waylon Jennings and Mel Tillis.... (Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide to Country).
Song below is from his first album on Monument Records issued in 1974.
Note: I posted 14 years ago here the first version of Lover Please by The Rhythm Steppers before the song was a hit for Clyde McPhatter
Cape Girardeau is in Missouri.
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