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(They Long To Be) Close To You – Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager
Personnel:
Written By: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
Vocals: Jerry Butler
Vocals: Brenda Lee Eager
Guitar, Mandolin, Harmonica: Robert Bowles
Bass: Wayne Douglass
Organ: Sonny Burke
Producer: Samuel F. Brown III
Record Label: Mercury
Lyrics:
Releases
Original Release: Jerry Butler (ft. Brenda Lee Eager) – (They Long To Be) Close To You/You Can’t Always Tell
Original Release Date: 1972
Additional Releases:
1972 – The Spice Of Life
1992 – Iceman: The Mercury Years
Soundtrack Appearances:
1973 – Save The Children
Covers:
1963 – Richard Chamberlain (Original)
1964 – Dionne Warwick
1967 – Dusty Springfield
1970 – Andy Williams
1970 – B.J. Thomas
1970 – Boots Randolph
1970 – The Carpenters
1970 – Diana Ross
1970 – Gabor Szabo
1970 – Johnny Mathis
1970 – Josie And The Pussycats
1970 – Lawrence Welk
1970 – Monty Alexander
1970 – Nancy Wilson
1970 – Perry Como
1970 – Ray Conniff
1971 – Burt Bacharach
1971 – Eddy Arnold
1971 – Bobby Woman
1971 – Frank Sinatra
1971 – Isaac Hayes
1973 – Young-Holt Unlimited
1975 – B.T. Express
1983 – Circle Jerks
1986 – Gwen Guthrie
1993 – Ethyl Meatplow
1994 – Cranberries
1997 – McCoy Tyner
1998 – Barenaked Ladies
2000 – Thunder
2002 – Petula Clark
2003 – Bunny Sigler
2003 – Ronald Isley
2003 – Tamia (ft. Gerald Levert)
2004 – Paul Weller
2004 – Tuck & Patti
2005 – Herb Alpert
2005 – Rick Astley
2006 – Jody Watley
2007 – Barry Manilow
2009 – Harry Connick, Jr.
2013 – Marshall Crenshaw
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