Sweets for My Sweet (album)

Sweets for My Sweet is a 1969 album by American recording soul/gospel female group Sweet Inspirations released on Atlantic Records.^[1] The album features the groups cover of "Crying in the Rain" which peaked to #42 on Billboards Hot Soul Singles. The song was originally recorded by The Everly Brothers and reached #6 on Billboards Hot 100 chart.

Other tracks included are covers of Marvin Gayes' hit "Chained" and The Drifters' "Sweets for My Sweet". Following the album's release, 'Sweet Inspirations' lead singer Cissy Houston left the group to pursue a solo career. Houston released several albums, and also supported daughter Whitney Houston through out her music career.

Track listing

Side A

"But You Know I Love You" - 2:34
- Written by Mike Settle
"Chained" - 2:15
- Written by Frank Wilson
"It's Not Easy" - 3:06
- Written by Mann & Weil
"Get a Little Order" - 2:05
- Written by Emily Houston, Sylvia Shemwell
"Don't Go" - 2:14
- Written by Ashford & Simpson, Jo Armstead
"It's All Worth It" - 2:58
- Written by Wayne Jackson

Side B

"Sweets for My Sweet" - 2:39
- Written by Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman
"Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday" - 2:29
- Written by Booker T. Jones, William Bell
"Let Me Be Lonely" - 3:54
- Written by Hal David-Burt Bacharach
"Crying in the Rain" - 2:26
- Written by Carol King, Howard Greenfield
"Always David" - 3:26
- Written by Eddie Hinton

Credits

Producer: Tom Dowd
Supervised: Jerry Wexler

Charts

Singles

Year	Title	Chart	Peak position^[2]
1969	"Crying in the Rain"	Hot Soul Singles	42

References

↑ Allmusic - Sweets for my Sweet
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 556.

External links

Sweet Inspirations: Sweets for my Sweet

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