Billy Swan - I Just Want To Taste Your Wine • TopPop

William Lance Swan (born May 12, 1942) is an American country singer-songwriter, best known for his 1974 single, “I Can Help“. Swan was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. As a child, he learned drums, piano and guitar, and began writing songs. His first big break was in 1962 when Clyde McPhatter recorded “Lover Please“, a song written by Swan when he was in a local band called Mirt Mirly & the Rhythm Steppers who had first recorded the song on Bill Black’s Louis label Billy moved to Nashville in 1972 and cut his first album, “Rock on With Rhythm“ which included the track, “Lover Please“. “I Can Help“ was recorded in 1974 at Young’un sound in Murfreesboro, TN. It was a rockabilly number that topped the Billboard Hot 100 as well as the US and Canadian country charts in 1974, also becoming a hit in many other countries. “Just Want to Taste Your Wine“ was recorded with The Jordanaires and reached #45 in the US Country Charts in 1976.