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``Make Your Own Kind of Music'' is a pop song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, first recorded in 1968 by the New York City-based trio the Will-O-Bees (Janet Blossom, Steven Porter, and Robert Merchanthouse), who regularly performed Mann/Weil compositions. After Cass Elliot had a hit in the summer of 1969 with Mann/Weil's ``It's Getting Better'', she recorded ``Make Your Own Kind of Music'' as the follow-up single, and her album Bubblegum, Lemonade, and... Something for Mama was re-released as ``Make Your Own Kind Of Music/It's Getting Better,'' the title cut having been added to the original track listing. However, Elliot's ``Make Your Own Kind of Music'' single only reached No. 36. The similar chart impact of the follow-up single, another Mann/Weil composition entitled ``New World Coming,'' which reached No. 42, signaled Elliot's challenges in maintaining a profile as a current hitmaker, as the 1960s turned into the 1970s. The Cass Elliot track is in the key of E major.
Make Your Own Kind of Music (song)