<Table> <Tr> <Td> "It's Getting Better" (1969) </Td> <Td> "Make Your Own Kind of Music" (1969) </Td> <Td> "New World Coming" (1970) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "It's Getting Better" (1969) </Td> <Td> "Make Your Own Kind of Music" (1969) </Td> <Td> "New World Coming" (1970) </Td> </Tr> <P> "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 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Chart (1969) </Th> <Th> Peak position </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Australia KMR </Td> <Td> 72 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canada RPM Top Singles </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canada RPM Adult Contemporary </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> US Billboard Hot 100 </Td> <Td> 36 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> US Billboard Adult Contemporary </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> US Cash Box Top 100 </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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