Take Good Care of My Baby

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"Take Good Care of My Baby" is a classic early-1960s pop song, famously recorded by Bobby Vee, that became a major hit and exemplifies the Brill Building sound.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
associatedWithLocation Brill Building, New York City
composer Carole King
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
famousRecordingBy Bobby Vee
genre Brill Building pop
pop
hasAudience mainstream pop listeners
hasCulturalStatus oldies radio staple
pop standard
hasEra early 1960s
hasForm verse-chorus structure
hasHook repeated title phrase in chorus
hasInstrumentation backing vocals
orchestral pop arrangement
rhythm section
hasMood melodic
pleading
romantic
hasStyle Brill Building sound
early 1960s pop
hasSubjectPronoun first-person narrator
hasTempo medium tempo
intendedMarket teen pop market
isClassicOf Brill Building pop repertoire
early 1960s pop music
language English
lyricist Gerry Goffin
mainTheme plea to new boyfriend
romantic relationship
narrativePerspective addressed to new caretaker of ex-girlfriend
notableFor being a major hit for Bobby Vee
commercial chart success
exemplifying the Brill Building sound
originallyPopularizedBy Bobby Vee
partOf Brill Building pop
surface form: Brill Building era of pop songwriting
performer Bobby Vee
publicationDecade 1960s
recordedBy Bobby Vee
vocalist Bobby Vee
writer Carole King

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Gerry Goffin notableWork Take Good Care of My Baby
The Living Room Tour hasTrack Take Good Care of My Baby
this entity surface form: Medley: Take Good Care of My Baby / It Might as Well Rain Until September / Go Away Little Girl / I'm Into Something Good / One Fine Day
Gerald Goffin notableWork Take Good Care of My Baby
The Essential Carole King hasTrack Take Good Care of My Baby