Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes)

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"Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes)" is a popular 1960 R&B duet recording by Dinah Washington and Brook Benton that became one of Washington’s best-known crossover hits.

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instanceOf single
song
basedOnEarlierRecordingBy Brook Benton NERFINISHED
chartPerformance Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit
Billboard R&B chart hit
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre R&B
soul
hasBside I Do NERFINISHED
hasCallAndResponseStructure true
hasEarlierTitleVariant You’ve Got What It Takes NERFINISHED
hasMusicalStyle vocal duet
hasNotableVersionBy Dinah Washington and Brook Benton NERFINISHED
hasTempo medium tempo
hasTheme romantic relationship
isAmongBestKnownSongsOf Dinah Washington NERFINISHED
isCrossoverHitOf Dinah Washington NERFINISHED
language English
leadVocalist Brook Benton NERFINISHED
Dinah Washington NERFINISHED
originalReleaseYear 1960
performer Brook Benton NERFINISHED
Dinah Washington NERFINISHED
producer Clyde Otis NERFINISHED
recordingYear 1959
recordLabel Mercury Records
songwriter Brook Benton NERFINISHED
Clyde Otis NERFINISHED
Murray Stein NERFINISHED
vocalType duet

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Dinah Washington notableWork Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes)