| "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" | ||||
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 Japanese release picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by Dinah Washington and Brook Benton | ||||
| from the album The Two of Us | ||||
| B-side | "I Do" | |||
| Released | January 1960 | |||
| Recorded | August 1959 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 2:42 | |||
| Label | Mercury Records: AMT 1083 | |||
| Songwriters | Clyde Otis, Murray Stein | |||
| Producer | Clyde Otis | |||
| Dinah Washington and Brook Benton singles chronology | ||||
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| Dinah Washington singles chronology | ||||
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| Brook Benton singles chronology | ||||
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"Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" is a 1950s song written by Clyde Otis and Murray Stein.
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Originally titled "You've Got What It Takes",the song was first recorded by Brook Benton's sister, [1] Dorothy Pay,in 1958,as the B-side of her single "Strollin' with My Baby" on Mercury 71277. [2] [3]
In August 1959,Brook Benton partnered with Dinah Washington to record the song as "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)". Their version,released in January 1960,was hugely successful on both the pop and R&B charts,reaching No.5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No.1 on the Hot R&B sides chart for ten weeks, [4] becoming one of the most successful R&B singles of the 1960s. The song was also featured on their 1960 duet album,The Two of Us. [5]
Piano was by Joe Zawinul and Belford Hendricks was the arranger and conductor. [6]
