"Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" | ||||
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Single by Dinah Washington and Brook Benton | ||||
from the album The Two of Us | ||||
B-side | "I Do" | |||
Released | January 1960 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 2:42 | |||
Label | Mercury Records: AMT 1083 | |||
Writer(s) | Clyde Otis, Murray Stein, Brook Benton | |||
Producer(s) | Clyde Otis | |||
Dinah Washington and Brook Benton singles chronology | ||||
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"Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" is a 1960 song written by Clyde Otis, Murray Stein and Brook Benton. It was originally recorded as a duet by Dinah Washington and Brook Benton. In their first collaboration, the single was very successful on both the pop and R&B charts. "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" reached #5 the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Hot R&B sides chart for ten weeks, becoming one of the most successful R&B singles of the 1960s.
The single, with the song title styled "BABY (You've Got What It Takes)", included orchestra arranged and conducted by Belford Hendricks.