YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES

Created on 19/03/2015
Latest update on 02/02/2017

Artist: Dorothy Pay
Author: Clyde Otis/Murray Stein
Label: Mercury
Year: 1958

N°1 R&B & top 5 US. See also: Smooth Operator.

Covers:

1960:

Dinah Washington & Brook Benton [as Baby (You've Got What It Takes) n°1 R&B, top 5 US]

1962:

Bruce Channel

1962:

George Jones & Margie Singleton

1965:

Jerry Lee Lewis

1968:

Peaches & Herb

1970:

Supremes & Four Tops

1971:

Charlie Louvin & Melba Montgomery

1979:

Asleep At The Wheel

1985:

Jerry Lee Lewis & Linda Gail Lewis

1991:

Diane Schuur

1994:

Michelle Willson

1999:

Tyrone Davis

2000:

Van Morrison & Linda Gail Lewis

2002:

James Brown

2009:

Michael Bublé [with Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings]

2009:

Nicole & Hugo [as Jij Bent Het Helemaal]

2015:

Buddy Guy [with Joss Stone]

Not to be confused with You Got What It Takes (see there).

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