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‘Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes)’: Brook Benton & Dinah Washington’s Dream Duet

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2 years ago

January 25, 2022

It got on January 25, 1960 that a desire duet made its very first mark. “Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes)” got in the Billboard R&B graph on that particular day for among the warm brand-new male vocalists of the age and also a women singer that had actually been preferred given that World War II. Creek Benton and also Dinah Washington’s cooperation covered the graph on February 8 and also would certainly continue to be up for 8 weeks. It additionally got to No.5 on the pop countdown.

Since Brook and also Dinah, there’ve been plenty of covers of the track, consisting of one by Jerry Lee Lewis with his sis Linda Gail Lewis, and also an additional much more just recently by Michael Bublé, that did it on his multi-million-selling Crazy Love cd of 2009. However in very early 1960 the track, composed by Benton with Clyde Otis and also Murray Stein, was a brand-new feeling, flaunting the triggering interaction in between the 35-year-old Washington and also Benton, 6 years her junior.

“Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes)” came from the duo’s album The Two Of Us, which featured them both together and also solo. In no time at all, Benton and also Washington were back in the singles chart with another Top 10 hit from it, “A Rockin’ Good Way (To Mess Around And Fall In Love),” Sadly, within three years, Dinah died after an overdose of alcohol and pills.

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Smooth-voiced soul charmer Benton had made his first, modest impression on the national charts in 1958 with “A Million Miles From Nowhere.” But he hit the big time the following year with one of his career landmarks, “It’s Just A Matter Of Time.” Washington came to prominence singing with Lionel Hampton’s band from 1943-45, then had hits in the first half of the 1950s, when she was known as the Queen of the Juke Boxes, such as “I Wanna Be Loved” and “Teach Me Tonight.” In 1959, she hit the US Top 10 with her version of “What A Diff’rence A Day Makes.”

Buy or stream “Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes)” on the original Brook Benton/Dinah Washington cd The Two Of United States.

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I. Jordan Shares New Songs: Listen

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2 years ago

June 21, 2022

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” Always Been” and also “First Time Back” mark the manufacturer’s very first solo songs because the launch of their 2021 Watch Out! EP

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Enjoy Bob Dylan Sing “Happy Birthday” for Brian Wilson’s 80th

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2 years ago

June 20, 2022

A video clip commemorating the epic Beach Boys songwriter’s 80th birthday celebration additionally includes Fleet Foxes, Elton John, She & & Him, Questlove, Chuck D, John Cusack, and also extra

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Jonas Brothers, Lenny Kravitz Among 2023 Hollywood Walk Of Fame Inductees

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2 years ago

June 20, 2022

Jonas Brothers, Lenny Kravitz as well as Pentatonix are amongst the songs acts that will certainly get a celebrity on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023.

” We can not wait to commemorate them as they enter into Hollywood’s background with the introduction of their celebrity on the globe’s most popular sidewalk,” stated chair as well as iHeartRadio host Ellen K, in a declaration.

Jonas Brothers as well as Kravitz are being sworn in right into the Walk Of Fame in the Recording classification together with Marc Anthony, Sheila E, Blake Shelton, Charlie Wilson as well as executive Irving Azoff. Vocalist Jenni Rivera is readied to be recognized posthumously.

Pentatonix, together with pianist Lang Lang as well as vocalist Melba Moore, will certainly be contributed to the Walk of Fame in the Live Theater/Performance classification as well as rap artist Ludacris is amongst those being inducted in the Motion Pictures classification.

Hollywood Walk of Fame conscripts are picked by a panel of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce from thousands of entries accepted by the candidates or their reps. The guest of honor should consent to go to an introduction event within 2 years– generally timed to accompany promo of a brand-new task.

Canada’s Avril Lavigne is amongst the heavyweights obtaining a celebrity on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this year.

The 36-year-old Ontario citizen is just one of 8 songs acts whose names are being contributed to the popular visitor destination in 2022. Obtaining celebrities are

Black Eyed Peas, George E. Clinton Jr., Ashanti, DJ Khaled, Motown celebrity Martha Reeves as well as Los Huracanes Del Norte. Rap Artist Nipsey Hussle is likewise readied to be recognized posthumously. Lavigne will certainly sign up with various other Canadian songs musicians on the Hollywood Walk of Fame consisting of

Bryan Adams

, Michael Bublé, Céline Dion, Shania Twain, David Foster as well as Paul Anka. She has actually not yet been sworn in to Canada’s Walk of Fame. In itself, the Hollywood Walk Of Fame is a preferred visitor destination, efficient in drawing in an approximated 10 million yearly site visitors annually. Listen to the most effective of Jonas Brothers on

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