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Dec 3, 2016

Marv Johnson - You Got What It Takes on Complete Sixties (1960)

Marv Johnson - You Got What It Takes on Complete Sixties (1960)
"You Got What It Takes" is a 1959 single by Marv Johnson. In the US it reached #2 on the Black Singles chart, and #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 early in 1960. In the UK Singles Chart it reached a high of #7. The original recording of You Got What It Takes was by Bobby Parker on Vee-Jay 279 in 1958. Parker claims to have written the song, but later cover recordings credit Berry Gordy, Gwen Gordy, Billy Davis, and sometimes Marv Johnson.



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1 comment:

  1. Great record, I also love The Dave Clark Five's brassy version 7 1/2 years later.

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