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Baby (You've Got What It Takes) Not to be confused with You Got What It Takes by Marv Johnson. 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.
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When It Comes To You  (3:51) Related Tags. Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits came up with this song, but was never able to record it to his satisfaction. While doing recording session work in Nashville, he showed the song to John Anderson, mentioning that he thought it might work as a country song. Knopfler plays guitar on the track.
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Elton John John Lennon – Whatever Gets You Thru The Night! Credited to “John Lennon with the Plastic Ono Nuclear Band,” this. track was recorded with Elton John (who at the time was the biggest star in the. world). This would be John’s first #1 single, making him the last of the Beatles. (solo) to have a number one song. The song’s composition was heavily.
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- Come And Get It by Badfinger. Paul McCartney wrote this for the 1969 movie The Magic Christian, starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr. This was Badfinger's first hit single. They were one of the first groups to sign with Apple Records, which is The Beatles' label.
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- Ruby%2C Don%27t Take Your Love to Town by Kenny Rogers Songfacts. 1  Mel Tillis wrote this song. 2  Tillis changed the war in the song to the Korean War, and left out the life ending: the man killed her in a murder-suicide. 3  This was originally recorded by Johnny Darrell, whose version was a Country hit in 1967.
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Give It Away (Red Hot Chili Peppers song) Guitarist John Frusciante and bassist Flea wrote much of Give It Away during jam sessions in the early 1990s. Following the Chili Peppers' tour in support of Mother's Milk (1989), the duo spent time in a side project called H.A.T.E. with members of Fishbone.
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Show Me What You Got  Show Me What You Got  is a single by rap artist Jay-Z from his album Kingdom Come.he voice sample yelling Show 'em whatcha got is Flava Flav 's from the aforementioned Public Enemy track. In addition to the samples, live instrumentation was performed on the track by a collective of artists known as 1500 or Nothin'.
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Now and Forever (Richard Marx song) Now and Forever. (1994) Now and Forever is a 1994 song (see 1994 in music) written, produced and performed by American rock singer-songwriter Richard Marx. The song was also used in 1994 film The Getaway starring Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin and directed by Roger Donaldson.
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Chris Brown Music video by Cinderella performing Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone). (C) 1988 The Island Def Jam Music Group. 1  Music. 2  Standard YouTube License.
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- (1984) Take Me with U. Take Me with U is a song by Prince and The Revolution, and the final US single released from their album, Purple Rain. It is a pop song notable for the drum solo and finger cymbals that open the song and repeat again toward the end.
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Hey Joe The Byrds included a recording of the song, titled Hey Joe (Where You Gonna Go), on their 1966 album, Fifth Dimension. The lead vocalist on The Byrds' version was David Crosby, who was instrumental in bringing the song to the group and in popularising the song within the larger L.A. music community.
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- Pharrell Williams. The producer testified that never in the songwriting process did Got To Give It Up or Gaye's influential recordings enter his head. Pharrell Williams testified in a single phrase to what he thinks Blurred Lines shares with the Marvin Gaye song it's said to copy: Feel.
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- His heart is never gonna wither. Come on, everybody, time to deliver refers to actor River Phoenix, who was a good friend of RHCP guitarist John Frusciante. After River's death, the Peppers wrote the tribute song to him, Transcending. (thanks, Bert-Pueblo, NM). Anthony Kiedis sings Give It Away 68 times in this song. (thanks, Colton-Puyallup, WA). Weird Al Yankovic parodied this song.
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Got to Give It Up Got to Give It Up. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  Got to Give It Up  is a song by American music artist Marvin Gaye. Written by the singer and produced by Art Stewart as a response to a request from Gaye's record label that he perform disco music, it was released in March of 1977.hroughout 1976, Marvin Gaye's popularity was still at a high in America and abroad, but the singer struggled throughout the year due to pending lawsuits from former band mates. Divorce court proceedings between Gaye and first wife Anna Gordy had put a strain on him.
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- Although her blonde dreadlocks and earthy vocals made her a rarity among most Idol contenders, Bowersox quickly became an audience favorite, breezing through each round of the competition with performances of “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” “Me and Bobby McGee,” and other rootsy songs.
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- Now and Forever. Single by Richard Marx. Now and Forever is a 1994 song (see 1994 in music) written, produced and performed by American rock singer-songwriter Richard Marx. The song was also used in 1994 film The Getaway starring Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin and directed by Roger Donaldson.
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Got to Get You Into My Life  (2:30) Related Tags. Got to Get You into My Life is a song by The Beatles on the album Revolver. It was released as a single in the US in 1976, a decade after its initial release and six years after The Beatles split up. This was the single that was released as a promo for the Rock 'n' Roll Music compilation album.
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Mavis Staples sings from her heart The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There (1972) by DetroitLives313 on YouTube. Mason asked, “How did it feel when you suddenly broke mainstream?” “You know, it felt good,” she replied. “We were finally being heard.” Mavis’ distinctive voice continues to attract all-star collaborators.
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- Whatever Gets You Thru The Night by John Lennon Songfacts. 1  Elton John sang backing vocals and also played piano on this. He famously wagered Lennon that this song would become a #1 hit. 2  This hit the top of the US charts, but it fell fast. It spent just 3 weeks in the Top-10 before dropping from 2-16 in November 1974.
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- Country singer Johnny PayCheck is seen in this undated file photo. PayCheck, the hard-drinking hell-raiser best known for his 1977 working man's anthem Take This Job and Shove It, died Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2003 in Nashville, Tenn.
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- Johnny Paycheck: Take This Job And Shove It ‎ (LP, Album) Epic, Epic: S EPC 82857, EPC 82857: UK: 1977: Sell This Version
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- Let's Rock. (1959) Money (That's What I Want) is a song written by Tamla founder Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford that became the first hit record for Gordy's Motown enterprise. The song was recorded in 1959 by Barrett Strong for the Tamla label, distributed nationally on Anna Records.
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Shake a Tail Feather Other notable artists who have recorded the song include Ike & Tina Turner (as re-created in the film What's Love Got to Do with It), Mitch Ryder, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Tommy James and the Shondells, and The Romantics.
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I'll Take You There A 1991 cover version by BeBe & CeCe Winans, with Mavis Staples featured as a guest artist, made it to number one on the R&B chart, and also made No. 90 on the Hot 100. In 1994, the British band General Public released a cover of I'll Take You There which peaked at No. 22 on Hot 100.
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Take My Breath Away Take My Breath Away is a song written by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock for the film Top Gun, performed by the band Berlin. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 1986. 1 Recording.
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How Lobbying Works Thanks to unscrupulous figures like Jack Abramoff, who admitted spending $1 million a year on tickets to sporting events and concerts for congressmen and their staffers, we equate the word lobbyist with corruption [source: Stahl]. On the surface, there appears to be a simple solution to the corrupting influence of lobbyists: make lobbying illegal. But not only would that be disastrous for the American political and legislative process, it would also be unconstitutional.