Baby (You've Got What It Takes) has a guitar riff (which begins at 8 seconds in the song), which is very similar to the Wurlitzer piano riff at the start of What'd I Say - Part I and Part II
The opening electric piano in the song was the first John Lennon had ever heard, and he tried to replicate it with his guitar. Lennon later credited Charles' opening of "What'd I Say" to the birth of songs dominated by guitar riffs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27d_I_Say
Like I said, the "What'd I Say" riff is very similar to the riff from "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)". Ray Charles What'd I Say - Part I and Part II is from 1959 and Brook Benton and Dinah Washington's Baby (You've Got What It Takes) is from 1960
And here's my question: was Ray Charles really the first person to use that riff ??
Because already in 1958 Dorothy Pay who was the sister of Brook Benton recorded the original version of "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" SEE: You've Got What It Takes
Who can help me out with an MP3 of Dorothy's original version.
JoJo greets
