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LARRY'S REBELS
Do What You Gotta Do (Jimmy Webb) New Zealand 1968 #6 NZ Single on Impact label. Popular band, originally from Christchurch, often in the New Zealand Top 10 in the late 60s. Vocalist: Larry Morris. See also Mo'reen. Further reading: The Larry's Rebels page at Bruce Sergent's New Zealand music website.
AL WILSON
Do What You Gotta Do (Jimmy Webb) USA 1968 #12 Melbourne Single on Soul City label. Soul singer whose best known songs are The Snake (1968) and his biggest hit Show And Tell (1973), a #1 in the United States.
JOHNNY RIVERS
Do What You Gotta Do (Jimmy Webb) USA 1967 Original version On 1967 album Rewind on Imperial label. See the album discography at the Johnny Rivers website. Jimmy Webb: prolific writer (and performer) of numerous classics, including Up-Up And Away, MacArthur Park, Wichita Lineman, By The Time I Get To Phoenix... See the Jimmy Webb Song List at Magic Town and Webb's song catalog at Songwriters Hall of Fame. Do What You Gotta Do was also recorded by Nina Simone, Bobby Vee, Clarence Carter, Paul Anka, and Ronnie Milsap (all 1968); B.J. Thomas (1970), Roberta Flack (1970), Tom Jones (1971) and Linda Ronstadt (1993).
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THE FOUR TOPS
Do What You Gotta Do (Jimmy Webb) USA 1969 Later version #11 UK Motown recording, released in Britain on Tamla-Motown label.   
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