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What'cha Gonna Do

original song written and composed by Ahmet Ertegün; performed by Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters
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What'cha Gonna Do

Summary

What'cha Gonna Do is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • What'cha Gonna Do's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • What'cha Gonna Do's composer is recorded as Ahmet Ertegün[4].
  • Among the performers on What'cha Gonna Do was Clyde McPhatter[5].
  • What'cha Gonna Do's language of work or name is recorded as English[6].
  • What'cha Gonna Do was released on 1954[7].
  • What'cha Gonna Do's lyricist is recorded as Ahmet Ertegün[8].
  • What'cha Gonna Do's title is recorded as What'cha Gonna Do[9].
  • What'cha Gonna Do's form of creative work is recorded as song[10].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[11]

  • MusicBrainz ID: deb870f4-ea4d-4f28-9241-cd6af115a8ab[12]

Body

Authorship and Creation

What'cha Gonna Do was performed by Clyde McPhatter[5].

Publication

What'cha Gonna Do was released on 1954[7]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[6].

Why It Matters

What'cha Gonna Do ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Ahmet Ertegün

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 6w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Form of creative work → song
    Instance of → musical work/composition
    Performer → Clyde McPhatter
    Title → What'cha Gonna Do
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0709407715, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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