Kim Weston (born December 20, 1939) is an American soul singer, and Motown alumna. In the 1960s, Weston scored hits with the songs "Love Me All the Way" and "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)".
Born Agatha Nathalia Weston in Detroit, Michigan, she was signed to Motown Records in 1961, scoring a minor hit with "Love Me All the Way" (R&B #24, Pop #88). Weston's biggest solo hits with Motown were "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)" (R&B #4, Pop #50, 1965, later covered by The Isley Brothers, Blood, Sweat & Tears and The Doobie Brothers, and "Helpless" (R&B #13, Pop #56, 1966, previously recorded by The Four Tops on their Second Album LP). Her biggest claim to fame was singing the classic hit "It Takes Two" with Marvin Gaye in 1966 and her later recording of the Black National Anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing". It was the success of "It Takes Two" that caused Motown to partner Gaye with Tammi Terrell, spawning even more success for the label.
Weston left Motown in 1967 and later sued the label over disputes about royalties. She and her then-husband William "Mickey" Stevenson (former A&R head at Motown) both went to MGM Records. Weston cut a couple of singles for MGM, "I Got What You Need," and "Nobody," which went largely unnoticed due to lack of airplay and promotion. She made an album for the label, This Is America, which included her popular version of the Black National Anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing." This was released as a single and featured in the movie Wattstax. All the money from the single was donated to the United Negro College Fund.
Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye (he added the 'e' as a young man), was an acclaimed American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range, who achieved major success in the 1960s and 1970s as an artist for the Motown Records label. He was shot dead by his father on April 1, 1984.
Starting his career as a member of the doo-wop group The Moonglows in the late 1950s, he ventured into a solo career after the group disbanded in 1960, signing with Motown Records subsidiary, Tamla. He started off as a session drummer, but later ranked as the label's top-selling solo artist during the 1960s. He was crowned "The Prince of Motown" and "The Prince of Soul". because of solo hits such as "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)", "Ain't That Peculiar", "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," and his duet singles with singers such as Mary Wells and Tammi Terrell.
His work in the early- and mid-1970s included the albums, What's Going On, Let's Get It On, and I Want You, which helped influence the quiet storm, urban adult contemporary, and slow jam genres. After a self-imposed European exile in the early 1980s, Gaye returned on the 1982 Grammy-Award winning hit, "Sexual Healing" and the Midnight Love album before his death.
Kim Weston - Take me in your arms
KIM WESTON-HELPLESS
Kim Weston - Helpless
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Kim Weston Motown "Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little while)" My Extended Version!
KIM WESTON - Mojo Workin 2014 - Dancing in The Street
Kim Weston - Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)
"marvin gaye and kim weston- it takes two"
Helpless - Kim Weston (Long Version)
Kim Weston - Eleanor Rigby
Kim Weston & Marvin Gaye Funk Brothers "It Takes Two" My Extended Version!
2010 Detroit All Star Revue » Kim Weston Take Me In Your Arms
Kim Weston - You Hit Me Where It Hurt Me
Kim Weston - Take me in your arms
KIM WESTON-HELPLESS
Kim Weston - Helpless
Northern Soul - KIM WESTON - You Can Do It
Black National Anthem Kim Weston
Kim Weston Motown "Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little while)" My Extended Version!
KIM WESTON - Mojo Workin 2014 - Dancing in The Street
Kim Weston - Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)
"marvin gaye and kim weston- it takes two"
Helpless - Kim Weston (Long Version)
Kim Weston - Eleanor Rigby
Kim Weston & Marvin Gaye Funk Brothers "It Takes Two" My Extended Version!
2010 Detroit All Star Revue » Kim Weston Take Me In Your Arms
Kim Weston - You Hit Me Where It Hurt Me
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Kim Weston Tribute
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Frankie Gaye And Kim Weston - It Takes Two
Kim Weston live at the Dominion Theatre, London 1990.
The funk brothers and Motown legend Kim Weston at the Smithsonian Folk Festival in Washington DC
Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston "It Takes Two" Cover by MrCraigBevan & Tessa Smith
KIM WESTON with THE ANDANTES just loving you (LIVE!)
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Kim Weston - Take me in your arms
Kim Weston - Just Loving You - Live
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LIVE BRENDA HOLLOWAY & KIM WESTON
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Kim Weston - Eleanor Rigby
Kim Weston ~ You Can Do It (HQ)
Kim Weston - Photographer Ted Preuss Making a TinType
Kanye, Baby North and The Proposal
Kim Weston: Just Loving You. Mojo Workin, Donostia, March 15, 2014. 2/2 videos.
Interview: "JONNY WESTON über die Botschaft" MAVERICKS - LEBE DEINEN TRAUM (Kinostart: 17.01.2013)
Artist Profile: Kim Weston A The Arts Are the Answer Special Presentation
Interview: "JONNY WESTON über JAY MORIARITY" MAVERICKS - LEBE DEINEN TRAUM (Kinostart: 17.01.2013)
Kim Weston's - Welcome to Wildcat Hill! Episode 1
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Interview: "JONNY WESTON über GERARD BUTLER" MAVERICKS - LEBE DEINEN TRAUM (Kinostart: 17.01.2013)
Kim Weston - You Hit Me Where It Hurt Me
Kim Weston 1965 - "Don't Compare Me To Her" MOTOWN-195
Kim Weston Painted Photographs with Curator Huntington Witherill
Kim Weston - The Beat Goes On (Sonny & Cher cover - 1967)
Insurgent New York Premiere Red Carpet - Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort
Divergent Insurgent Interview w/ Shailene Woodley (Trist)
Chasing Mavericks: Jesse Miller
Kim Weston's Festival for the Performing Arts 20yr Reunion
CPT international gospel choir bill murphy kim weston
Kim Weston: In Celebration of the Black and White Print
The Weston Story
Remembering Brett Weston, Ep. 1, 2013
Remembering Brett Weston, Ep. 2, 2013
Remembering Brett Weston, Final Episode 3, 2013
MOTOWN - THE DIVA'S OF DETROIT ( COMPILED BY NORMAN )
Motown Singles Collection 1959 - 1971 with pictures
Marvin Gaye -The Very Best of Marvin Gaye (Full Album)
NORTHERN SOUL COMPILATION (NORMAN'S SELECTION)
WATTSTAX 1972
Wattstax (1973)
MOTOWN SINGS MOTOWN Various Artists (VOLUME ONE OF TWO) 2005
It Takes Two (1995) Full Movie
WHAT IT IS - Sure Is Funky !! ( Soul, Funk & Fusion )
A Motown Christmas (Personal Favorites)
MARVIN GAYE - Best Songs Of MARVIN GAYE || MARVIN GAYE 's Greatest Hits
Marvin Gaye - The Master (1969 -1984) PART 2
Marvin Gaye - The Very Best of Marvin Gaye (Side A)
The ***Magic*** Sounds of Detroit (Motown) with Pictures
The Motown Sound - 16 Big Hits Vol. 7 (1967) STEREO Full LP
Every day I walk some lonely street
Searching for you till you come back to me
People around stop and stare
As if they know the hurt I bear
Suddenly I realize I'm crying crying crying
'Cause I'm in a helpless situation
And I need some consolation
'Cause my mind is in confusion
And my heart feels much abusion
Since you've been gone keeps me crying crying crying
In the shelter of your love my strength I found
But now I'm useless baby since you're not around
I'm helpless baby
Ooh wee baby baby
I'm helpless since I lost your love
Helpless 'cause now I need your love
I never needed no one before
But now I need you more and more
Since you've been gone keeps me crying crying crying
'Cause I'm helpless 'til you come back to me
Helpless in this world I grieve
I need your words of comfort and
I need those happy times we spent
I'm in a hopeless state of confusion
And your love is the only solution
'Cause I'm in a helpless situation
And I need some consolation
'Cause my mind is in confusion
Till I'm having strange illusions
Loneliness deep inside keeps me crying crying crying
'Cause I'm in a helpless situation
And I need some consolation
'Cause my mind is in confusion
Till I'm having strange illusions
I know you're leavin' me behind
I'm seein' you darlin' for the very last time
Show a little tenderness before you go
Please let me feel your embrace once more
Take me in your arms and rock me,
rock me a little while
We all must feel heartache sometimes
Right now, right now I'm feelin' mine
I've tried my best to be strong, but I'm not able
I'm like a helpless child left in a cradle
Before you leave me behind
let me feel happy one more time
I'm losin' you and my happiness
My life is do dark I must confess
I'll never, never see your smiling face no more
I'll never, never hear your knock upon my door
Before you leave me leave me behind
Let me feel happy one more time
I know you're leavin' me behind
I'm seein' you darlin' for the very last time
Show a little tenderness before you go
Please let me feel your embrace once more
Take me in your arms and rock me,
rock me a little while
We all must feel heartache sometimes
Right now, right now I'm feelin' mine
I've tried my best to be strong, but I'm not able
I'm like a helpless child left in a cradle
Before you leave me behind
let me feel happy one more time
I'm losin' you and my happiness
My life is do dark I must confess
I'll never, never see your smiling face no more
I'll never, never hear your knock upon my door
Before you leave me leave me behind