Kim Weston
Best known as a duet partner of Marvin Gaye, Kim Weston also charted with some of her own solo sides during the '60s, although she never had the breakout success of a Martha Reeves or Diana Ross. Born Agatha Natalie Weston in Detroit in 1939, she started singing in her church choir at age three, and by her teenage years had joined a touring gospel group called the Wright Specials. She signed with Motown during the company's early days, scoring a minor R&B hit in 1963 with "Love Me All the Way." The following year, she recorded her first duet with Gaye, "What Good Am I Without You," but made the tactical error of turning down a chance to record "Dancing in the Street," which subsequently became a smash hit for Martha & the Vandellas. She enjoyed her biggest solo hit in 1965 with "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)" and followed it up in 1966 with the equally soulful "Helpless," both of which helped make her reputation among soul collectors. Also in 1966, she cut an entire album of duets with Gaye, Take Two, which produced the Top Five R&B classic "It Takes Two." By the time it was peaking on the charts in early 1967, however, Weston had already left Motown; she and her husband, producer William "Mickey" Stevenson, moved to MGM, but a pair of albums there (For the First Time and This Is America) proved to be commercial failures. Weston subsequently recorded for Volt (Kim Kim Kim), People (Big Brass Four Poster, an album of jazz standards with the Hastings Street Jazz Experience), and Johnny Nash's Banyan Tree, all without much success. She did, however, chart with her version of the anthem "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" in 1970. Weston largely disappeared from the music industry during the '70s; in 1987, Weston became the first of many Motown artists to work with British producer Ian Levine on the Motorcity label, re-recording many of her old hits for the Northern soul market; her two albums for Motorcity, 1990's Investigate and 1992's Talking Loud, also featured some new material.
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20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Kim Weston
R&B - Released by UNI - MOTOWN on 28 Jan 2003
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Greatest Hits And Rare Classics
R&B - Released by UNI - MOTOWN on 1 Jan 1991
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The Motown Anthology
R&B - Released by UNI - MOTOWN on 1 Oct 2005
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Big Brass Four Poster
Pop - Released by Master Classics Records on 29 Jun 2013
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Take Me in Your Arms
R&B - Released by Soul Classics on 23 Jan 2013
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It Takes Two - The Best of Kim Weston
Soul - Released by Vanilla OMP on 4 Nov 2012
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I Got What You Need / Someone Like You
Rock - Released by MGM on 22 Mar 1967
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Sensational Kim Weston
Soul - Released by Carter Lane - OMiP on 11 Nov 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
More Love
R&B - Released by Real Rhythm And Blues Records on 15 Jun 2016
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Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing / This Is America (Digital 45)
Soul - Released by Essential Media Group on 22 Apr 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Kim Weston's Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)
R&B - Released by Charly Records on 25 Jun 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Just Loving You
R&B - Released by Blooming Jazz Records on 6 Jan 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo