Kim Weston (born December 20, 1939) is an American soul singer and Motown alumna. In the 1960s, she scored hits with the songs "Love Me All the Way" and "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)", and with her duet with Marvin Gaye, "It Takes Two".
Career
Born Agatha Nathalia Weston in Detroit, she was signed to Motown in 1961, scoring a minor hit with "Love Me All the Way" (R&B No. 24, Pop No. 88). Weston's biggest solo hits with Motown were "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)" (R&B No. 4, Pop No. 50, later covered by the Isley Brothers; Blood, Sweat & Tears; Jermaine Jackson; the Doobie Brothers; and Phil Collins), and "Helpless" 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,
Along with many former Motown artists, Weston signed with Ian Levine's Motorcity Records in the 1980s,
Compilations
- 1991: Greatest Hits & Rare Classics
- 1996: The Very Best of the Motorcity Recordings
- 2003: 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Kim Weston
- 2005: Motown Anthology
Live releases
- 2020: Live in Detroit 1978
Chart singles
{| class="wikitable"
!align="center" rowspan="2"|Year
!align="center" rowspan="2"|Single
!align="center" colspan="3"|Chart positions
!align="center" rowspan="2"|Album
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!width="40"|<small>US</small>
!width="40"|<small>U.S. R&B</small>
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|align="center"|1966
|align="left"|"Helpless"
|align="center"|56
|align="center"|13
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|align="center"|1967
|align="left"|"It Takes Two"<br>(duet with Marvin Gaye)
|align="center"|14
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|16
|align="left"|Take Two
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|align="center"|1967
|align="left"|"I Got What You Need"
|align="center"|99
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
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|align="center"|1968
|align="left"|"Nobody"
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|39
|align="center"|-
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|align="center"|1969
|align="left"|"We Try Harder"<br>(duet with Johnny Nash)
|align="center"|135
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
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|align="center"|1970
|align="left"|"Danger, Heartbreak Ahead"
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|49
|align="center"|-
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|align="center"|1970
|align="left"|"Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing"
|align="center"|120
|align="center"|50
|align="center"|-
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|}
Further reading
- Kim Weston interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' October 2008
- Whitall, Susan. For the Record: Women of Motown (1998, )
- Chafets, Ze'ev, "Devil's Night: And Other True Tales of Detroit" (Random House, 1990, )