Category: Kim Weston

MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK: KIM WESTON, 1965!

KIM WESTON, Motown artist, 1965. Her biggest hit was her fifth single released under the Tamla label. In late-1965, Weston was paired as a duet to record with Marvin Gaye a song written by (her then husband) Mickey Stevenson and Sylvia Moy, “It Takes Two.” It was also her only single (to her credit) having made Top 20 on Billboard (#14), and it also broke Top 10 (#4) on the Billboard R&B chart that year as well. “It Takes Two” was also the last single for Kim Weston with Motown Records. The single would be included in the duet’s album, ‘Take Two,’ which was released by the label in August, 1966. Weston and her husband, William “Mickey” Stevenson left Motown for M-G-M Records in 1967.

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WESTON HAS DETROIT SOUND WRAPPED UP . . . APRIL 29, 1967

Motor City Radio Flashbacks logo (2015)From the MCRFB news archives: 1967

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kim Weston 'I Got What You Need' MGM singleNEW YORK — Kim Weston’s Detroit sound came across loud and clear at the Riverboat here Tuesday night (April 18), as the recently signed MGM artist delivered a mixed bag of soul and standards.

Miss Weston’s opening number, “I Got What You Need,” was easily the most effective of the evening. It’s a hard-driving pop song with R&B overtones, and it’s also the title of her first MGM single. The material and delivery speak well of Miss Weston’s Motown background.

She demonstrated power and range in “The Man That Got Away,” and a good dramatic sense in the title song from the Broadway musical, “Walking Happy.”

But Miss Weston is strongest with the Detroit sound, although she’s versatile enough to handle show tunes and standards. END

(Information and news source: Billboard; April 29, 1967).

I GOT WHAT YOU NEED * Kim Weston * MGM Records (1967)

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