![]() ![]() Marvin Gaye, a talented singer who left us much too soon. Teresa from Mechelen, BelgiumWonderful song of Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston.She was a talented singer who didn't get the promotion and recognition that she rightfully deserved. Jerro from New Alexandria, PaTrue, but don't forget about Kim Weston. ![]() from Seattle, WaThe wonderful Marvn Gaye, such pleasant songs. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., he was the son of a storefront minister of a local Pentecostal church sect and grew up singing gospel in church revivals as a young child. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 18, 1967, Marvin Gaye performed "It Takes Two" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program, 'American Bandstand'.Īt the time the song was in it's second of two weeks at #32 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, two weeks earlier it had peaked at #14. Marvin Gaye (Ap April 1, 1984), born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr., was an American singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned more than two decades.Our songs influenced theirs, and if I'd stayed at the label I think I'd have been singing those songs with him instead." I felt my duets with Marvin really paved the way for what he did with Tammi Terrell next. I regret never having the chance to sing it live with Marvin. It Takes Two Released on Motowns Tamla label in 1966, this duet between Marvin and Kim Weston describes various things in life - such as dreams, love and wishes - being far better with two people instead of one. Explore the tracklist, credits, statistics, and more for It Takes Two / Its Got To Be A Miracle by Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston. 'It Takes Two' is a hit single recorded in late 1965 by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston for Motowns Tamla label. I don't think Motown knew I was going to leave and I was upset that this came out after I'd gone. It was a shock when they released the song as a single. C. I saw the genius shine out of him but also the frustration. It takes two - Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston One can have a dream, baby Two can make that dream so real One can talk about bein' in love Two can say how it. He added little ad libs, intonations here and there and suggested things for the arrangements. I'd traveled and shared bills with him so we knew how each other worked. Being in the studio with Marvin, I saw a new side to him. We didn't pick the tracks, they were picked by Mickey Stevenson, my then-husband, and our producer, but 'It Takes Two' had been written by him and Sylvia Moy especially for us and it really worked. Kim Weston (from Mojo magazine February 2009): "Marvin and I went into the studio together to record the album Take Two.
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