"HELPLESS" - Released 1966. KIM WESTON, born Agatha Natalie Weston, December 20th 1939 in Detroit, Michigan is an African American soul singer, and Motown Records alumna. She was signed to the record label in 1963, scoring a minor hit with "Love Me All the Way" (R&B #24, Pop #88). Her 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" with Marvin Gaye that caused Motown to seek Tammi Terrell to replace her as his singing partner, which spawned even more success for the label. Kim 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. Kim made an album for the label, This Is America, which included her popular version of the Black National Anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," 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. Kim recorded several more albums for various labels, Stax/Volt among them, and also made an album of duets with Johnny Nash. None of these recordings charted, and Kim reportedly relocated to Israel, where she worked with young singers. Along with many of her fellow Motown alumni/alumnae, she signed with Ian Levine's Motorcity Records in the 1980s, releasing the single Signal Your Intention which peaked at #1 in the UK Hi-NRG charts. It was followed by the album Investigate (1990) which included some re-recordings of her Motown hits as well as new material. A second album for the label Talking Loud (1992) was never released although all the songs were included on the compilation The Best Of Kim Weston (1996). Today Kim is a disc jockey on a local Detroit, Michigan radio station, where she sponsors the summer events at Hart Plaza. She also tours sporadically, often alongside former Motown colleagues Mary Wilson, Martha Reeves and Brenda Holloway. She is also featured on the 2006 four CD release of the Motortown Revue series.

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R&B singer Kim Weston sings "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" in front of a 100,000 at Wattstax--a festival at the Los Angeles Coliseum on August 20, 1972 organized by the Memphis Stax label to commemorate the 7th anniversary of the Watts riots and black power, pride, culture, tradition and heritage struggle. The party and peacefulness was seen by some as "African Americans answer to Woodstock". Be it charity or benefit, in order to encourage as many members of the black Americans community in LA to attend the event at Memorial Coliseum, tickets were sold at $1.00 each. Customs included advertisements and commercials in play for the event. There have been several recordings from this festival and a documentary film. It was a celebration to upstage all celebrations. Reverend Jesse Jackson gave the invocation, which included his "I Am - Somebody" poem, which was recited in a call and response with the assembled stadium crowd. There was a film directed by Mel Stuart which was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Documentary in 1974. The songs in the film, in order of appearance: "What You See Is What You Get", performed by The Dramatics "Oh La De Da", performed by the Staple Singers "We the People", performed by the Staple Singers "Respect Yourself", performed by the Staple Singers "Star-Spangled Banner", performed by Kim Weston "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing", performed by Kim Weston "Someone Greater Than I", performed by Jimmy Jones "Lying on the Truth", performed by the Rance Allen Group "Peace Be Still", performed by The Emotions "Old-Time Religion", performed by William Bell, Louise McCord, Debra Manning, Eric Mercury, Freddy Robinson, Lee Sain, Ernie Hines, Little Sonny, the Newcomers, Eddie Floyd, the Temprees, Frederick Knight "Son of Shaft/Feel It", performed by The Bar-Kays "I'll Play The Blues For You", performed by Albert King "Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone", performed by Johnnie Taylor "Walking the Backstreet and Crying", performed by Little Milton "I May Not Be What You Want", performed by Mel and Tim "Picking Up the Pieces", sung by Carla Thomas "The Breakdown", sung by Rufus Thomas "If Lovin' You Is Wrong, I Don't Want to be Right", sung by Luther Ingram "Theme from Shaft", sung by Isaac Hayes "Soulsville", sung by Isaac Hayes More on the song: Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing is often called "The Negro National Anthem" (or Black National Anthem)—was written as a poem by James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) and then set to music by his brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954) in 1900. It was first performed in public in the Johnsons' hometown of Jacksonville, Florida as part of a celebration of Lincoln's Birthday on February 12, 1900 by a choir of 500 schoolchildren at the segregated Stanton School, where James Weldon Johnson was principal. Singing this song quickly became a way for African Americans to demonstrate their patriotism and hope for the future. In calling for earth and heaven to "ring with the harmonies of Liberty," they could speak out subtly against racism and Jim Crow laws — and especially the huge number of lynchings accompanying the rise of the Ku Klux Klan at the turn of the century. In 1919, the NAACP adopted the song as "The Negro National Anthem." By the 1920s, copies of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" could be found in black churches across the country, often pasted into the hymnals. During and after the American Civil Rights Movement, the song experienced a rebirth, and by the 1970's was often sung immediately after The Star Spangled Banner at public events and performances across the United States where the event had a significant African-American population. In 1990, singer Melba Moore released a modern rendition of the song, which she recorded along with others including R&B artists Anita Baker, Stephanie Mills, Dionne Warwick, Bobby Brown, Stevie Wonder, Jeffrey Osborne, and Howard Hewett; and gospel artists BeBe and CeCe Winans, Take 6 and The Clark Sisters. Partly because of the success of this recording, Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing was entered into the Congressional Record as the official African American National Hymn. More on singer Kim Weston: Kim Weston born December 20, 1939 in Detroit Michigan is a Motown Records alumna. 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" 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. Similar words include Al Sharpton 2pac Shakur Tupac Shakur Afeni Shakur Assata Shakur Amiri Baraka, 70's, 1970s, 70s, nationalism socialism communism democracy Public Enemy Huey Newton Kwame Ture Stokley Carmichael Spoken Word dub poetry justice segregation Jim Crow, Maya Angelou Africans slavery slaves Nina Simone afros politics political issues Malcolm X Militants activists activism black panthers liberals black advocates advocation

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Randy Weston African Rhythm Trio Blue Moses

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Here is an exciting song performed by the great singer Kim Weston. Kim Weston (born Agatha Natalie Weston in 1939, in Detroit, Michigan) is an African American singer, and Motown Records alumna. She was signed to the record label in 1963, scoring a hit with "Love Me All the Way". Her largest solo hits with Motown were "Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)" and "Helpless". Her biggest claim to fame was singing the classic hit "It Takes Two" with Marvin Gaye in 1966. Weston left Motown in 1967. She and her then-husband Mickey Stevenson (former A&R man at Motown) both went to MGM Records. Weston cut a couple of singles for MGM, "I Got What You Need" and "Nobody", which went unnoticed due to lack of airplay and promotion. She made an album for the label, "This Is America", which included a rendition of the Black National Anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing". She recorded several more albums for various labels and also made an album of duets with Johnny Nash. She also recorded standards, namely on her album "For The First Time" (from which comes the song "That's Life"). Billy Eckstine would call her "her second Sassy" (in reference to her first, Sarah Vaughan) and she had the honor to play with Count basie. Weston then reportedly relocated to Israel, where she worked with young singers. Along with many of her fellow Motown alumni, she signed with Ian Levine's Motorcity label in the 1980's, re-recording a number of her Motown songs and some new material. Today she appears sporadically, often alongside former Motown colleagues Mary Wilson, Martha Reeves and Brenda Holloway. In 2001, she sang the Black National Anthem "Lift Every Voice and Sing" at the Bush Inaugural Celebration. She also received the Heroes and Legends "Outstanding Achievements in Music" award. Listen to her great and powerful voice and enjoy!

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Max Roach and Randy Weston Duo

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Kim Weston's superb 'Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)', a H-D-H production from 1965

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Off of 'Tanjah', 1973

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Before we go to Edinburgh, we have a break in Weston. This video is dedicated to Weston Pier. Support The National Pier Society's fundraising at piers.co.uk. RETURN OF THE SCOTTISH FALSETTO SOCK PUPPET THEATRE 8.45pm at the Gilded Balloon, 30 July - 24 August. 0131 668 1633

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from the album " Little Niles " Randy Weston(pf)/Johnny Griffin(ts)/ Ray Copeland(tp)/Idrees Sulieman(tp)/ Melba Liston(tb)/George Joyner(b)/ Charlie Persip(ds) 1958

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Another rockin night at Londons celebrated Aint Nothin But The Blues Bar

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Calvin Weston Interview New album, Fun with Free Form Funky Freqs, Ornette Coleman, James Blood Ulmer and The Lounge Lizards . http://www.myspace.com/calvinweston http://www.myspace.com/freeformfunkyfreqs

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http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=1574137 Subscribe to e-mail updates from my Weston Blog Weston-super-Mare North Somerset Flowers

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nice beatles cover ___ www.beyondthegroove.net

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Click link for higher quality: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Bule1-av6bk&fmt=18 A spoof tourist information film about the British sea-side resort Weston-Super-Mare.

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http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/cs/forums/1795/ShowForum.aspx In memory of Weston Grand Pier Weston Pier was built in 1904 (5 years before the Titanic) Hi they are 'midi tunes' of popular songs - the first one is the song "Dream" (all you have to do is dream)to represent the ability of us to remember the pier as it was, I kind of remember my aunts/mum talking about holiday's in Weston in the 50's/60's for example - and simon and garfunkel's "sound of silence" - which is the empty kind of feeling you get when something has changed in your everyday life that you have no control over.

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Weasel Walter Quartet live 5/07 @ 21 Grand, Oakland, CA Weasel Walter - drums G. Calvin Weston - drums John Gruntfest - alto saxophone Damon Smith - bass ---------------------------------- out now - Weasel Walter "Firestorm" CD feat. Marshall Allen (Sun Ra), Marco Eneidi, Marc Edwards, Elliott Levin, Lisle Ellis, Damon Smith and Mario Rechtern http://nowave.pair.com/ugexplode video by mark palmer recording by michael zelner

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Annually, the Cambridge Sports Union hosts a New Year's Day race at the Weston Ski Track. I filmed about 1.5 hours; however, Youtube only allows a max of 10 minutes or 100 mb. I used Roxio's Easy Media Creator ver 9. I found it to be buggy but inexpensive compared to other similar products. BTW: video editing is a very time-consuming process.

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Veryan Weston (piano) and Phil Minton (voice) improvise at Mopomoso at the Vortex Jazz club in London. 21st September 2008. Filmed by Helen Petts.

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My 12 year old nephew suffered a freak accident on the 27th december 2007. He went into a coma for three weeks and his prognosis was grim at best. here is some footage that shows him coming out of his coma, and the difference a week and a lot of prayer makes.You can keep update on his progress by going to www.carepages.com/ServeCarePage/WestonBrewer in the find carepage field.

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Jamaaladeen Tacuma with Calvin Weston (drums), Aram Bajakian (guitar), and Daud El-Bakar (Trumpet)

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Great 1964 recording by Kim Weston

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"Helpless" is one of those true iconic Motown classics, and it was simply inevitable that once I got to work with Kim, that I would HAVE to re-record it on her. As I have said before, I had known Kim since 1969, when I met Motown songwriting legend and head of A&R, Mickey Stevenson on a plane while on vacation with my parents. Needless to say, I spent the whole journey chatting to him, and at the airport his wife, Kim Weston, met him off the plane, and then she arranged to pick me up at the hotel next day, and took me shopping all over Los Angeles, and Mickey arranged for me to go to Motown's West Coast warehouse, and buy singles for my collection at wholesale prices. Eighteen years later, my friend Henry Sellars was in touch with Kim, and brought her over for me to record - the very very first former Motown artist to start the Motorcity project. We first recorded a new Motownesque song, although with a High Energy flavour, called "Signal Your Intention", and Motorcity was born. This video of "Helpless" was filmed for the documentary, "The Strange World Of Northern Soul", and was literally filmed outside Kim's house at the last minute, because my assistant Adi had been staying with her to do all the filming, and was about to leave for the airport before he realised he hadn't actually gotten round to filming Kim herself, and frantic phone calls from England were insisting it got done before he left for the airport. As they say, the STRANGE world of Northern Soul.

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Zara Lockwood , youtuber From Weston Super Mare Somerset: This is a couple minutes of Weston -syper mare's Grand peir for fellow Youtuber large100 - who recently came on their holidays here

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Calvin Weston, Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Vernon Reid live at the Tritone, Philadelphia, PA 3.17.07. Special thanks to Bear for the audio.

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amazing free solo percussionist Matt Weston, live at Cafe Grumpy in Brooklyn, March 2006

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