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What Good Am I Without You

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Released
  
September 30, 1964

Label
  
Tamla

Genre
  
Rhythm and blues

Recorded
  
May 10, July 10 & September 11, 1964, Hitsville USA, Detroit, Michigan

Producer(s)
  
William "Mickey" Stevenson

"What Good Am I Without You" is a Motown duet between singers Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston. The song was released as a single in late 1964 and became the first duet Marvin and Kim recorded, a couple of years before the duo recorded the breakthrough hit, "It Takes Two". The song came after the departure of Mary Wells, who had left Motown that year shortly after releasing a successful duet album with Gaye. The single was featured on Gaye and Weston's only LP together, Take Two and peaked at number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100 (and number 28 on the Cashbox R&B chart) when it was released. The single was co-written and produced by William "Mickey" Stevenson.

Credits

  • Lead vocals by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston
  • Background vocals by The Andantes: Marlene Barrow, Jackie Hicks and Louvain Demps
  • Produced by William "Mickey" Stevenson
  • Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
  • References

    What Good Am I Without You Wikipedia