Record #0091: It Takes Two / It’s Got To Be a Miracle (This Thing Called Love) – MARVIN GAYE & KIM WESTON

Tamla 54141 (original) USA, Dec.1966
Words & Music by:  Side A – William Stevenson, Sylvia Moy; Side B – Sylvia Moy, Vernon Bullock, William Stevenson
Musicians: Marvin Gaye (vocals), Kim Weston (vocals), the Funk Brothers, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Recording sessions:  Produced by William “Mickey” Stevenson (Kim Wilson’s hubby) at “Hitsville USA”, Detroit, MI, 1965
Highest chart positions:  US #14, US R&B #4, UK #16

Here’s the original version of the A side of record #0053.

This became Gaye’s most successful duet single and also his first major hit in the UK.

List price:  Very Good+ is $6, Near Mint is $12