Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)

"Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)"
side-A label
Side A of the Canadian single
Single by Kim Weston[1]
B-side"Don't Compare Me with Her"
Released1965[2]
GenreR&B[3]
Length2:55[3]
LabelGordy[4]
Songwriter(s)Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland[3]
Producer(s)Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier[4]
Kim Weston[1] singles chronology
"What Good Am I Without You"
(1964)
"Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)"
(1965)
"Helpless"
(1966)

"Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)" is a song written by the premier Motown songwriting/production team of the 1960s Holland–Dozier–Holland. The first hit recording was sung by Kim Weston in 1965. It was most popular in 1975 when it was recorded by the Doobie Brothers.

  1. ^ Hoffmann, Frank (23 May 2016). Chronology of American Popular Music, 1900-2000. Taylor & Francis. p. 261. ISBN 9781135868864.
  2. ^ Leszczak, Bob (10 October 2013). "TALK TO ME, TALK TO ME". Who Did It First?: Great Rhythm and Blues Cover Songs and Their Original Artists. Scarecrow Press. p. 215. ISBN 9780810888678.
  3. ^ a b c Hamilton, Andrew. "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) - Kim Weston". Allmusic.
  4. ^ a b Pollock, Bruce (18 March 2014). "TAKE A MESSAGE TO MARY · TAKE ON ME". Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era. Taylor & Francis. p. 355. ISBN 9781135462963.