Vesta Williams - Sweet Swet Love old school www.thegroovewithcharleshightower.com

the late great Vesta doing her thing!

[@abiymelekyahudah4thtribe]

Who's listening to this badass jam 2024

[@Thomas-nv6ml]

Never gets old. CLASSIC! Vesta was a VOCALIST! SMOOTH VOCALS, no shouting, just smooth.

[@deneenadams2381]

I do all time

[@avrilblu1449]

Who’s here in 2025🎉!!! I used to love watching this video back in the days on BET’s video soul with Donnie Simpson😊

[@uniquelloyd8755]

Me baby 😂❤ yessss

[@GaryBuechel]

Back when music was music.

[@awsho3294]

She so reminds me of my ex. As a matter of fact my ex and I were dating when this song came out. Rest in Heaven to both of them 🙏🏽

[@ahulin49]

I understand bro...thick em's hit different

[@victornewman06]

This is R&B right here!!! I don't know what that shit today is called!!!

[@courtgizzle]

victornewman06 I give it to ya 👊👊👊

[@dionhmedji4521]

victornewman06 it’s called shit 😂😂

[@vincetross4051]

victornewman06 I agree with you totally

[@andreacoleman2469]

Ain't that it

[@shae5053]

@@shootermcgavin7777 Exactly!

[@mannygforever]

Man, music back then felt so damn good. You listen to this and wanna call your lover just to say you love them. Love it!

[@latanyavaughan2439]

Manny G. Forever You hit the nail right on the head, sir!

[@Erupt212007]

Yes it did

[@steveowens8161]

Them we're th days. We don't make musik like this anymore. Where did our love go? So so sad. REST EASY VESTA. missing your voice

[@barbarahenderson7611]

Or baby come just hold me, squeeze me real tight into the night.

[@2Live4Christ1]

YEEEEEESSSSS ‼️🥰🥰

[@Chitownhomestead]

I should have met my dream man back then...we could have just drove around day and night listening to r&b grooves.... just puts me in a mood ❤. Here I am 51 never married no kids

[@kshillingford4921]

Same for my dream woman.........

[@JayNubi]

It's never too late to chase your dreams Ma..

[@snyper5150]

I’m another one looking for someone like you. I’m in Pittsburgh and I’m digging songs from my childhood. I’m here because I’ve just tracked down the oldie, Once Bitten, Twice Shy. For one too tres one ate 51 ate six

[@kentelley4589]

You can still have it. Looking at your photo, you're fine & stylish enough to get a mate. But just as you're going thru this 80's R&B ballad notice what the differences were and are from past generations of black music compared to now. Like Petey Pablo highlighted on an interview; we gotta put the love back into it. Back then it was about love. The current era; it's about sex & drama. Let that be the barometer when you analyze a mate that's worthy of settling down for the rest of your life with.

[@lucien7015]

Never too late my lady! I’m 43 in 2024, with no children!

[@Ladywrip]

I use to wait up for Midnight Love on BET just to see this video... Dear GAWD this woman could SANG her face off!!! #RIPMs.Williams

[@paulaculclager6144]

me too!!! I hate BET took Midnight love off!! UGH!!! Along w Donnie Simpson!!

[@Tobiasdaniel78]

...me too lol

[@randywilliams4164]

ViXenBeats you too👍

[@toyamosley1955]

@@sweetfm2008 It'll never happen .

[@onlyme6364]

Yes wow her voice so beautiful she is too my mom used to sing this song she had her voice just like this Amen

[@user-xm3zk7ol1sLeniece97]

Crazy how we can look at these videos on a phone and be reminded of things in time. Seems like the artists and the universe conspire to write and sing our experiences. What's even crazier when this song came out - I was so much in love❤ with someone - A. Matthews Jackson -Ft. Washington Maryland. He worked with his family, who owned a construction company. We were young, didn't have any guidance, You know teach you and groom you how to build together. I had a LOT of criticism from MY family. My parents didn't like him bc he was a few years older than me. Regardless, we were together a long time, went through a lot but he took care of me, treated me like a lady. Today, he's a real estate mogul. At some point, we broke up, but years later, he still came around to see me out of the blue with a bunch of red roses.❤ Safe to say I had this music experience in love❤

[@JasonDay-i1w]

Beautiful story. Experiences like that are what make life worth living.

[@msbcheet6041]

Bittersweet story. It truly tugged at my heart. Thanks for sharing🌹

[@deneenadams2381]

Yes

[@terrihartfield2124]

I'm here in 2025 takes me back to high school!

[@victoriajones5274]

so sad that she never really got her reckoning she was a phenomenon singer RIP Vesta!!

[@capolotedits7919]

Victoria Jones Amen

[@capolotedits7919]

Amen

[@alvincantey8608]

Yes she was clearly top 5 of all time for our Sistas yep

[@tunyaconner1522]

Yes she was love this song rip vestal

[@byronbridges213]

Victoria Jones OMG!! Vesta is dead??!! I didn't know that😮😖

[@CaapriceTube1]

She was so underrated. Such a GREAT 80s R&B slowjam. Lost her way to young, rest well Vesta your Music lives on 🎶❤

[@allpeacepearson5080]

I feel sad listening to this song. She deserved so much more recognition for her talent and her beauty. Her singing is amazing. Gone too soon. RIH.

[@reginaldsuggs4630]

Don't be sad she's free now and she left a beautiful legacy she would not come back here if she could free from this place and all its troubles.

[@marcusfarcus]

The fact that you remember her is pretty amazing. She is a Legend

[@sherrygrant317]

I agree

[@antonioallen1763]

We haven't forgotten her, that will keep her legend and this incredible voice and beauty alive as much as Whitney, Anita (still with us thank God!), Phyllis or Aretha.

[@antonioallen1763]

@@reginaldsuggs4630 100!

[@davidgoodall7]

Goddddd, Vesta was FINE AF! RIP🕊️

[@uniquelloyd8755]

YES SHE WAS ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@wandaclark5020]

Here in 2024 so underated

[@neneanderson2037]

Vesta made me wanna be her size.. She was so beautiful to me. I was 18 and loved this song. Still love it

[@sonyahilton9652]

I give her props still in 2024

[@uniquelloyd8755]

2025

[@anyhu4u]

R.I.P. beautiful songstress.

[@Cissysbaby79]

This is back when you had a whole group of ladies who were sanging. Vests was everything.

[@justbeingveetv3423]

I wanted to be Vesta. She was so beautiful. I hate that industry did that to her😢.... R. I. P Vesta❤

[@seann7943]

Everything about this was perfect...that track and how Vesta just glides over the leads and backgrounds, her cruising in her black Vette (her personal car), and just how GOOD she looks in this video

[@TheKoolkanadian]

Chaka Khan was #Vesta’s mentor that’s why you hear a lot of Chaka isms in her style. Once Vesta did an entire UK magazine interview praising Chaka and how much her voice and the generous woman herself meant to her. #PennyFord / #PennyeFord is another Chaka protege who sounds a lot like CK. You may know her from the group SNAP though she had a solo album at 18 before that and another solo CD After leaving that group. Chaka hooked her up with SNAP. #MelisaMorgan is another Chaka protege who sounds a lot like CK. She has a song on a recent CD where she literally sings the praises of #ChakaKhan. It’s way deep, the love these singers have. Very sweet and amazing. ~K

[@Erupt212007]

Penny did some acting if I am not mistaking.

[@Erupt212007]

I love me some Melissa Morgan

[@butterflyygyrlsworld5106]

Yes, Vesta also sang background for Chaka😉

[@lmlawt26]

I absolutely love educated info! Vesta, Chaka, Penny, and Me’Lisa are all incredibly amazing singers. RIP Vesta ♥️

[@antonioallen1763]

Incredible voice, a now iconic song with that voice. And a drop dead gorgeous woman!!! Bombshell with a voice.

[@tanikahelm1818]

She was the perfect size here! 🖤 her size should have never been an issue...

[@LOVE.HUNXHOOOO]

Still listening in 2025❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@sarasmith5619]

ain't no music like old school music it makes u feel so good :-)

[@oldschool8983]

Amen to that my friend

[@keanaspencer2169]

she was so classy & sweet. i miss her so much! i wish i had gotten to spend more time with her again when i grew up. its funny how ppl come into your life for awhile and make a major impact. playing in her back yard is the reason i love flowers so much now. oh yeah & my big hair. lol! love & miss you vesta. wish the world knew like i do, just how much of a beautiful soul you had. Rip... 💔

[@MissTK]

The best response💐

[@tinastruth]

I loved her

[@CodyCole80]

Were you a friend of her daughter.

[@deedeehollie6545]

Vesta was so underrated. She was so beautiful and had a beautiful voice to match. She still had so much to give to the world. This song is classic!!

[@tonystarks8343]

I swear, I've never noticed how beautiful Vesta really was when I was younger, she is such a beautiful woman. R.I.P sweetheart

[@V_-4-_VENDETTA71]

Tony Starks I remember watching the premier for this video. She brought the sexiness and beauty for the bigger women in the industry.

[@morewithles2738]

I did. I use to crush on her badly.

[@aconater]

Shhiettt I did I was 17 when this came out I was mad crushing on Vesta!!😍😍

[@barbarahenderson7611]

Yes indeed sexy, and can Sang the phone book, What a woman, amazing .

[@CodyCole80]

@@V_-4-_VENDETTA71 To me, she was prettier BEFORE she lost weight.

[@markmenez4097]

I miss her so much gone too soon.

[@empresslonnie1love391]

Mark Minez hey boo

[@judewilliams3911]

yes just like micheal jackson gone too soon

[@phillipmuinjo9199]

When I first heard this song in college in Des Moines, Iowa. I got her voice mistaken with Chaka Khan coz they sounded so much alike. She was an absolute star ⭐️ Too bad she’s gone do soon 😢

[@uniquelloyd8755]

That was her background Singer for a long time

[@qneighborquincy8381]

one of the best songs ever

[@shedydee4962]

EVA!!!!!!

[@malcolmrhodes7294]

if two poeple feel like this about each other,they surely have something magical

[@Getrealpeeps]

Malcolm Rhodes So true!!!

[@laurabullock6380]

Malcolm Rhodes U REALLY SAID A MOUTHFUL AND U CAN'T GO WRONG LISTENING 2 VESTA

[@MoBetta12112]

I was 18 in 1988 when this song was released. I remember being so deep in love. This song still resonates in 2024, but for my husband. Home

[@awsho3294]

Yeah I was 18 as well! This song brings back solid memories! Dating my girlfriend Monique Williams at the time. Every time I hear this it reminds me of her! RIP Monique! 😥

[@tamsmith1111]

Love the shades, the Corvette, and this Jam. This is midnight soul to the core. This is my ishh in 2024 🥰🍾

[@sammycowan1029]

Real music if you don't like this you don't understand real music

[@eliteboxing9504]

She had a bigger than life personality RIP 😢

[@toddblack8029]

In the 80's when i was a teen, this video and song is what made me fall in love with Corvettes in '97, around 27 years old, i bought my first vette, black on black, targa top All because of Vesta

[@kellybriggs1377]

The words in this song is how i feel about my Hubby

[@daTruChosen]

Lucky fella!

[@standaman1963]

@@daTruChosen Very lucky, yes indeed.

[@REE872]

Extremely talented pretty lady. R.I.P DIVA!

[@jeromenorris4672]

I wanna go back in time

[@awsho3294]

Yep!

[@EvelynJenkins-uo4zi]

Rest in peace she did a great job with this song

[@davidgoodall7]

Vesta was so fine! ❤ This song is for the ages.... RIP, Sweet, Sweet Angel 🕊️

[@kilodelta5562]

I have not the right words to describe how beautiful this woman was, inside and outside. I was just a young teenager when I first saw her. I would close my eyes and, in my mind she was singing TOO ME 😂, and was then and i still am captivated by her beautiful face and voice. R.I.P. Sweet Angel 😇 ❤

[@anthonyrose6686]

Can’t believe she’s gone it’s been 10 yrs. such a beautiful women

[@KWhite-eh8hj]

My Uncle liked to watch her on Soul Train❤. I hope he gets to see her in heaven. Miss her so much😢. 2023

[@lionsguy2]

Such a gorgeous talented woman. Miss you Vesta

[@mustafad450]

Take me back ….im here jamming 1/24/25

[@WordzBig]

My college days at Norfolk State University. ..this was my Jam!!

[@blacklove804]

Robert Elliott 2 up 2 down

[@WordzBig]

Black Love Represent. ...

[@lynettestewart5118]

Robert❤❤❤

[@kmason685]

My college days at Spelman. I feel you...😏

[@susanhurst497]

So true Robert, this reminds me of Fort Valley State and Savannah State' Homecomings, in the late 80s, riding listening to Vesta, Anita Baker!! Good Memories!!!!

[@MossaYoung-wk3fe]

She is one of the most underrated singers in history

[@tommyg2660]

Not only can she sing her face off, she is fine AF!!! R.I.P. Vesta.

[@chertoriearnold387]

Her Hair and Nails Tho...........Honey.......!

[@melodysanger103]

Remembering Mary "Vesta" Williams (December 1, 1957 - September 22, 2011) (12/01/2020)

[@sarahsimpkins1311]

I.was 8 years old when this use to be play on B.E.T on Video soul

[@seanmccleary3057]

Still here in 2023 love me some vesta ❤

[@JBone400]

October 2024 and I'm here too.

[@Shon1582]

I luv the way she sings this song....the lyrics,everything...I replay this video about 100 times, all because of a beautiful lady name vesta. r.i.p. vesta Williams

[@TLovly77]

One of the greatest yet underrated female singers I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. R.I.P Ms. Vesta

[@christopherveasley9325]

I miss this Woman, such a Beautiful voice!!!!!!!!! 😢❤❤❤💐💐💐💐💐🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊

[@hortenceniles6316]

My Favorite Singer Girl your voice are so sweet can listen you non stop Feel like I am in Heaven Listen to you Rest in Peace sweet love ❤❤❤😢😢

[@jefferykincey3907]

Who's still listening in 2025?

[@angela1serenity]

Brings back good memories of being allowed to watch music videos on the weekends if all my homework, chores, etc. was done. I lived for those weekends! 😊❤️

[@henrybrowniii9763]

Came home from the army,,1982 Played this song on that TV show,,the box,,bill came next month,,no lie,1,000$,,kid you not

[@DreSnake8468]

Not in no 82 you wasn't looking at the BOX 😂

[@valeriejones3519]

Still play this every week!

[@afrolatina7626]

this was my song growing up!!nothing like old school R&B miss her❤

[@dogontribe8333]

HIZ BLAXICAN LATINA Me too😢

[@sabrinasavage2940]

I always thought she sounded like Chaka Khan..this reminds me of someone very special to me..RIP JB.I LOVED YOU SO MUCH 😭😢

[@uniquelloyd8755]

She song background for her and when Chaka couldn't make rehearsal she covered for her ❤️😢

[@uniquelloyd8755]

Also Tina Turner 😢❤

[@melodysanger103]

REMEMBERING MARY "VESTA" WILLILAMS (DECEMBER 1, 1957 - SEPTEMBER 22, 2011) [09/22/2016]

[@lilemukule7510]

Melody Sanger Really soul.

[@shalay09]

Use to watch this on video soul all the time...still love this song...we miss you vesta...r.I.p

[@MrYoungv31]

Midnight Soul on BET such good memories 😊❤❤

[@Moneyman555gzzzzz]

Happy 65th to Vesta Williams. I'm only 29 but man she was fine as hell and definitely wouldve dated her if I was a late 50s early 60s baby

[@V_-4-_VENDETTA71]

Who are the 29 people that voted thumbs down 👎🏼? They can’t be serious 🤔

[@ronniware219]

We Miss U VESTA !!!!!!!!!! HUGGS

[@mondialman]

Oh yeah…I was about junior high school age…and she was one of my early crushes. Wonderful voice!!! R.I.P.

[@musicnerd72]

The epitome of my youth... I'll never tire of this sound... 80's R&B had so much soul!

[@CodyCole80]

❤ The most sensuous decade of R&B.

[@Getrealpeeps]

This is my first time hearing this. Excellent!!!

[@michelerandolph7148]

Getrealpeeps i

[@toyamosley1955]

Really where you been

[@theduchess5284]

The Goddess Vesta. Beautiful One...Thanks for sharing your lovely VOICE with us...RIP.

[@cakhashamosley1595]

She was so beautiful

[@erehistruth2356]

That woman was beautiful and had a voice on her. We miss you Vesta.

[@melodysanger103]

REMEMBERING MARY "VESTA" WILLIAMS (DEC 1, 1957 - SEP 22, 2011) [09/22/2020]

[@coreystokes6770]

Incredible vocal ability rip

[@CodyCole80]

This is one woman that looked damn good BIG! R.I.P. Vesta.

[@amass2158]

One of my favorite songs ever!! My god how the tears and goosebumps forms when I hear this song.. R.I.P. QUEEN

[@eunicekelly-small8079]

Happy heavenly Birthday!!

[@carlosdavis6276]

Vesta Williams will always singing in my heart Sweet Sweet Love and Special. Gone 2 soon but never forgotten. Rest in peace.

[@AndrewCarrancho]

Vasta Williams She Wheh The Angels Now Miss her ❤❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@kentelley4589]

One of the BEST R& B songs EVER Created! Vesta Williams Ladies & Gentlemen!❤️❤️❤️

[@kajuanaconey7127]

I remember when I HAD to have those shades 😚 RIP

[@judahmourns2995]

She has a voice that only God could gift to a human being with... and he definitely hold back with this gift he gave her...it’s as if It is literally a sound of total praise and reverence... sad how she passed...

[@abimelekharlemyahudah4thtribe]

She exposed the industry with an interview with Donnie Simpson. Apparently they found her dead she was making a come back . They found her dead in a hotel room Apparently drug overdose. They killed her for exposing them devils who control the biz. She is definitely missed

[@joymassie573]

What a tremendous vocal talent. #RIP Vesta

[@jamesduffey9303]

She was one the amazing woman RIP

[@rporther]

This song has no parallel. It still hurts to know that a woman so deeply beautiful, witty, smart and highly gifted went through such mental trauma.

[@asimp6128]

I Miss You Vesta! RIP. That Black Corvette is the Shit!! Still Love this song! 😍💗

[@jasonbyrd1840]

Man if I could watch one week of Midnight Soul on BET. Just to see that nostalgic videos of yesteryear. I'm so grateful to have grown up with beautiful music and memories.

[@writerinc]

I recall I had her tape and would rewind that song over and over, her voice was so powerful. Not at all like today's music. Miss you Vesta!!

[@ttopbugatti9430]

We still here bay bee.. 7/23/24‼️🫶🏾.. I miss Vesta every single day 😔😢

[@capolotedits7919]

I miss and love you Ms Vesta Williams... Beautiful, Beautiful voice...God Bless

[@Crankerny58]

Vesta was so underrated! Total Icon Diva! IMHO!!

[@HarmoniTinyHomes]

Thinking of my husband. I love you. Hopefully, you see this message.

[@justicethomas9251]

One of the best singers ever!

[@ladyjbadgurlzceo2021]

Still here 2020 😍 no words can describe her

[@donitaballard5928]

She sounds so much like Chaka. I guess from singing background for so many years. R.I.P. Vesta

[@90sgreg]

I’m only 25 but her music has a hold on me nothing no one can replace this masterpiece she made rest up ms vesta 🌹🌹

[@DRLEWIS]

This came out as I was coming out of a crucial situation. No one is in remembrance I just love GREAT MUSIC!