Label: MoWest - MW 3006 ⢠Format: Vinyl 7 Syreeta - To Know You Is To Love You / Happiness (1972, Vinyl) | Discogs Stream Syreeta - To Know You Is To Love You (1972) feat. The song was published in 1952.. Berry Gordy simplified her name, and as Rita Wright she released "I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel For You," written by Nick Ashford & Valerie Simpson and Brian Holland. Her father served in the Korean War and Wright and her two sisters,[5] Yvonne [1] and Kim, were raised by their mother Essie and their grandmother. American singer, songwriter, and recording artist signed to Motown. The success of the song led Motown to renew Wright's contract, which was due to expire that year, with neither side looking to renegotiate. Motown CEO Berry Gordy shortened her birth name to "Rita," and Wright released her first solo single, "I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel for You", in January 1968. To know you, is to love you, but to know me, is not that way you see 'Cause you make me, so happy, that my love for you grows intensely When I'm down and feelin' sad, Prod. Syreeta Wright - "To Know You Is To Love You" featuring Stevie Wonder on vocals and production...what a song! In 1974, Wright was again reassigned, this time to the Motown label proper (in the U.S.), and issued her second release, the aptly titled Stevie Wonder Presents: Syreeta that June. When Diana Ross left the Supremes in early 1970, Motown boss Berry Gordy considered replacing her with Wright, but offered the place in the group to Jean Terrell. "To Know You Is to Love You" is a song written by Syreeta Wright and Stevie Wonder in the early 1970s. This album represented the solo debut of Syreeta, a Motown staffer who was one of Stevie Wonder's most important collaborators during his early-'70s renaissance. It's her first stage role ever and first singing job since the '80s", Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants", 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Stevie Wonder, Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You), I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Syreeta_Wright&oldid=998840159, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel for You", This page was last edited on 7 January 2021, at 07:30. King, released by ABC Records in 1973, with the title song co-interpreted with Stevie Wonder (track B1 on the album To Know You Is to Love You). The duet was first released on Syreeta Wright's debut album (Syreeta, MW 113) by MoWest Records (a Motown company) in 1972. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1972 Vinyl release of To Know You Is To Love You / Happiness on Discogs. In 1971, following Wonder's exit from Motown, the couple relocated to New York City where Wonder worked on two independent albums. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1972 Vinyl release of To Know You Is To Love You on Discogs. B. Following the success of Minnie Riperton's Perfect Angel, which Wonder also produced, Wonder wanted to present Wright in the same light as Riperton as a sensual vocalist. It is also a single and an album by B.B. [17] She was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery. Syreeta Wright is one of the most original vocalists to emerge from the Motown era. The album yielded the UK singles "I'm Goin' Left" (covered by Eric Clapton and Jerry Butler), "Spinnin' and Spinnin'" and the reggae-flavored "Your Kiss Is Sweet", which became a UK Top 40, reaching number 12 in 1975. A song with the same title is actually renamed from Phil Spector's "To Know Him Is to Love Him", whose covers occasionally change the lyrics and the title to "To Know You Is To Love You" (Bobby Vinton, Peter and Gordon, Gary Glitter) or to To Know Her Is To Love Her (The Beatles 1962 Decca audition recording, released 1994; John Lennon 1973 recording, released 1986). During this period Syreeta also made vocal contributions to two albums by American jazz saxophonist Gary Bartz - Juju Man (1976) and Music Is My Sanctuary (1977). Wright continued to provide background vocals until Wonder's 1995 album Conversation Peace. Syreeta is the debut studio album by American R&B and soul singer and songwriter Syreeta Wright, released on June 20, 1972 on MoWest, a subsidiary of Motown Records.. Wright continued to record for Motown into the 1980s, releasing her second self-titled album in 1980, and the funk/boogie-oriented Set My Love in Motion in late 1981. Wright was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1946, and started singing at the age of four. syreeta - to know you is to love you (3:44) (Syreeta Wright, Stevie Wonder) Stein & Van Stock, Inc. & Black Bull Music, Inc. ASCAP Recorded: 1972 in LA, Produced and arranged by Stevie Wonder, Assoc. Syreeta dueted with Billy Preston and G. C. Cameron but only three made the final 18 -- "With You I'm Born Again," "Go for It" (Preston), and "Let's Make a Deal" (Cameron). A year later, Edward Holland of the Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team noticed Wright's singing and decided to try her out for demos of Supremes' songs. Wright was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1946, and started singing at the age of four. Lyrics to 'To Know You Is To Love You' by B.B. To Know You Is To Love You Tracks 1 to 9 are her debut album "Syreeta" released June 1972 in the USA on MoWest MW-113L and November 1972 in the UK on MoWest MWS 7001 [Tracks 1, 2, 4 and 7 are written by Stevie Wonder with 3, 8 and 9 co-written with Syreeta Wright. Motown reassigned the singer from Motown's Gordy imprint, where "I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel for You" was released, to Motown's L.A.-based MoWest subsidiary. Motown withheld its release until July 1970. Label: MoWest - MW 5021F ⢠Format: Vinyl 7 Syreeta - To Know You Is To Love You / Happiness (1972, Vinyl) | Discogs MoWest issued "I Love Every Little Thing About You" in the late winter of 1972, but it failed to chart. Syreeta Wright (August 3, 1946[1] – July 6, 2004[2]), who recorded professionally under the single name Syreeta, was an American singer-songwriter, best known for her music during the early 1970s through the early 1980s. Wonder and Wright came with songs for Wonder's next album, Music of My Mind, released in March 1972. To Know You Is To Love You Tracks 1 to 9 are her debut album "Syreeta" released June 1972 in the USA on MoWest MW-113L and November 1972 in the UK on MoWest MWS 7001 [Tracks 1, 2, 4 and 7 are written by Stevie Wonder with 3, 8 and 9 co-written with Syreeta Wright. Wright also sang background on records by the Supremes and by Martha and the Vandellas, notably singing the chorus to the group's modest hit single, "I Can't Dance to That Music You're Playing". Carol Connors / Marshall Mathers / Ryan Montgomery / Luis Resto / David Shire / Bobby Yewah. During that same time period, she added vocals to the theme song for the Canadian slasher-horror flick Happy Birthday to Me, known for starring Little House on the Prairie′s Melissa Sue Anderson. Wright's career heights were songs in collaboration with her ex-husband Stevie Wonder and musical artist Billy Preston. 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