[msb-alumni] Sylvia Moy, Motown pioneer and Stevie Wonder collaborator, dies at 78
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- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 12:03:34 -0400
BlankSylvia Moy, Motown pioneer and Stevie Wonder collaborator, dies at 78
Brian
McCollum , Detroit Free Press Pop Music Critic Songwriter and producer Sylvia
Moy, who helped spark Stevie Wonder's career while breaking barriers for women
at Motown Records, died Saturday night at Oakwood Hospital. She was 78.
Moy, a Detroit native, gave Wonder his second Top 10 hit with 1965's 'Uptight
(Everything's Alright),' helping convince Motown chief Berry Gordy Jr. to
award her'the role of producer ' the first woman to land that position at
Hitsville. With collaborator Hank Cosby, she went on to co-write other key
Wonder
hits ' including 'I Was Made to Love Her' (1967) and 'My Cherie Amour' (1969) '
along with the Isley Brothers' 'This Old Heart of Mine' and the Marvin
Gaye-Kim Weston duet 'It Takes Two. Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
in 2006, Moy spent her later years mentoring Detroit music students and
operating Masterpiece Studios, the west side Detroit studio that drew recording
artists such as Kem.
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