Just wanna say, I would consider any and all of Syreeta under "Great but lesser known" in that order, because sadly, she, unless to diehard Motown connoisseurs, is just not known.
No, her name won't be remembered, by casuals, even as that female voice on "If You Really Love Me", and "With You I'm Born Again" is just not that timelessly replayable a song, since ever, for years and years.
Don't get me wrong, I love her stuff, LOVE her "Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta", with "Spinnin' and Spinnin'", "Your Kiss Is Sweet", and "Come And Get This Stuff", got her Essential CD too, her later "Quick Slick" was just killer.
But I do know, not even the header "Stevie Wonder Presents" ever got her to mass-pop-even R&B, consumer sales, not as on vinyl back on 74', not even as a CD, twice, on limited press markets, Hip-O Select, and Universal Japan.
Maybe, unless some of you guys are in Europe, where she might have been more known - but as for over here in America - Just sayin'.
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