Syreeta started her career as a secretary at Motown, much like Martha Reeves. Her first chance at singing came when Martha Reeves refused to sing the chorus of a song she recorded called \"I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playing\", claiming she hated the chorus of the song, so Berry Gordy, rather than scrap it, let Syreeta sing the chorus, and the record still went out as Martha Reeves and The Vandellas. Syreeta so impressed them all that Ashford and Simpson produced a record on her for Gordy, under her real name of Rita Wright, called \"I Can't Give Back The Love I Feel For You\", which was one of the Motown clasics that I grew up with, thanks to Kenny Everett's show on Radio Caroline, and which shaped my whole life. The B side, \"Something's On My Mind\", is still one of the most beautiful and haunting Motown songs ever recorded. Anyway, she met Stevie Wonder and fell in love and together they co-wrote \"Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours\", which was a million seller. She released several albums for Motown, first marrying Stevie, then divorcing him. Then she teamed up with Billy Preston for her biggest ever hit, \"With You I'm Born Again\". She was a treasure to be proud of, for us here at Motorcity, recording a whole album and also writing for other artists as well. Syreeta tragically died of cancer, so beautiful, so vibrant, so eternally young. She was a real health fanatic, and a total vegan, so it's hard to imagine such a health concious person not living to an old age. A truly beautiful lady.
