Collaborators - All Things Stevie

Paul Riser

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Post published:July 18, 2024
Post Category:Collaborators

Paul Riser, as a trombonist, was one of the early members of Funk Brothers. That outfit acted as Motown's session musicians from circa the label's formation in 1959, throughout the 1960s…

Stevie Wonder Collaborates w/ Beyoncé, Presents Her w/ Award

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Post published:April 13, 2024
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As you may already know, since the project has been making all sorts of headlines, Beyonce recently dropped a country album, Cowboy Carter. That's pretty amazing because first of all,…

Sylvia Moy (1938-2017)

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Post published:March 22, 2024
Post Category:Collaborators

In 1963, while in her mid-20s, Sylvia Moy signed a contract with Motown Records, after she was discovered by Marvin Gaye and one of the label’s behind-the-scenes’ musicians, William Stevenson. She…

The Andantes

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Post published:January 12, 2024
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The Andantes were an R&B trio consisting of Louvain Demps, Jackie Hicks and the late Marlene Barrow (d. 2015). Although they did release a couple of songs under their own…

Henry Cosby

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Post published:December 31, 2023
Post Category:Collaborators

Henry R. Cosby (1928-2002) was a behind-the-scenes musician who was heavily involved with Motown during the 1960s, i.e. the label’s formative and arguably signature decade. The artist he, alongside Sylvia…

Lula Mae Hardaway

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Post published:December 11, 2023
Post Category:Collaborators / Family

Stevie Wonder’s mom, Lula Mae Hardaway, was born in 1930 in a part of Alabama known as Eufaula. She was birthed by a teenage mother and raised by an aunt…