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Who is Stevie Wonder wife Syreeta Wright?

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American singer-songwriter Syreeta Wright, who recorded professionally under the moniker Syreeta, is best known for her work from the early 1970s to the early 1980s.

The songs that Wright co-wrote with musicians Billy Preston and her ex-husband Stevie Wonder are her career high points.

Who is Stevie Wonder wife Syreeta Wright?

In the 1970s, Syreeta Wright, a singer and songwriter, collaborated on a number of well-known songs with Stevie Wonder, to whom she had a brief marriage.

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Wright, despite her lack of economic success and her star never truly rising, was a prolific author in her own right.

Wright began singing at the age of four and was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the United States, in 1946.

Wright and her sister Kim were reared by their mother Essie and grandmother while their father served in the Korean War. The Wright family alternated between South Carolina and Detroit before finally settling there as Wright started high school.

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Wright was unable to pursue a career in dance due to financial constraints; instead, she turned her attention to a music career, joining a number of singing groups before getting a work as a receptionist for Motown in 1965.

She quickly followed Martha Reeves’ lead and started working as Mickey Stevenson’s secretary within a year.