Australian singles charts:
You Are the Sunshine of My Life entered the Kent charts on 28 May 1973 and peaked at #10. The song was #73 on the Top 100 of 1973.
Album:
The song is on Talking Book which entered the Kent album charts on 28 May 1973 and peaked at #34.
Songwriter:
Stevie Wonder
Producer:
Stevie Wonder
Record label of Australian release:
Tamla Motown
Wikipedia:
The first two lines of the song are sung, not by Wonder, but by Jim Gilstrap; Lani Groves sings the next two. Gilstrap and Groves, together with Gloria Barley, also provide backing vocals.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Are_the_Sunshine_of_My_Life
Songfacts:
The sunshine of Stevie Wonder’s life when he wrote this song was Syreeta Wright, whom he married in 1970. Wright, who started at Motown Records as a secretary, co-wrote Wonder’s hit Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours that same year, and also all nine songs on Stevie’s 1971 album Where I’m Coming From. Wonder produced her debut album, Syreeta, in 1972 and her next one, Stevie Wonder Presents: Syreeta, in 1974.
Wonder recorded this song impromptu at Electric Lady Studios in New York City, which he would keep booked when he was in the area. His band at the time included Ray Parker Jr. on guitar.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/stevie-wonder/you-are-the-sunshine-of-my-life
Lyrics:
You are the sunshine of my life
That’s why I’ll always be around
You are the apple of my eye
Forever you’ll stay in my heart
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