*First line is the artist name. 1974. This artist and her husband wrote this song. He produced it with Stevie Wonder. The melody was created as a distraction for her baby daugther, Maya. In the recording, you can hear the artist cooing her daughter's name over and over on the unedited album version. Her daughter grew up to be a Saturday Night Live cast member. DJs cut off this end because they were afraid it would be misunderstood as a religious chant. The artist is known for her five octave vocal range. The song hit #1. Sadly the artist died in 1979 at age 31.