Motown writer Moy dies at 78

Motown songwriter Sylvia Moy, who wrote or collaborated on several hits by recording stars including Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, has died in suburban Detroit. She was 78. Her brother, Melvin Moy, said his sister died April 15 at hospital in Dearborn from complications from pneumonia. Moy’s credits include Wonder’s My Cherie Amour and Gaye’s It Takes Two. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2006. Motown arranger and musician Paul Riser says Moy was the studio’s first female producer and “pioneered some really, really unique things for women.”