Talk:Syreeta Wright

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Date of birth?

Why is she listed under 28 February births, when her birthdate stated here is something else? Which one is correct?

August 3 is correct. I have changed it back. Q.ofSpades (talk) 06:11, 22 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Muhammad??

I've expanded this section using various internet sources that all seem to agree. I left our any detail that I couldn't verify. Does anyone know about the reference to "Syreeta Wright Muhammad"? Did she remarry? Convert to Islam? What do you know? Iamvered 03:22, 30 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rita Wright

The song "I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel for You" is apparently credited to Rita Wright. Allmusic says she was born as Rita Wright. Rita Wright redirects here, but there's no mention of the name anywhere, and the article actually says she was born as "Syreeta Wright". Can anyone with more information please take a look at this? Thanks... --Cotoco 19:12, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re-visited. Rita Wright name is properly now included.

Derek R Bullamore 19:25, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sources indicate that Syreeta is her birth name. I have corrected. Q.ofSpades (talk) 01:28, 22 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Considered underrated?

The opening paragraph currently concludes: "She is considered one of the most underrated R&B vocalists to emerge out of the 1970s Motown scene." Huh? How can someone be commonly considered underrated? Could someone cite an opinion of her from a credible critic--for instance, perhaps she was critically admired during the 1970s Motown scene but never reached a wide audience. --Trevor Burnham 01:45, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sisters?

There are conflicting references regarding Syreeta Wright's sisters: Currently, the Syreeta article says songwriter Yvonne Wright was Syreeta's sister and give's one reference [1] (page 63 of the cited book). I believe the book's author is incorrect, and that while both Syreeta and Yvonne Wright worked with Stevie Wonder, they were not sisters.

These obituaries for Syreeta, from 2004, mention her sister Kim Barnum and her mother Essie Wright, but do not mention Yvonne who died in 2016. [2] [3] [4] [5]

This Facebook post on Syreeta's posthumous page says her parents names were Lordian and Essie Wright. [6]

Yvonne's 2016 obituary says her parents names were Harry and Margaret. It makes no mention of either Syreeta or Kim.[7]

Design (talk) 12:58, 20 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed the contentious info about Yvonne Wright. Please discuss. Design (talk) 22:47, 26 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Middle name

Syreeta has the middle name Annette, but I am not sure if I could provide a reliable source but here are sources. [8], [9], [10] Sorry, I could not find any else. Please help me out with this. Also there might be info on ancestry.com, but I am not sure. Also this edit was removed because that whoever put the middle name Annette there got reverted because they did not provide a source. Special:MobileDiff/1165461746 2601:406:4200:8E90:94C4:2C75:7C6A:4952 (talk) 13:21, 30 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Specific birth date.

Why does the Social Security Applications and Claims Index, Social Security Death Index and public records list her birth date as August 3, 1946? February 28 is from an reliable source but some reliable sources may include inaccurate information. TheGreatestLuvofAll (talk) 12:16, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]