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    BBC Places Spotlight On It's No Wonder

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    The impact of Sylvia Moy's music touched the world, and the interviews taking place continue to reach just as wide an audience in an effort to raise awareness about her incredible legacy.

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    BBC and Karen Gabay did an interview with Dr. Christian about It's No Wonder: The Life and Times of Motown's Legendary Songwriter Sylvia Moy.

    It was touching when Gabay mentioned how she interviewed Sylvia Moy during the latter part of her life and how she shared not always getting full credit for the music she wrote.  She and Gabay were on the verge of doing an on-camera interview about it, but Sylvia became ill and could not finish.

    Thankfully, Sylvia's spirit and energy are strong!!!! She is glowing because her story is finally being told.  She is the focus and at the center of it all.

    The interview was aired on BBC stations in Bristol and the South East of England, including Somerset and in Sheffield, Leeds, Lincolnshire and Humberside. Also, it aired across 31 stations on BBC local radio.


    It's No Wonder is available everywhere books are sold.  

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    Hidden Motown Great Sylvia Moy Takes Center Stage On Chicago's WGN

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    WGN Buzz Behind the Scenes host Tyra Martin interviewed Dr. Christian about one of Motown's greatest songwriters, Sylvia Moy.  


    The interview offered insight while shining a light on the late Detroit native's legacy and impact as showcased in the biography It's No Wonder: The Life and Times of Motown's Legendary Songwriter Sylvia Moy.


    It's No Wonder is available everywhere books are sold.  


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    Dr. Christian Among Esteemed Authors At Brooklyn Book Festival

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    Featured authors on the panel for Musical Lives Revisited included (l-r) Jamie Foster, Joshua Jelly-Shapiro, Margena A. Christian and David Hajdu, who served as the moderator for the discussion during the Brooklyn Book Festival at the Brooklyn Borough Hall Community Room on Sunday, September 27. Originally scheduled to take place of the Main Stage on Borough Hall Plaza, due to nor'easter's heavy wind and rain conditions, the location moved indoors. The Festival, launched in 2006, is New York City's largest free literary festival that connects readers with local, national and international authors and publishers. 

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    Hitsville U.S.A.'s Hidden Voices Finally Get Amplified

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    MSN.com highlighted a piece on some of the hidden figures in Motown's storied history. 


    It included a mention of Sylvia Moy, who became the label's first female in-house songwriter and producer during the early '60s. She earned the multi-hyphenate title in 1965, a year after she arrived at Motown, when she co-wrote and produced Stevie Wonder's hit song Uptight (Everything's Alright). Though she received the songwriter credit, she was not given the producer credit. Only her male colleagues, Henry "Hank" Cosby and William "Mickey" Stevenson, were listed as producers. 


    As a result of Moy's production credit exclusion, Valerie Simpson, who arrived at Motown in 1966 with her husband, Nick Ashford, has often been credited as the first female songwriter/producer. This omission is finally being corrected with the release of It's No Wonder: The Life and Times of Motown's Legendary Songwriter Sylvia Moy. 


    To find out others featured by MSN, view the following: "Motown's hidden voices finally get heard": https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/music/motown-s-hidden-voices-finally-get-heard/ss-AA2enpeZ


    It's No Wonder is available everywhere books are sold.