"To Know You Is to Love You" is a song written by Syreeta Wright and Stevie Wonder in 1972.
Recording history
In June 1972, the song came out as a duet on Syreeta Wright's debut album (Syreeta, MW 113) by MoWest Records (a Motown company).
In 1973, the song came out as both a single and an album by B.B. King, released by ABC Records in 1973, with the title song co-interpreted with Stevie Wonder (track B1 on the album To Know You Is to Love You). In the US, this version went to #12 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and #38 on the Hot 100.
Other recordings include: 1974: American R&B, soul and gospel singer Margie Joseph 1974: Scottish folk rock band String Driven Thing 1975: Thelma Houston and Pressure Cooker, I've Got the Music in Me 1975: South African-born British pop singer Danny Williams 1977: American jazz, blues, and R&B singer Joe Bourne 1979: Norwegian band Baracudaz 1998: American blues singer Jake Jewell 2021: American children's blues band The Cat and the Owl (instrumental)
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