Tammi Terrell - All I Do Is Think About You (1966)

Stevie Wonder wrote this track for Tammi Terrell who then recorded it in 1966; for some unfathomable reason, it was never released. After Tammi's untimely death in 1970 at just 24, Stevie recorded it for himself and it was included on his Hotter Than July album in 1980. The Terrell version finally saw the light of day on 2005's A Cellarful Of Motown! Volume 1; a series of compilation albums of Motown rarities, containing versions of known songs by alternative artists, as well as demos of songs that were not released at the time, but had been shelved for various reasons. Much to the surprise of Motown connoisseurs these recordings from the sixties and seventies emerged in the 21st century.

Personally I feel that All I Do would have been a major hit and would have further cemented her status as a solo artist. As an aside, I feel the manner of Tammi's death probably took Marvin Gaye's music in a different connection; if she'd lived, we may have never seen the Whats Going On album and maybe her supplanting Diana Ross as the first lady of Motown.