Her songs inspired Prince

Stevie inspired late pop icon Prince to write his 1984 hit ‘When Doves Cry’.

Stevie had released her solo single 'Edge of Seventeen' in 1982 and when Prince heard it he wrote 'When Doves Cry' shortly afterwards.

She said: “He was inspired by ‘Edge of Seventeen’ to write ‘When Doves Cry’. That’s really when he and I started to sort of be friends. From that moment onward at the very end of ‘Edge of Seventeen’ I go, ‘I know what it sounds like, I know what it sounds like, I know what it sounds like when doves cry. It sounds like you.’”