The article recounts how Stevie Wonder repeatedly urged people to remember Benny Benjamin, the original Motown house-band drummer whose playing underpinned many of the label's biggest hits despite his name going largely unrecognised. Wonder felt strongly that session musicians like Benjamin deserved the same recognition as the singers they backed, since their contribution was fundamental to the sound of the records but was rarely credited or celebrated publicly.

Benjamin played drums on classics including The Temptations' "My Girl", Gladys Knight & the Pips' "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", Barrett Strong's "Money (That's What I Want)", Mary Wells' "My Guy", and on Wonder's own "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" and "My Cherie Amour". He died in 1969 aged just 43, and Wonder later lamented that he "died without notice", comparing his talent to that of celebrated drummer Bernard Purdie. The piece notes that documentaries such as Standing in the Shadows of Motown and Muscle Shoals have since helped highlight the unsung session musicians behind many classic recordings.