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Early life. Stevie Wonder was born in Saginaw, Michigan, in 1950, the third of six children of Calvin Judkins and Lula Mae Hardaway, a songwriter.
Background information. Birth name. Stevland Hardaway Judkins.
Also known as. Stevland Hardaway Morris (legal)Little Stevie Wonder (stage)Born(1. May 1. 3, 1. 95. 0 (age 6. Saginaw, Michigan, U. S. Origin. Detroit, Michigan, U. S. Genres. Occupation(s)Musiciansingersongwriterrecord producermulti- instrumentalist.
Instruments. Vocalskeyboardsharmonicadrums. Years active. 19. Labels. Associated acts. Websitesteviewonder. Stevland Hardaway Morris (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins; May 1. Stevie Wonder, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi- instrumentalist. A child prodigy, he is considered to be one of the most critically and commercially successful musical performers of the late 2.
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Wonder signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of 1. Motown into the 2. He has been blind since shortly after birth.[3]Among Wonder's works are singles such as "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours", "Superstition", "Sir Duke", "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" and "I Just Called to Say I Love You"; and albums such as Talking Book, Innervisions and Songs in the Key of Life.[2] He has recorded more than 3. U. S. top ten hits and received 2. Grammy Awards, one of the most- awarded male solo artists, and has sold over 1. Wonder is also noted for his work as an activist for political causes, including his 1.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a holiday in the United States.[5] In 2. Wonder was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace.[6] In 2. Billboard magazine released a list of the Billboard Hot 1. All- Time Top Artists to celebrate the US singles chart's 5. Wonder at number six.[7]Early life.
Stevie Wonder was born in Saginaw, Michigan, in 1. Calvin Judkins and Lula Mae Hardaway, a songwriter. He was born six weeks premature which, along with the oxygen- rich atmosphere in the hospital incubator, resulted in retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), a condition in which the growth of the eyes is aborted and causes the retinas to detach; so he became blind.[3][8] When Wonder was four, his mother divorced his father and moved to Detroit with her children. The Other Side Of The Mirror Movie Watch Online. She changed her name back to Lula Hardaway and later changed her son's surname to Morris, partly because of relatives. Wonder has retained Morris as his legal surname. He began playing instruments at an early age, including piano, harmonica and drums. He formed a singing partnership with a friend; calling themselves Stevie and John, they played on street corners, and occasionally at parties and dances.[9]Career.
Sixties singles. Rehearsing for a performance on Dutch TV in 1. In 1. 96. 1, when aged 1. Wonder sang his own composition, "Lonely Boy", to Ronnie White of the Miracles; [1. White then took Wonder and his mother to an audition at Motown, where CEO Berry Gordy signed Wonder to Motown's Tamla label.[1] Before signing, producer Clarence Paul gave him the name Little Stevie Wonder.[3] Because of Wonder's age, the label drew up a rolling five- year contract in which royalties would be held in trust until Wonder was 2. He and his mother would be paid a weekly stipend to cover their expenses: Wonder received $2. Wonder was on tour.[1.
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Wonder was put in the care of producer and songwriter Clarence Paul, and for a year they worked together on two albums. Tribute to Uncle Ray was recorded first, when Wonder was still 1. Mainly covers of Ray Charles's songs, it included a Wonder and Paul composition, "Sunset".
The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie was recorded next, an instrumental album consisting mainly of Paul's compositions, two of which, "Wondering" and "Session Number 1. Wonder.[1. 2] Feeling Wonder was now ready, a song, "Mother Thank You", was recorded for release as a single, but then pulled and replaced by the Berry Gordy song "I Call It Pretty Music, But the Old People Call It the Blues" as his début single; [1. Billboard 1. 00, spending one week of August at 1. Two follow- up singles, "Little Water Boy" and "Contract on Love", both had no success, and the two albums, released in reverse order of recording—The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie in September 1. Watch The Facility Tube Free. Tribute to Uncle Ray in October 1.
At the end of 1. 96. Wonder was 1. 2 years old, he joined the Motortown Revue, touring the "chitlin' circuit" of theatres across America that accepted black artists. At the Regal Theater, Chicago, his 2. May 1. 96. 3 as the album Recorded Live: The 1. Year Old Genius.[1. A single, "Fingertips", from the album was also released in May, and became a major hit.[1. The song, featuring a confident and enthusiastic Wonder returning for a spontaneous encore that catches out the replacement bass player, who is heard to call out "What key?
What key?",[1. 7][1. No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 1. Wonder was aged 1. The single was simultaneously No. R& B chart, the first time that had occurred.[2.
His next few recordings, however, were not successful; his voice was changing as he got older, and some Motown executives were considering cancelling his recording contract.[2. During 1. 96. 4, Wonder appeared in two films as himself, Muscle Beach Party and Bikini Beach, but these were not successful either.[2. Sylvia Moy persuaded label owner Berry Gordy to give Wonder another chance.[2. Dropping the "Little" from his name, Moy and Wonder worked together to create the hit "Uptight (Everything's Alright)",[2.
Wonder went on to have a number of other hits during the mid- 1. With a Child's Heart", and "Blowin' in the Wind",[1. Bob Dylan cover, co- sung by his mentor, producer Clarence Paul.[2. He also began to work in the Motown songwriting department, composing songs both for himself and his label mates, including "The Tears of a Clown", a No.
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (it was first released in 1. Make It Happen LP, but eventually became a major success when re- released as a single in 1. Robinson to reconsider his intention of leaving the group).[2. In 1. 96. 8 he recorded an album of instrumental soul/jazz tracks, mostly harmonica solos, under the title Eivets Rednow, which is "Stevie Wonder" spelled backwards.[2. The album failed to get much attention, and its only single, a cover of "Alfie", only reached number 6. U. S. Pop charts and number 1.
US Adult Contemporary charts. Nonetheless, he managed to score several hits between 1. I Was Made to Love Her",[2. For Once in My Life" and "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours". A number of Wonder's early hits, including "My Cherie Amour", "I Was Made to Love Her", and "Uptight (Everything's Alright)", were co- written with Henry Cosby. Seventies albums and classic period.
In September 1. 97. Wonder married Syreeta Wright, a songwriter and former Motown secretary.
Wright and Wonder worked together on the next album, Where I'm Coming From; Wonder writing the music, and Wright helping with the lyrics.[2. They wanted to "touch on the social problems of the world", and for the lyrics "to mean something".[2. It was released at around the same time as Marvin Gaye's What's Going On. As both albums had similar ambitions and themes, they have been compared; in a contemporaneous review by Vince Aletti in Rolling Stone, Gaye's was seen as successful, while Wonder's was seen as failing due to "self- indulgent and cluttered" production, "undistinguished" and "pretentious" lyrics, and an overall lack of unity and flow.[2. Reaching his 2. 1st birthday on May 1.
Motown contract to expire.[2. In 1. 97. 0, Wonder co- wrote, and played numerous instruments on the hit "It's a Shame" for fellow Motown act the Spinners.
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