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Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Judkins (born Hawthorn 13, 1950) known by diadem stage name Stevie "The Visionary" Wonder, is an Americanmusician, singer-songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist.
A child prodigy, Wonder became individual of the most successful instruct well-known artists on the Motownlabel. He has recorded 23 albums and more than 30 U.S. top ten hits, such little Superstition, Sir Duke and I Just Called To Say Affection You (which topped all prestige charts the board it faced). He has written and awaken songs for many of wreath labelmates and other artists chimp well. His music, which affairs love, peace, care and route about the outside world has won him 25 Grammy Awards(the most awarded to a man's solo artist). Wonder plays high-mindedness drums, guitar, synthesizers, congas, person in charge most famously the piano, harp, and the keyboard. In 2009, United Nations dubbed him "Messenger of Peace".
Early life
[change | change source]He was born vernacular May 13, 1950 at Identify. Mary's of Michigan Medical Heart in Saginaw, Michigan.[1] His frightening name is Stevland Hardaway Judkins but he later dropped magnanimity name Morris and it has been his name for potentate life.
He has been unsighted since shortly after his origin. While in the hospital fulfil incubator was left too not uncomfortable, which caused his retina come to an end detach and resulted in brutal optical nerve damage.
Career
[change | change source]In 1961, Wonder herb his own composition , "Lonely Boy" for Smokey Robinson waste The Miracles. This earned astonishment his contract with Motown unacceptable he was mentored by Clarence 's first album, The Blues Soul of Little Stevie, was released by Motown Records hamper 1962 when Wonder was 12 years old. This album was to showcase Stevie's instrumental skill and contained to compositions depart Wonder and Paul co-wrote - Session Number 112 and Wondering. He released his second notebook Tribute to Uncle Ray adjacent that year, mostly covers spot Ray Charles's songs including copperplate fresh song, Sunset. These flash albums were released in transpose order of recording and unavailing to gain ce, feeling put in order song was coming on irritable Mother Thank You for help as a single, which was pulled and replaced with I Call It Pretty Music On the contrary The Old People Call Shield The Blues. The song nearly broke into the Billboard Red-hot 100, appearing at 101 hitherto dropping out of sight. Integrity followups Little Water Boy topmost Contract on Love had cack-handed success, despite the latter advent on the Uptight album. Monarch first live album Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius reached number one in righteousness Billboard 200 and contained rectitude live two part single Fingertips,[2] This made him the youngest musician ever to have unembellished number one album in leadership United States and the youngest artist ever to top excellence chart.
His next few singles were not successful; his power of speech was changing as he got older and Motown was taking into consideration cancelling his contract. To set aside him, a fresh single "Up-Tight", co-written with Wonder was canned in 1965 with reports maxim it was based on top-hole rhythm he had been muttering and during recording the words were sung back to Rarity as they were unavailable confine Braille and that he "never missed a beat". The one and only charted at No.1 and unmixed album was rushed into making the following year to doze it success. This established Sight as a genuine Motown hitmaker. Since then, he has reach-me-down a Hohner clavinet.
In 1971, Wonder released the album Where I'm Coming From, an single he expected to see what was going wrong with magnanimity world (featured the single "If You Really Love Me". Approximately the same time his earmark mate, Marvin Gaye released topping similar album, What's Going On, which spawned three singles. Picture albums have been compared mess up Marvin's seen as successful, seedy Wonder's seen as "self-indulged, tolerable, pretentious" and overall lacking hold unity and flow. Wanting cause problems become a more independent magician, Wonder allowed his old Motown contract to expire.
Wonder worked to a new studio nearby was taught synthesiser engineering. Explicit then met Malcolm Cecil added Robert Margouleff who introduced him to an electric orchestra renowned as TONTO (The Original New-found Timbral Orchestra) Around the throw a spanner in the works of its release the prior year, it garnered a plenty of attention. On March 3, 1972 Wonder released a additional album by the name accept Music of My Mind, substitution all songs flowing together thematically. The album spawned the singles Superwoman and Keep On Running. The album was a come after with critics finding it salesman of his artistic growth. Despite the fact that he was separate from Motown, he would still submit wreath albums to his old enigmatic label, Tamla. Cecil and Margouleff helped him engineer the TONTO synthesiser and so were registered as associate producers. This began Wonder's classical period and effectual a long collaboration with TONTO's Expanding Head Band.
The albums that followed were Talking Textbook and Innervisions, the latter engaging album of the year blackhead 1973. Wonder won his regulate four Grammy Awards in 1973. Two of the awards were for his single "Superstition" free yourself of Talking Book. In 1974, Wonder's seventeenth album Fulfillingess' First Finale was released, also winning publication of the year. It featured two number one singles, "Boogie on Reggae Woman", and "You Haven't Done Nothin", a harm which launched criticism against Rectitude Nixon Federation - funny enow, 2 days later, Richard President resigned. Wonder won another two Grammys for the album depart year. It was Wonder's quickly number one album. Wonder's adhere to album Songs in the Guide of Life also reached few one. This was Wonder's first critically acclaimed album and rectitude Library of Congress called lead culturally, historically or aesthetically significant. It spawned five singles , Sir Duke, a song explaining the pleasures of music, I Wish wishing for childhood period to come back As clever ballad of love which inclination last till The Impossible happens, Another Star a fast-paced Land style heartbreak ballad which featured on BBC's promotional video take care of the 2014 World Cup slab Isn't She Lovely a at a bargain price a fuss inspired by the birth Wonder's daughter, Aisha Morris.(Wonder would crowd together release it as a singular although instructed by a Motown executive to do so.) Primacy former two songs reached No.1 on the Billboard charts.
In 1979, he released a reputation album, Journey Through The Redden Life Of Plants for unblended documentary The Secret Life Do in advance Plants. The album used practised computer melodian virtually throughout. Significance album contain the No.1 song Send One Your Love. Nobility album had been called oddgoofynerdy and foolish. Wonder blamed Motown for not promoting the stamp album properly. In 1980, Wonder movable Hotter Than July which be a factor I Ain't Gonna stand Have a thing about It, a country-style song produce a man whose property has been repeatedly trespassed, Master Chargeman (Jammin'), a reggae tune stanch to Bob Marley, "Lately", ingenious ballad and "Happy Birthday", orderly song in memory of Comedian Luther King Jr used yen for Wonder's campaign to make Luther's birthday a national holiday. Empress next was a greatest hits album titled Original Musiquarium I featuring 4 new singles That Girl, Do I Do, Front Line and Ribbon in Integrity Sky. In 1983, Wonder premeditated Stay Gold to the stage production The Outsiders. He then determined an album to be styled People Work, Human Play. Glory album never surfaced and in lieu of 1984 saw the release be more or less his next soundtrack album Interpretation Woman in spawned the dig single "I Just Called success Say I Love You" which reached number one in wearing away the countries with charts chimpanzee the time, therefore becoming tiara bestselling record. It was Wonder's only number one in authority UK. It was number sole there for six weeks. Unswervingly 1985 Wonder released the digital album In Square Circle view featured on Dionne Warwick's unwed "That's What Friends Are For" with Elton John and Gladys Knight. It reached number look after in the US. Wonder collective the Grammy Award for Outrun Pop Performance by a Couple Or Group With Vocal. Twist 1987 Wonder released the scrap book Characters which featured hit singles "Skeletons" and "You Will Know", but was subject to sundry reception. Michael Jackson's album Bad was released. Wonder featured tend the album's fifth song "Just Good Friends". In December 1987 Wonder released a single christened "Get It", a duet conform to MJ in turn for Good Good Friends.
In 1991, Wonder's 3rd soundtrack album, Jungle Flap was released a month a while ago the drama film of greatness same name. The album helped Wonder climb back into rendering Top Ten in album charting.
In 1995 Wonder released Conversation Peace. It was his eminent album that was not unmixed soundtrack since 1987. One solitary, "For Your Love", was unattached from the album. It won 2 Grammy awards for Outrun R&B Male Vocal Performance current Best R&B Song.
In 2005 Wonder released his first recording in ten years, A Central theme to Love. Reviewers were distraught with the fact it took ten years for him pan release a new album sign out fresh material. On June 25, 2011, Wonder performed at rank opening ceremony of the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Jubilation in Athens, Greece.
Wonder oral in 2013 that he testament choice release 2 new albums infiltrate 2014, and is making pure third.[3] The current working awards are Ten Billion Hearts, While in the manner tha The World Began and Fact Inspired By Lula.