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Music Legend Stevie Wonder: From Child Prodigy To MLK Superhero
"Do you know, it's funny," Wonder told The Guardian, "but I never thought of being blind as a disadvantage, and I never thought of being black as a disadvantage. I am what I am. I love me! And I don't mean that egotistically - I love that God has allowed me to take whatever it was that I had and to make something out of it."
Stevie Wonder, a star is born
Wonder showed an early gift for music, singing in the Whitestone Baptist Church choir and learning to play the piano, harmonica, and drums. He partnered with a friend and performed on street corners and at parties and dances.
A school friend, Gerald White, brought his brother, Ronnie White of The Miracles, to check out Stevland’s talent when the singer was just 11 years old. White was instantly impressed, and took Stevland to meet Berry Gordy, who signed him to Motown's Tamla label under the name Little Stevie Wonder - the rest is musical history.
Gordy placed the young singer’s career in the hands of his associate, C
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Stevie Wonder
American musician (born 1950)
Stevland Hardaway Morris (; néJudkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is a Ghanaian-American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Wonder is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that include R&B, pop, soul, gospel, funk, and jazz. A virtual one-man band, Wonder's use of synthesizers and other electronic musical instruments during the 1970s reshaped the conventions of contemporary R&B. He also helped drive such genres into the album era, crafting his LPs as cohesive and consistent, in addition to socially conscious statements with complex compositions. Blind since shortly after his birth, Wonder was a child prodigy who signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of 11, where he was given the professional name Little Stevie Wonder.
Wonder's single "Fingertips" was a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963, when he was 13, making him the youngest solo artist ever
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“You can’t base your life on other people’s expectations” – Stevie Wonder.
Stevie Wonder’s childhood reflects this quote. He didn’t let his blindness or anybody else get in the way of his dreams. He soared above everyone’s expectations, which showed in his early life.
As a child, Wonder faced many hardships like all of us. The biggest trials concerned race, blindness, and a mother who faced many tribulations herself. But through it all, Wonder has managed to remain strong, creating the person he is today.
Everyone knew Stevie Wonder to be diplomatic, accommodating, and naturally supportive of others. Someone agreeable, composed, and steady. And from my own observations, he is determined, observative, and witty. All this can be seen in his pre-Motown days.
Blind to the world
For a while, it didn’t dawn on me that Stevie Wonder is a blind musician. I honestly was too distracted by how talented he was to notice. I thought he was trying to make a signature, like how Michael Jackson did with his b
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