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Stevie Wonder Biography

Stevie Wonder is one of the most popular and richest R&B Singer who was born on May 13, 1950 in Saginaw, Michigan, United States. Motown prodigy and multi-instrumentalist who broke the record for Grammy Awards held by a solo artist with twenty-two titles and released over thirty top ten hits during his career.

He performed harmonica with He played harmonica alongside Barbra Streisand on her song “Can’t Help Loving That Man,” which appeared on The Broadway Album. on her hit song “Can’t Help Loving That Man,” that was featured in The Broadway Album.

Stevland Hardaway Morris (né Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. A prominent figure in popular music, he is one of the most successful songwriters and musicians in the history of music. Through his heavy use of electronic instruments and innovative sounds, Wonder became a pioneer and influence to musicians of various genres including pop, rhythm and blues, soul, funk and rock.

Dropping the “Little” from his name, Moy and Wonder worked together to create the hit “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)”, and Wonder went on to have a number of other hits during the mid-1960s, including “With a Child’s Heart”, and “Blowin’ in the Wind”, a Bob Dylan cover, co-sung by his mentor, producer Clarence Paul. 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. 1 hit for Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (it was first released in 1967, mostly unnoticed as the last track of their Make It Happen LP, but eventually became a major success when re-released as a single in 1970, which prompted Robinson to reconsider his intention of leaving the group).

He got married Syreeta on September 14, 1970. Then following the divorce, which took place in February 1972. He got married to Kai Millard Morris on September 1st 2001. He is the father of 5 sons, and 2 daughters.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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At the end of 1962, when Wonder was 12 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 20-minute performance was recorded and released in May 1963 as the album Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius. A single, “Fingertips”, from the album was also released in May, and became a major hit. 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?”, was a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 when Wonder was aged 13, making him the youngest artist ever to top the chart. The single was simultaneously No. 1 on the R&B chart, the first time that had occurred. 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. During 1964, Wonder appeared in two films as himself, Muscle Beach Party and Bikini Beach, but these were not successful either. Sylvia Moy persuaded label owner Berry Gordy to give Wonder another chance.

Stevie Wonder Net Worth

Stevie Wonder is one of the richest R&B Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Stevie Wonder's net worth $110 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was suffering from retinopathy due to prematurity. This led to his retinas detaching and eventually he was blind. The record label he signed him to was Motown Records when he was 11 years old.

The hit song was released by him “Fingertips (Pt. 2)” when he was 13 as well as his debut album Songs in the Key of Life was placed at as 56 in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the most popular albums of all time.

Wonder was born Stevland Hardaway Judkins in Saginaw, Michigan, on May 13, 1950, the third of six children born to Calvin Judkins and songwriter Lula Mae Hardaway. He was born six weeks premature which, along with the oxygen-rich atmosphere in the hospital incubator, resulted in retinopathy of prematurity, a condition in which the growth of the eyes is aborted and causes the retinas to detach, so he became blind.

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 11 years old. Mainly covers of Ray Charles’s songs, the album 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 112”, were co-written with Wonder. 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; released summer 1962, it almost broke into the Billboard 100, spending one week of August at 101. 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 1962 and Tribute to Uncle Ray in October 1962—also met with little success.

Blind since shortly after his birth, Wonder was a child prodigy known as Little Stevie Wonder, leading him to sign with Motown’s Tamla label at the age of 11. In 1963, the single “Fingertips” was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 when Wonder was aged 13, making him the youngest artist ever to top the chart. Wonder’s critical success was at its peak in the 1970s when he started his “classic period” in 1972 with the releases of Music of My Mind and Talking Book, with the latter featuring the number-one hit “Superstition”. “Superstition” is one of the most distinctive and famous examples of the sound of the Hohner Clavinet keyboard. With Innervisions (1973), Fulfillingness’ First Finale (1974) and Songs in the Key of Life (1976) all winning the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Wonder became the tied record holder, with Frank Sinatra, for the most Album of the Year wins with three. Wonder is also the only artist to have won the award with three consecutive album releases.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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In 1961, when aged 11, Wonder sang his own composition, “Lonely Boy”, to Ronnie White of the Miracles; White then took Wonder and his mother to an audition at Motown, where CEO Berry Gordy signed Wonder to Motown’s Tamla label. Before signing, producer Clarence Paul gave him the name Little Stevie Wonder. 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 21. He and his mother would be paid a weekly stipend to cover their expenses: Wonder received $2.50 (equivalent to $21.39 in 2019) per week, and a private tutor was provided for when Wonder was on tour.

In 1969 Stevie Wonder participated in the Sanremo Music Festival with the song “Se tu ragazza mia”, in conjunction with Gabriella Ferri. Between 1967 and 1970 he recorded four 45 rpm and an Italian LP.

Who is Stevie Wonder Dating?

According to our records, Stevie Wonder married to Tomeeka Robyn Bracy , Kai Millard Morris , Syreeta Wright . As of December 1, 2023, Stevie Wonder’s is not dating anyone.

In 1968 he recorded an album of instrumental soul/jazz tracks, mostly harmonica solos, under the title Eivets Rednow, which is “Stevie Wonder” spelled backward. The album failed to get much attention, and its only single, a cover of “Alfie”, only reached number 66 on the U.S. Pop charts and number 11 on the US Adult Contemporary charts. Nonetheless, he managed to score several hits between 1968 and 1970 such as “I Was Made to Love Her”, “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. The hit single “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours” was his first-ever self-produced song.

Facts & Trivia

Stevie Ranked on the list of most popular R&B Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Stevie Wonder celebrates birthday on May 13 of every year.

Wonder has been married three times. He was married to Motown singer-songwriter and frequent collaborator Syreeta Wright from 1970 until their amicable divorce in 1972. From 2001 until 2012 he was married to fashion designer Kai Millard. In October 2009, Wonder and Millard separated; Wonder filed for divorce in August 2012. In 2017 he married Tomeeka Bracy.

Is Stevie Wonder deaf?

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.

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How long was Stevie Wonder in a coma?

2. As a result of a 1973 car crash, Stevie Wonder temporarily lost his sense of smell and taste. On August 6, 1973, Stevie Wonder was in a car accident. The crash left Wonder in a coma for four days and ultimately resulted in him losing both his sense of smell and taste for a short time.

How did Stevie Wonder overcame blindness?

The single “Fingertips” from his first live album, “Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius”, hit #1 on both the pop and R&B charts. An overnight star, Stevie didn’t just sit back and enjoy his success. Instead, he enrolled at the Michigan School for the Blind the following year, and began studying piano professionally.

Why does Stevie Wonder sway his head?

Stevie Wonder famously sways his head left and right when he’s performing on stage. I’ve always thought that it was a listening technique linked to his blindness; I assume you can locate sounds easier that way, but maybe he’s listening for different aspects of the sound mix.

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