STEVIE WONDER
Name: Stevie Wonder
Birth name: Steveland Hardaway Judkins
Also known as Little Stevie Wonder
Born: 13 May 1950 Saginaw, Michigan, United States
Stevie Wonder (born Steveland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, name later
changed to Steveland Hardaway Morris) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist,
and record producer. A prominent figure of 20th century popular music, Wonder
has recorded more than thirty top ten hits, won twenty-five Grammy Awards (a
record for a solo artist), plus one for lifetime achievement, won an Academy
Award for Best Song and been inducted into both the Rock and Roll and
Songwriters halls of fame. Opera star Luciano Pavarotti once referred to him in
a concert as a "great, great musical genius".
Blind from infancy, Wonder signed with Motown Records as a pre-adolescent at age
twelve, and continues to perform and record for the label to this day. He has
nine U.S. number-one hits to his name and album sales totaling more than 100
million units. Wonder has recorded several critically acclaimed albums and hit
singles, and writes and produces songs for many of his label mates and outside
artists as well. A multi-instrumentalist, Wonder plays the piano, synthesizer,
talk box, harmonica, congas, drums, bongos, bass guitar, organ, melodica, and
clarinet. In his early career, he was best known for his harmonica work, but
today he is better known for his keyboard skills.
Name: Stevie Wonder
Birth name: Steveland Hardaway Judkins
Also known as Little Stevie Wonder
Born: 13 May 1950 Saginaw, Michigan, United States
Stevie Wonder (born Steveland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, name later
changed to Steveland Hardaway Morris) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist,
and record producer. A prominent figure of 20th century popular music, Wonder
has recorded more than thirty top ten hits, won twenty-five Grammy Awards (a
record for a solo artist), plus one for lifetime achievement, won an Academy
Award for Best Song and been inducted into both the Rock and Roll and
Songwriters halls of fame. Opera star Luciano Pavarotti once referred to him in
a concert as a "great, great musical genius".
Blind from infancy, Wonder signed with Motown Records as a pre-adolescent at age
twelve, and continues to perform and record for the label to this day. He has
nine U.S. number-one hits to his name and album sales totaling more than 100
million units. Wonder has recorded several critically acclaimed albums and hit
singles, and writes and produces songs for many of his label mates and outside
artists as well. A multi-instrumentalist, Wonder plays the piano, synthesizer,
talk box, harmonica, congas, drums, bongos, bass guitar, organ, melodica, and
clarinet. In his early career, he was best known for his harmonica work, but
today he is better known for his keyboard skills.