Signed, Sealed, Delivered by Stevie Wonder. You can watch him talk about the incident below:7. This was an accident on the part of the hospital, which coupled with being six weeks premature resulted in Wonder becoming permanently blind. A major cause of Wonder’s blindness was an overabundance of oxygen he experienced as an infant in a hospital incubator. His first album, The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie, was released in 1962 when he was 12 years old, and his most recent, A Time to Love, was released in 2005.In an interview with Larry King, Stevie Wonder stated that he wasn’t born blind. American musician Stevie Wonder has released 23 studio albums, three soundtrack albums, four live albums, 11 compilations, one box set, and 101 singles.
He was the youngest solo artist to have a #1 song on Billboard.In 51 years, no one has come close to the record Stevie Wonder achieved when he was only 13. In a twist of fate, exactly 15 years later on to the date, Wonder was gifted with a son named Kwame.3. 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. 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.
He once sang “No Church in the Wild” to Frank Ocean.Around the time of Channel Orange, many music critics and fans were comparing Frank Ocean to Wonder, as they were both R&B proteges that sought to change the world through music. Here’s a clip of Little Stevie performing the song:Little Stevie Wonder – 1963 Fingertips Part II4. The track simultaneously became the #1 R&B song in the country—also a first.
But I feel it is an instrument and is a way to directly express what comes from your mind. In a 1972 interview from Rock’s Backpages, Wonder had to defend his own use of the new technology stating, “A lot of people don’t consider the Moog an instrument, in a sense, and they feel it’s gonna take a lot of work away from musicians and all that. However, the synthesizer wasn’t always regarded as a legitimate instrument. If you’re listening to the latest pop or EDM hit, chances are there are a variety of synths at work. Wonder helped popularize the Moog Synthesizer.Synthesizers have become the norm in popular music over the past 50 years. The song was a collaboration off the album Watch the Throne, where Ocean provided a stellar hook for hip-hop’s current titans, Jay-Z and Kanye West.5.
President Ronald Reagan would ultimately approve the holiday thanks to these efforts two years later. “Happy Birthday” was Wonder’s way of spreading the word. He even helped organize the Rally for Peace Conference in 1981. Stevie Wonder’s single, “Happy Birthday,” is a big reason why Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday is a National Holiday.In 1981, Wonder, along with many other supporters, were rallying for the government to recognize Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday as a national holiday. However, the name of the album comes from spelling “Stevie Wonder” backwards, something that many fans missed initially, causing several reissues to have “How do you spell Stevie Wonder backwards?” to be printed on the album sleeve.10. Marking his ninth studio album, Eivets Rednow was actually his first album with songs credited solely to Wonder alone. Stevie Wonder’s Eivets Rednow is actually “Stevie Wonder” spelled backward.Stevie Wonder’s 1968 easy-listening album, Eivets Rednow, saw the legendary artist play harmonica, drums, piano, and clavinet, though he does not sing.
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