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Today is the Man,the Myth, the Legend, B-Day! The mighty Stevie Wonder! I came across this cool information by the way or music writer, Robin Murray. Being a fan and lover of Stevie's music, some info. you may, or may not know. I dunno how much fact's hold weight. Raiding the musical bins of trivia for your education, here are ten juicy facts we plundered from countless hours of obsessive behaviour. From child prodigy, to multi-instrumental genius, to living legend - here are the skeletons in STEVIE WONDER’s closet... 1. Real name Steveland Hardaway Judkins, the young Stevie Wonder was born six weeks premature in Saginaw, Michigan. The stunted growth of blood vessels in the back of his eyes caused his retinas to detach. The oxygen pumped into his incubator exacerbated the condition, leaving the tiny baby permanently blind. 2. Mere blindness wasn’t about to stop Stevie Wonder from pursuing his love of music. A member of his local church choir soon after he could walk, the young singer mastered piano, harmonica, drums and bass before hitting his teens. Auditioning for Motown Records, eleven-year-old Stevie left founder Berry Gordy speechless. 3. At thirteen, Stevie’s cut of ‘Fingertips’ from the Motortown Revue sailed up the Billboard charts, becoming the first live track to top the Stateside countdown. On drums? A young Marvin Gaye. 4. Scoring a series of massive hits, Little Stevie was surrounded by some of the finest tutors in the history of pop music. Learning at the feet of Smokey Robinson and Diana Ross, the singer rapidly matured and by 1964 the ‘Little’ misnomer had been ditched. Daring to cover Bob Dylan’s ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’, the single became a remarkable hit, pushing the boundaries of Motown. 5. Matching global hits with a growing interest in studio technology, Stevie recorded an album of instrumentals in 1968. Using the name ‘Rednow Eivets’ - ‘Stevie Wonder’ backwards - the record slipped out under the radar. An important stepping-stone, it came just a few months after Stevie Wonder jammed with Jimi Hendrix during downtime at the BBC. Uniting two titanic black American talents, the moment was to have a profound impact on Wonder’s career. 6. Stevie Wonder really came of age in 1972 when he released ‘Music Of My Mind’ and ‘Talking Book’ - arguably two of the finest albums ever made - within months of one another. However the success belied almost two years of arguments with Motown boss Berry Gordy who refused to endorse his star’s embrace of the album format. Stevie Wonder won, and shattered chart records. 7. Seriously injured in a 1973 car crash, Stevie would permanently lose his sense of smell, and temporarily lose his sense of taste. Which means that he really is just a walking pair of ears. 10. An early adopter of the Moog synthesiser, Stevie would go on to own the first ever E-mu Emulator - effectively, the first easy-to-afford sampler. Later a staple of the emerging house and techno scenes, Stevie Wonder got there first. Again. 11. Stevie Wonder has met several United States Presidents. Given a special award by Nixon, he was later to blast the Republican on the track ‘You Ain’t Done Nuthin’. However the Motown star was to enjoy more cordial relationships with Barack Obama, who named Stevie Wonder as his favourite artist of all time. 12. In 2005 Kanye West reflected on his own success, saying simply: “I’m not trying to compete with what’s out there now. I’m really trying to compete with ‘Innervisions’ and ‘Songs In The Key Of Life’. It sounds musically blasphemous to say something like that, but why not set that as your bar?” Keep trying, Kanye.

Stevland Hardaway Morris (born May 13, 1950, as Stevland Hardaway Judkins),known by his stage nameStevie Wonder, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. A child prodigy, he became one of the most creative and loved musical performers of the late 20th century. Wonder signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of 11and has continued to perform and record for Motown as of the early 2010s. He has been blind since shortly after birth.

Among Wonder's works are singles such as "Superstition", "Sir Duke", "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" and "I Just Called to Say I Love You"; and albums such as Talking Book, Innervisions and Songs in the Key of Life. He has recorded more than 30 U.S. top ten hits and received 25 Grammy Awards, the most ever awarded to a male solo artist, and has sold over 100 million albums and singles, making him one of the top 60 best-selling music artists. Wonder is also noted for his work as an activist for political causes, including his 1980 campaign to make Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a holiday in the United States. In 2009, Wonder was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace. In 2013, Billboard magazine released a list of the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists to celebrate the U.S. singles chart's 55th anniversary, with Wonder at number six.

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Stevie Wonder is a prolific artist whose remarkable voice, brilliant writing & indelible melodies created beautiful songs. Here's my tribute to an all-time great. 40 tracks in 65 minutes.

1) Sir Duke 2) I Wish 3) Superstition [Discotech Edit] 4) Living For The City [Reflex Edit] 5) As [Whiskey Barons Edit] 6) Golden Lady [Scrimshire Edit] 7) Boogie On Reggae Woman [Luke Edit] 8) Love Light In Flight 9) That Girl 10) Do I Do 11) All I Do 12) Another Star 13) If You Really Love Me 14) I Love Every Little Thing About You 15) Master Blaster (Jammin') 16) Soul Train [Vibe Conductor Edit] 17) Higher Ground [V Edit] 18) Isn't She Lovely 19) My Cherie Amour 20) For Once In My Life 21) Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours 22) Love Having You Around 23) You Haven't Done Nothin' 24) Do Yourself A Favor 25) What's That Your Doing? [Jean Claude Gavri Edit] 26) Gotta Have You 27) Go Home 28) My Eyes Don't Cry [Sergio & Allen Craig Edit] 29) I Love You 30) Too High [White Label Remix] 31) For Your Love [Nassau Remix] 32) Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing [Remix] 33) Uptight (Everything's Alright) 34) You Are The Sunshine Of My Life 35) Part-Time Lover 36) Overjoyed 37) Send One Your Love 38) With Each Beat Of My Heart 39) Ribbon In The Sky 40) I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)

EVERYONE LOVED STEVIE!! Take a Look At These Hip-Hop Artist's Who Have Sampled His Music!

Uptight: (Motown 1966) * "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" Oasis - "Step Out" Down to Earth: (Motown 1967) * "Talkin' 'bout Hey Love" De la Soul - "Talkin' 'bout Hey Love" King Sun - "Undercover Lover" Kwame - "Hai Love" Where I'm Coming From: (Motown 1971) * "Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer" Common ft Lauryn Hill - "Retrospect for Life" Music of My Mind: (Tamla 1972) * "Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)" Janet Jackson - "New Agenda" Kanye West ft Nas and Really Doe - "We Major" * "Sweet Little Girl" PRT - "Pure Poverty" Talking Book: (Tamla 1972) * "Superstitious" AG - "Ishims" JAMS - "Next" Lavel - "Game Over" * "Maybe Your Baby" Tone Loc - "Cheeba Cheeba" * "You've Got it Bad Girl" Aboriginals - "Chemistry" Innervisions: (Tamla 1973) * "Living for the City" Public Enemy - "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" Sylvester - "Living for the City" Ten Tray - "Fight to the End" Wu-Tang Clan - "The City" * "Too High" Alkaholiks - "All Night" * "Visions" Ginuwine - "I'll Do Anything/I'm Sorry" * "All in Love is Fair" Jedi Mind Tricks - "War Ensemble" Fufillingness's First Finale: (Motown 1974) * "Boogie on Reggae Women" Beastie Boys - "Time to Get Ill" Biz Markie - "The Doo Doo" K-Solo - "Everybody Knows Me" Stetsasonic - "Go Brooklyn 3" * "You Haven't Done a Thing" 3rd Bass - "Brooklyn-Queens" 3rd Bass - "Pop Goes the Weazel" Sir Mix-A-Lot - "One Time's Got No Case" * "It Ain't No Use" Abstract Rude - "She's Always Right" Songs in the Key of Life: (Motown 1976) * "Love's in Need of Love Today" Blackstreet - "Love's in Need" Busta Rhymes ft Erykah Badu - "One" George Michael - "Love's in Need of Love Today" Kwame - "Can U Feel It?" X-Clan - "Ooh Baby" * "Have a Talk with God" Twiztid - "She Ain't Afraid" * "Sir Duke" A Tribe Called Quest - "Footprints" DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "Let's Get Busy Baby" * "I Wish" Will Smith ft Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee - "Wild Wild West" * "Knocks Me off My Feet" Ja Rule ft Bobby Brown - "Thug Lovin'" ODB - "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" * "Pastime Paradise" Coolio - "Gangsta Paradise" Cru - "Up North" Gangsta Blac - "Blaze Up Anotha One" Mary J. Blige - "Time" Three 6 Mafia - "3 6 in the Morning" * "Ordinary Pain" Erykah Badu - "Penitentiary Philosophy" * "If It's Magic" Craig Mack - "Making Moves with Puff" Hotter than July: (Tamla 1980) * "Rocket Love" Genius - "Cold World" * "Lately" Jodeci - "Lately" Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium: (Tamla 1982) * "That Girl" Spice 1 - "510, 213" Tupac - "So Many Tears" * "Do I Do" Ja Rule - "Livin' It Up" In Square Circle: (Tamla 1985) * "Part-Time Lover" 50 Cent ft Olivia - "So Amazing" Boogie Down Productions - "Part-Time Sucka" Tupac - "Part Time Mutha"