A true musical genius, Stevie Wonder has played a monumental role in music and its surrounding culture for over six decades. One of the biggest-selling Black musicians in history, this multi-talented ...
His talents were evident from his preteen years. At 12, “Little Stevie” Wonder caught the ear of Berry Gordy in 1961, impressing the Motown founder with the vocal talents he displayed in his church ...
Stevie Wonder’s breakout as a 12-year-old prodigy was impressive. But no one could have imagined the charismatic blind boy could be so brilliant. Wonder’s output from 1972 to 1976 is arguably the ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Motown, founded by Berry Gordy Jr. over sixty years ago and labeled The Sound of ...
Beck laid a version down with his own band, but by the time he had, it was far too late, and the song was clearly going to become Wonder’s forever. “We were gutted, you know, totally,” Beck explained.