Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris
Stevie Wonder is an American singer from Saginaw, Michigan active since 1961.
- Profession
- Singer, Songwriter, Producer
- From
- Saginaw, Michigan
- Born
- May 13, 1950
- Years active
- 1961–present
Early life
Blind from infancy and raised in Detroit, Stevland Morris was signed to Motown at age eleven as "Little Stevie Wonder," a harmonica and keyboard prodigy.
Career
His 1970s run of albums — "Talking Book," "Innervisions," and "Songs in the Key of Life" — is considered among the greatest in popular music, fusing soul, funk, and social consciousness.
Major achievements
He has won 25 Grammy Awards, more than almost any solo artist, and is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient.
Legacy
Stevie Wonder is a towering genius of American music whose songwriting and musicianship shaped soul, R&B, and pop for over six decades.
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