Steveland Hardaway Morris

Stevie Wonder is a musician of American origin, blind from birth. The founder of the classic style of soul and R'n'B. Singer with a 4 octave range of voice, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer. Winner of the Grammy 25 times.

The future singer was born on March 13, 1950 in Saginaw, Michigan. The family brought up six children, the third of whom was Stevie. The boy, who was given the name Steveland Hardaway Judkins, was born prematurely and was placed in an incubator for premature babies. Naturally weak eyesight finally deteriorated after the doctors did not calculate the oxygen supply to the child.

Lula Mae Judkins, Stevie's mother, did not dwell on her son's illness, but in all ways helped the boy adapt to the world around him. Stevie learned how to move independently, learned to read a regular alphabet book, in which he groped for block letters.

In 1954, Lula Mae remarried and moved with children from her first marriage to Detroit, changing her last name to Morris. At the age of 9, the boy was presented with a harmonica, and then a piano appeared in the house, on which Stevie quickly learned to select the familiar musical compositions of Ray Charles and Sam Cook. In addition to playing the instruments, the boy sang in the church choir.

One day at Sunday service, the teenager was noticed by Gerald White, brother of Ronnie White of The Miracles, and invited him to audition. Stevie soon met the founder of Motown Records, Barry Gordy. The producer immediately gave the boy a pseudonym - Little Stevie Wonder - and signed a contract under which Stevie went on a 4-month tour. Together with musicians from the Motown company, Stevie performed 94 concerts.

At the age of 11, under the guidance of Clarence Paul, the firm's producer, Stevie recorded his first hit "I Call It Pretty Music, But the Old People Call It the Blues", a year later the young musician's first album, "The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie" and singles "Little Water Boy" and "Contract on Love". With the beginning of his concert activity, Stevie Wonder dropped out of school, but to get a diploma, the boy had to unlearn a special school for the blind at an accelerated rate.

At the age of 13, Stevie appeared with the hit "Fingertips", which he performed with Marvin Gay, the song immediately took the first lines of the pop and R'n'B charts. In the same year, the singer's live album, Little Stevie Wonder the 12 Year Genius. Recorded Live ".

In 1964, the premiere of the movie "Muscle Beach Party" with the participation of Stevie Wonder took place on the screens, and a year later the musician appeared in the continuation of the franchise - the film "Bikini Beach". In addition to his work in cinema, Stevie has released a number of singles: "Pretty Little Angel", "Castles in the Sand", "Hey Harmonica Man", "Happy Street" and the album "Stevie at the Beach", which included songs from the movies. Smokey Robinson's hit of The Miracles "Tears of a Clown", which was composed by Stevie Wonder as part of his work for Motown, peaked at # 1 on the music charts.

In 1971 Stevie Wonder created the first conceptual R&B disc "Where I'm Coming From", which differed from the previous compilations by the author's special musical style, devoid of sentimentality. The singer not only independently wrote and arranged all the compositions for the disc, but also completely produced the album. After the release of the disc, Stevie ends the collaboration with Motown on the first contract.

After reconsidering the relationship with the main star of the label, the president of the company, Berry Gordy, signs a second agreement with Wonder, according to which the singer receives complete creative freedom. Economic independence allows the musician to surrender to conceptual projects. In 1972, two albums of the author appeared at once - "Music Of My Mind" and "Talking Book", close in sound to rock.

To record songs, Stevie Wonder used a large number of instruments, including a synthesizer, which he played himself. The singer used a voice-over technique, which made it possible to record all the vocals on his own. In his texts, Stevie, in addition to romantic plots, turned to mystical, political and social themes.

In 2003, the albums "Music Of My Mind" and "Talking Book" were ranked 284th and 90th respectively on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Music Tracks of All Time list. Stevie Wonder received three Grammy awards for two tracks from the second compilation. At this time, the musician began collaborating with the Rolling Stones and went on a world tour with the rockers.

The 1973 disc "Innervisions" won three Grammy awards, including in the category "Album of the Year", and was recognized by critics as the best disc of the musician's classical period. Pop stars Ray Charles, Tina Turner, Barbra Streisand, Eric Clapton, Red Hot Chili Peppers and others have used the songs from the collection to create cover versions.

The album's release coincided with a car accident that involved Stevie Wonder. The singer lay in a coma for a week, after which he lost his sense of smell. After recovering, Stevie continued to make music. A year later, the artist recorded the disc "Fulfillingness' First Finale", which differs from the previous discs in greater self-absorption. For the creation of the album, the author was awarded 4 Grammy awards.

In 1976, the album "Songs In The Key Of Life" appeared, which took 1 position in the Billboard 200 music rating and became the highest grossing album among all albums created for the creative biography of Stevie Wonder. In the 80s, the musician records three albums: "Hotter than July", "In Square Circle" and "Characters".

During these years, the singer begins to work closely with world pop stars Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson, Elton John, Julio Iglesias. The singer's first videos are released: “Lately”, “Happy Birthday”, “That Girl”, “I Just Called to Say I Love You”, “Love Light in Flight”, “You Will Know”, “Free”, “Funday” ...

In 1987, British singer Sting created the hit "Fragile" after the scandalous murder of the Contras in Nicaragua, supported by the US government, of engineer Ben Linder, who worked at a hydroelectric power station in South America.

The release of the song went unnoticed, but in 2001 the composition found a second life after the tragedy of September 11, 2001, when American musician Stevie Wonder joined Sting. The video of the concert, which featured two stars, garnered 5.6 million views on YouTube hosting.

For almost 20 years, Stevie Wonder has retired from concert activities, regularly republishing collections with the best compositions of the past. In 2007, the artist announced a big tour "A Wonder Summer's Night" across the US cities. The artist arranged the tour in memory of his mother, who died a year earlier. All proceeds from ticket sales went to charity. In 2007, the singer attended the New Wave festival in Jurmala, a year later he gave a big concert in London, which was later released in DVD format.

Stevie Wonder has always enjoyed the attention of women and reciprocated. For the first time, the musician married in 1970 to the employee of the Motown brand Cyrite Wright, who became the co-author of Wonder's first independent album. A year later, the union broke up.

For a long time, Stevie lived in a civil marriage with Yolanda Simmons, who became the mother of the singer's first two children. After another breakup, Stevie began dating singer Melody McCully, the mother of Wonder's third child.

Soon, the musician married Karen Millard. Two children were born in the new family. Stevie Wonder's next muse, Tomica's model Robin Bracey, gave the singer two daughters. According to rumors, the star has two more children from her beloved, whose name is unknown to the press.

Now Stevie Wonder celebrated his 67th birthday and in June he legalized relations with his beloved Tomica Robin Bracey, with whom he has been living for 5 years.

The private wedding ceremony took place on June 17, 2017 in Jamaica. All the singer's children, as well as friends from show business, were supposed to gather at the event.

"The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie" - 1962 "Down to Earth" - 1966 "Someday at Christmas" - 1967 "My Cherie Amour" - 1960 "Music of My Mind" - 1972 "Talking Book" - 1972 "Innervisions" - 1973 Fulfillingness' First Finale - 1974 Songs in the Key of Life - 1976 Hotter than July - 1980 In Square Circle - 1985 Conversation Peace - 1995 A Time to Love - 2005

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