Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Judkins was born on 13 May 1950. It later became known as Stevland Hardaway Morris. He is a talented singer and multi-award winning American composer, instrumentalist and producer. Among its notable successes have been its more than U.S. Top 30 hits, 22 Grammy Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award, the Oscar for best song and the Hall of Fame Award is "Rock and Roll" and "songwriter".
A true prodigy, he was only eleven years StevieWhen he began his career with Motown Records. It 'was head of Motown Berry Gordy Jr., who gave him the name "Little Stevie Wonder" after a comment from producer Mickey Stevenson, in the sense that the boy was "a miracle". An initial public's perception of him as just a young version of Ray Charles was soon dispelled when he showed his musical talent and singing.
These qualities earned him numerous awards for her acclaimed albums and singles. As a composer andProducer, has created hits for his family not only Motown, but also for artists outside. As an instrumentalist, playing piano, synthesizer, harmonica, congas, drums, bass, bongos, organ, clarinet and melodica.
In 1984 his single "I Just Called to Say I Love You" gave awards for African-American musician, if he has an Oscar for best original song, the first such award for Motown. It 'also writing songs in the United Kingdom are tendmusic charts for longer periods.
It 'was in 1961 when he spoke of a family of Ronnie White, a member of miracles, who heard him sing on the street, was discovered. The relative introduced to Stevie White, who led him and the mother of Motown. Among Tamla Motown CEO Berry Gordy signed Stevie on the label as an artist, and has cut his first record at age 12 This marked the beginning of a true "miracle" of the American music scene.
Until 1962, he published his first two albums,"The soul jazz of Little Stevie Wonder" and "Tribute to Uncle Ray." Although this is not very good in the standings, paved the way for national popularity and recognition. Today Wonder's songs are quite difficult to sing because of their sudden and unpredictable changes in key positions, but with a strong sense of harmony.
Wonder rightly instils social awareness in his musical career as an actress, who penetrated into popular music. There are many musicians andpublic figures who acknowledge his influence in his life and musical career. Few remember, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Barack Obama, Gloria Estefan, George Michael and Luciano Pavarotti, Michael Jackson, N Sync, Alicia Keys, Sting, Beyonce Knowles and many, many others.
Besides being a great instrumentalist, the revolution began in Wonder realistically reproduce the sounds of orchestral instruments. In the early 80s Raymond Kurzweil urged to create the first electronicSynthesizer. He was able to develop new textures and sounds in collaboration with Malcolm Cecil and Robert Marquoleff.
Stevie Wonder has been blind since birth, and his life experiences were described in his wonderful album "Through The Eyes of Wonder, one of his last works, published in 2008. His other albums with the title" The Gospel of Luia product "the surface is concerned about the spiritual and other social cultural crisis that the world today.
He is stillThe application for special occasions, and entered the opening ceremony of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Paralympics in March 2002. He also played in Super Bowl XL in Detroit, where his 4 year old son, played drums and on this occasion in the company of Aretha Franklin when she sang "The Star Spangled Banner."
In the 2006 top-rated American Idol, Stevie Wonder was honored when all 12 students to one of his songs sung in thanksgiving for the line extendedthem.
A great opportunity in his career was when Wonder, Invesco Field at Mile High, Denver, Colorado conducted during Barack Obama's acceptance of his party's nomination for president of the United States August 28, 2008 for implementation. It 'was during this event, if a track is "Fear Can not Put Dreams Sleep unprecedented" and sang "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" has become the Obama campaign a popular material.
President Obama's Inauguration Day January 20, 2009 wasAnother great day in the life of Stevie when he and Sting, the song "Brand New Day run. He also performed "All About the Love Again," his new song.
One of the most recent pen is the cap of the "Library of Congress Gershwin Prize" for pop music, issued by no less than U.S. President Barack Obama February 23, 2009 at the White House, Stevie Wonder, so that the second recipient of this prestigious award .
Stevie Wonder has been a magnificent representative ofColored American music, as well as a fabulous model for blind people worldwide, which demonstrates that such a restriction must be disabled at all, and all you need is the will to succeed - without requiring little skill. He is justly admired and respected by his colleagues and those who followed him, and could not be better example for young people trying to break into the music industry today.
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