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Stevie Wonder

Born: May 13, 1950 in Saginaw, MI
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Genre: R&B, Pop/Rock, Rap
Biography: Stevie Wonder is a much-beloved American icon and an indisputable genius not only of R&B but popular music in general. Blind virtually since birth, Wonder's heightened awareness of sound helped him create vibrant, colorful music teeming with life and ambition. Nearly everything he recorded bore the stamp ...Read full biography
Talking Book [Reissue]
Released: 1972
Label: Motown
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After releasing two "head" records during 1970-71, Stevie Wonder expanded his compositional palate with 1972's Talking Book to include societal ills as well as tender love songs, and so recorded the first ...Read full review
Innervisions [Reissue]
Released: 1973
Label: Motown
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When Stevie Wonder applied his tremendous songwriting talents to the unsettled social morass that was the early '70s, he produced one of his greatest, most important works, a rich panoply of songs addressing ...Read full review
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