stevie wonder

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Definition von stevie wonder im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: a US soul singer, songwriter, and piano player who was born blind. He started making records with the Motown record company when he was 12, and became one of the most successful popular musicians in the world. He is also famous for his political support for black people in the US and Africa. His songs include Superstition and I Just Called To Say I Love You (1950- ). orig. Steveland Judkins later Steveland Morris born May 13, 1950, Saginaw, Mich., U.S. U.S. soul-music singer, songwriter, and musician. Blind virtually from birth, he was a skillful performer on the piano and other instruments by age eight. The family moved to Detroit, and at 10 he signed with the fledgling Motown label. His first hit, "Fingertips, Part 2" (1963), was followed by many top-selling singles, including "Up-Tight" and "I Was Made to Love Her." After studying composition at USC, he continued to enjoy enormous success in the 1970s and '80s with such albums as Talking Book (1972) and Songs in the Key of Life (1976) and such hits as "Superstition," "Ebony and Ivory," and "I Just Called to Say I Love You." He has spoken out against nuclear war, worked to end apartheid in South Africa, and raised funds for his eye-disease facility, Wonderland; (born 1950 as Steveland Morris Judkins Hardaway) popular American singer songwriter and musician who is blind from birth

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