Blind since shortly after his birth, Wonder was a child prodigy who signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of 11, where he was given the professional name Little Stevie Wonder. …

Ron White of the Miracles brings Stevie to audition at Motown. Signed in the summer of 1961, the prodigy is to be known professionally as Little Stevie Wonder. In March 1962, he records his …

From precocious pre-teen to prodigious producer, Stevie’s first #1 hit, “Fingertips, Part 2,” burst on the scene in 1963 after being recorded live during the Motortown Revue. More #1 hits …

May 13, 2021 · How Stevie Wonder defeated Motown after walking out on the label aged 21 in search of complete creative control, and how they backed down to him.

Oct 15, 2020 · You can say he epitomized the Motown sound! An 11-year-old Stevland Hardaway Morris signed a recording contract with Motown Records’ Tamla Records in 1961, and the …

But perhaps the most significant May was in 1971: Stevie turned 21 and adulthood enabled him to cut a new deal with Motown for unprecedented creative freedom. From there began the …

Oct 14, 2020 · After a legendary six-decade run, Stevie Wonder is leaving the famed Motown Records. Wonder made the announcement in a press conference Tuesday where he …

Oct 14, 2020 · After a legendary six-decade run, Stevie Wonder is leaving the famed Motown Records. Wonder made the announcement in a press conference Tuesday where he …

Aug 2, 2024 · In keeping with the ‘supreme’, ‘marvellous’ and ‘miracles’ of other Motown acts, Stevie was given Wonder after someone had called him “the eighth wonder of the world”. As …

Mar 2, 2022 · Stevie Wonder, photographed arriving in London on Jan. 25, 1974 — almost directly in the middle of what many refer to as the artist's "classic period." It's been called "The …