Born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950 in Saginaw, Michigan,
his name was later legally changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris
and would become one of the most prominent singer,
songwriter, musician and record producer figures
of the 20th Century, Stevie Wonder, who was awarded two
dozen Grammy Awards, an Academy Award for Best Song
and inducted into the  Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
 
Blind at birth, Stevie Wonder, barely into his teens, recorded the first
of nine #1 hits with “Fingertips – Part 2 in 1963. The others,
“Superstition” in 1972, “You Are The Sunshine of My Life” in 1973,
“You Haven’t Done Nothing,” and “Boogie On Reggae Woman” in 1974,
“I Wish” in 1976, “Sir Duke” in 1977, “Ebony and Ivory” with Paul
McCartney in 1982, “I Just Called to Say I Loved You” in 1984,
“Part Time Lover” in 1985 and “That’s What Friends Are For” with
Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight and others in 1985.
 
A musical genius, Stevie Wonder plays the harmonica, drums,
piano, organ, synthesizer, guitar and several other instruments in
creating more than sixty Hit Parade efforts, including million
sellers, “Uptight,” “Blowing in the Wind,” “A Place in the Sun, “
“I Was Made to Love Her,” “Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Da-Day,” “For Once
In My Life,” “My Cherie Amour,” “Yester-Me, Yester-You,
Yesterday,” “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours,”
“Heaven Help Us All,” “If You Really Love Me,” “Higher Ground,”
“Living For The City,” “Boggie On Reggae Woman,”
“Send One Your Love,” “Master Blaster,” and “That Girl.”
 
Among his many awards, a star on the Hollywood Walk
of Fame, inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and honored by
the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. in 1999.
 
Visit Stevie Wonders official website here.