Profile
Stevie Wonder
Singer-songwriter and Record Producer
Male
Born
May 13, 1950
Age
63
Hometown
Saginaw, Michigan
Genres
Jazz + Pop music ...
Instruments
Bongos + Harmonic...
Record Label
Motown
Other Names
Judkins, Stevland...
Stevland Hardaway Morris, known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, a child prodigy who developed into one of the most creative musical figures of the late 20th century. Blind since shortly after… Read More
Photos
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Romance
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Karen Millard-MorrisMarried 2001
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Kai Milla MorrisMarried 2001
Family
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Stevie Wonder
Age 63
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children
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Mandla Kadjay Carl Stevland MorrisSon
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Mumtaz MorrisSon
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Aisha MorrisDaughter
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Sophia MorrisDaughter
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Kailand MorrisSon
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Kwame MorrisSon
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Keita MorrisSon
News + Updates
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‘glee’: Madonna! Stevie Wonder! The Top Ten Tribute Episodes — Ranked! VideoEntertainment Weekly - May 03, 2013
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Amber Riley Brings Wonder To 'Glee'MTV News - May 02, 2013
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Obama Vows To Close Guantanamo Prison AgainArabian Business - May 01, 2013
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Dwts: Stevie Wonder And Shirtless WondersHouston Chronicle - Apr 23, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1950
Birth
Stevie Wonder was born in Saginaw, Michigan, in 1950, the third of six children to Calvin Judkins and Lula Mae Hardaway.
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TEENAGE
Ronnie White of The Miracles gives credit to his brother Gerald White for persistently nagging him to come to his friend's house in 1961 to check out Stevie Wonder.
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1964
14 Years Old
In 1964, Stevie Wonder made his film debut in Muscle Beach Party as himself, credited as "Little Stevie Wonder".
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In 1968 he recorded an album of instrumental soul/jazz tracks, mostly harmonica solos, under the pseudonym (and title) Eivets Rednow, which is "Stevie Wonder" spelled backwards.
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TWENTIES
In September 1970, at the age of 20, Wonder married Syreeta Wright, a songwriter and former Motown secretary.
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On an episode of the children's television show Sesame Street that aired in April 1973, Wonder and his band performed "Superstition", as well as an original song called "Sesame Street Song", which demonstrated his abilities with the "talk box".
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1974
24 Years Old
Despite the setback, Wonder re-appeared in concert at Madison Square Garden in March 1974 with a performance that highlighted both up-tempo material and long, building improvisations on mid-tempo songs such as "Living for the City".
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On October 4, 1975, Wonder performed at the historical "Wonder Dream Concert" in Kingston, Jamaica, a benefit for the Jamaican Institute for the Blind.
THIRTIES
In 1983, Wonder performed the song "Stay Gold", the theme to Francis Ford Coppola's film adaptation of S.E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders.
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1984
34 Years Old
The album never surfaced and instead 1984 saw the release of Wonder's soundtrack album for The Woman in Red.
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By 1985, Stevie Wonder was an American icon, the subject of good-humored jokes about blindness and affectionately impersonated by Eddie Murphy on Saturday Night Live.
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1986
36 Years Old
In 1986, Stevie Wonder appeared on The Cosby Show, as himself, in the episode "A Touch of Wonder".
In 1987, Wonder appeared on Michael Jackson's Bad album on the duet "Just Good Friends".
FORTIES
In 1996, Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life was selected as a documentary subject for the Classic Albums documentary series.
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1997
47 Years Old
In 1997, Wonder collaborated with Babyface for a song about abuse (domestic violence) called "How Come, How Long" which was nominated for an award.
1999
49 Years Old
In December 1999, Wonder announced that he was interested in pursuing an intraocular retinal prosthesis to partially restore his sight.
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FIFTIES
2000
50 Years Old
In 2000, Stevie Wonder contributed two new songs to the soundtrack for Spike Lee's Bamboozled album ("Misrepresented People" and "Some Years Ago").
2002
52 Years Old
In March 2002, Wonder performed at the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City.
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The younger son, Mandla Kadjay Carl Stevland Morris, was born May 13, 2005, his father's 55th birthday.
Wonder performed at the pre-game show for Super Bowl XL in Detroit in early 2006, singing various hit singles (with his four-year-old son on drums) and accompanying Aretha Franklin during "The Star Spangled Banner".
2007
57 Years Old
On August 2, 2007, Stevie Wonder announced the A Wonder Summer's Night 13 concert tour—his first U.S. tour in over ten years.
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On August 28, 2008, Wonder performed at the Democratic National Convention at Invesco Field at Mile High in Denver, Colorado.
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Wonder's harmonica playing can be heard on the 2009 Grammy-nominated "Never Give You Up" featuring CJ Hilton and Raphael Saadiq.
LATE ADULTHOOD
On January 22, 2010, Wonder performed Bridge Over Troubled Water for the Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief event to help victims of the earthquake in Port-au-Prince on January 12, 2010.
In February 2011, the Apollo Theater announced that Stevie Wonder will be the next in line for the Apollo Legends Hall of Fame.
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On January 28, 2012, Wonder and Christina Aguilera gave a musical tribute at Etta James' funeral.
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