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Raphael Saadiq
Raphael Saadiq
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist, and record producer
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The Miracles
The Miracles
American rhythm and blues vocal group
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Malcolm Cecil
Malcolm Cecil
English musician and record producer
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Bobby Rogers
Bobby Rogers
American singer
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Four Tops
Four Tops
American Motown vocal group
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Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield
American singer, songwriter, and record producer
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Bill Withers
Bill Withers
American singer-songwriter and musician
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Michael McDonald
Michael McDonald
American recording artist; singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and record producer
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Paul Riser
Paul Riser
American musician
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The Funk Brothers
The Funk Brothers
group of Motown studio musicians
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Smokey Robinson
Smokey Robinson
American recording artist; R&B singer-songwriter and record producer
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Kem
Kem
American singer
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Frédéric Yonnet
Frédéric Yonnet
French musician
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The Jackson 5
The Jackson 5
American pop music family group
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Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye
American singer-songwriter and musician
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Ashford & Simpson
Ashford & Simpson
songwriting-production team
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Remy Shand
Remy Shand
Canadian singer
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Sly and the Family Stone
Sly and the Family Stone
American band
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Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart
British singer
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William Bell
William Bell
American soul singer and songwriter
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Stevie Nicks
Stevie Nicks
American singer and songwriter, member of Fleetwood Mac
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Martha and the Vandellas
Martha and the Vandellas
American vocal group
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Nile Rodgers
Nile Rodgers
American guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger and composer
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Sting
Sting
English musician
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Berry Gordy
Berry Gordy
American Music Executive, Record Producer
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Jeff Beck
Jeff Beck
English rock guitarist
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Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
American recording artist; singer and songwriter (1958-2009)
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Little Walter
Little Walter
American blues harmonica player
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Philip Bailey
Philip Bailey
American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter, percussionist and actor
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Etta James
Etta James
American recording artist; singer
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Gladys Knight
Gladys Knight
American singer
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The Supremes
The Supremes
American female singing group
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Donny Hathaway
Donny Hathaway
American singer-songwriter and musician (1945-1979)
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Shorty Long
Shorty Long
American singer
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Syreeta Wright
Syreeta Wright
American singer-songwriter
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Don Henley
Don Henley
American singer, lyricist, producer and drummer
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Eurythmics
Eurythmics
British music duo
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Al Green
Al Green
American singer
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Ray Charles
Ray Charles
American recording artist; musician, singer, songwriter
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The Temptations
The Temptations
American Motown vocal group
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Ray Parker Jr.
Ray Parker Jr.
American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor
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Robert Margouleff
Robert Margouleff
American record producer
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Sylvia Moy
Sylvia Moy
American songwriter and record producer (1938-2017)
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Janie Bradford
Janie Bradford
American songwriter
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Diana Ross
Diana Ross
American vocalist, music artist and actress
Stevie Wonder
American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer

Stevie Wonder

Intro
American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
Record Labels
Awards Received
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
MusiCares Person of the Year
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Kennedy Center Honors
Gershwin Prize
Johnny Mercer Award
Wolf Prize in Arts
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Stevland Hardaway Morris (né Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. A prominent figure in popular music during the second half of the 20th century, Wonder is one of the most successful songwriters and musicians. A virtual one-man band, his use of synthesizers and further electronic musical instruments during the 1970s reshaped the conventions of R&B. He also helped drive the genre into the album era, crafting his LPs as cohesive, consistent socially conscious statements with complex compositions. Wonder is often hailed as a "genius", and has been credited as a pioneer and influence to musicians of various genres including rhythm and blues, pop, soul, gospel, funk, and jazz.

Blind since shortly after his birth, Wonder was a child prodigy known as Little Stevie Wonder, leading him to sign with Motown's Tamla label at the age of 11. In 1963, the single "Fingertips" was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 when Wonder was 13, making him the youngest artist ever to top the chart. Wonder's critical success was at its peak in the 1970s. His "classic period" began in 1972 with the releases of Music of My Mind and Talking Book, the latter featuring "Superstition", which is one of the most distinctive and famous examples of the sound of the Hohner Clavinet keyboard. His works Innervisions (1973), Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974) and Songs in the Key of Life (1976) all won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, making him the tied-record holder for the most Album of the Year wins, with three. He is also the only artist to have won the award with three consecutive album releases.

Wonder's "classic period", which culminated in 1976, was marked by his funky keyboard style, personal control of production, and use of integrated series of songs to make concept albums. In 1979, Wonder used Computer Music Inc.'s early music sampler, the Melodian, on his soundtrack album Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants". This was his first digital recording and one of the earliest popular albums to use the technology, which Wonder used for all subsequent recordings. The pioneering stylistics of Wonder's 1970s albums are widely regarded as having influenced the shape of pop music in the following decade.

Wonder has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He has won 22 Grammy Awards. He was the first Motown artist and second African-American musician to win an Academy Award for Best Original Song, for the 1984 film The Woman in Red. Wonder has been inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame, and has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He is also noted for his work as an activist for political causes, including his 1980 campaign to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday in the United States. In 2009, he was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace. In 2014, he was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 2021, he was named as a founding inductee of the Black Music and Entertainment Walk of Fame.