Stevie Wonder
Chronicle
a brief
artist history
05/13/1950
Stevie Wonder, the genius not only of R&B but popular music in general, was born on this day.
10/23/1962
Steveland Morris Judkins, later known as Little Stevie Wonder, at the age of 12 recorded his first single. The song was 'Thank you for Loving Me All the Way'.
05/21/1963
'Little' Stevie Wonder, who had celebrated his 13th birthday only eight days before, recorded his first million-selling single 'Fingertips'.
06/22/1963
Stevie Wonder first entered the US pop chart with his frenetic single, 'Fingertips Parts One and Two'. Becoming one of the youngest ever chart toppers.
06/10/1967
Stevie Wonder's 'I Was Made to Love Her' was released.
08/06/1973
Stevie Wonder was seriously injured in a car accident. He permanently lost his sense of smell. He was in a coma for four days.
01/20/1974
Stevie Wonder played his first show after an auto accident that almost took his life five months earlier.
09/13/1974
Stevie Wonder started his first tour since his near-fatal car accident.
11/16/1974
Stevie Wonder's 'Boogie On Reggae Woman' was released.
10/16/1976
Stevie Wonder's 'Song in the Key of Life' was released.
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