{"id":49000,"date":"2020-12-28T10:12:26","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T15:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/?p=49000"},"modified":"2021-02-01T14:42:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T19:42:10","slug":"stevie-wonder-and-the-prodigious-imagination-of-one-of-musics-most-inventive-voices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/stevie-wonder-and-the-prodigious-imagination-of-one-of-musics-most-inventive-voices\/","title":{"rendered":"Stevie Wonder and the Prodigious Imagination of One of Music\u2019s Most Inventive Voices."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"produ-1405948603\" class=\"produ-leaderboard-placement produ-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;margin-bottom: 30px!important;\"><script async=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/securepubads.g.doubleclick.net\/tag\/js\/gpt.js\"><\/script>\n<script> var googletag = googletag || {}; googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || [];<\/script>\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-8573468154651-0\">\n  <script>\n\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() {\n\t\t\t\tgoogletag.defineSlot( '\/21927241144\/728x90-Leaderboard', [728,90], 'gpt-ad-8573468154651-0' )\n\t\t.addService(googletag.pubads());\n\t\t\t\twindow.advadsGamEmptySlotsTimers = window.advadsGamEmptySlotsTimers || {};\n\t\tconst timers                     = window.advadsGamEmptySlotsTimers;\n\n\t\ttimers['gpt-ad-8573468154651-0'] = setTimeout( function () {\n\t\t\tconst id = 'gpt-ad-8573468154651-0';\n\t\t\tdocument.dispatchEvent( new CustomEvent( 'aagam_empty_slot', {detail: id} ) );\n\t\t\tdelete ( timers[id] );\n\t\t}, 1000 );\n\n\t\tif ( typeof window.advadsGamHasEmptySlotListener === 'undefined' ) {\n\t\t\tgoogletag.pubads().addEventListener( 'slotRequested', function ( ev ) {\n\t\t\t\tconst id = ev.slot.getSlotElementId();\n\t\t\t\tif ( typeof timers[id] === 'undefined' ) {\n\t\t\t\t\treturn;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tclearTimeout( timers[id] );\n\t\t\t\ttimers[id] = setTimeout( function () {\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.dispatchEvent( new CustomEvent( 'aagam_empty_slot', {detail: id} ) );\n\t\t\t\t\tdelete ( timers[id] );\n\t\t\t\t}, 2500 );\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t\tgoogletag.pubads().addEventListener( 'slotResponseReceived', function ( ev ) {\n\t\t\t\tconst id = ev.slot.getSlotElementId();\n\t\t\t\tif ( typeof timers[id] !== 'undefined' ) {\n\t\t\t\t\tclearTimeout( timers[id] );\n\t\t\t\t\tdelete ( timers[id] );\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tif ( ! ev.slot.getResponseInformation() ) {\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.dispatchEvent( new CustomEvent( 'aagam_empty_slot', {detail: id} ) );\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t\twindow.advadsGamHasEmptySlotListener = true;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tgoogletag.enableServices();\n\t\tgoogletag.display( 'gpt-ad-8573468154651-0' );\n\t} );\n  <\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>Written by Caitlin Vaughn Carlos<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stevie Wonder was born Stevland Hardway Judkinds (later Morris) in 1950, 6 weeks premature and shortly thereafter became permanently blind. \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think I&#8217;m very fortunate \u2014 I&#8217;m very <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">happy <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to be blind, because I can really <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">observe <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">people by themselves.\u201d 17 year-old Stevie told <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KRLA Beat <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in 1967, the words of a man much wiser than his age might have indicated. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But then again, Wonder had always been ahead of his time.\u00a0 A child prodigy, he had taught himself to play piano by the age of seven, soon after adding the organ, harmonica, and drums to his list of skills. At 11-years old, he sang for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ronnie White of the Miracles, who then brought the young musician to the attention of Berry Gordy, founder of Motown Records. He was quickly signed and promoted as \u201cthe eighth wonder of the world\u201d and \u201clittle boy wonder.\u201d Shortly thereafter, mentor and producer Clarence Paul gave him the name that would last &#8211; Stevie Wonder. The \u201clittle\u201d nickname, however, would hang on for some time: \u201cNow, just a minute, &#8220;This &#8216;Little&#8217; stuff has got to stop,\u201d 16-year old Wonder once teased back to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shelly Berger (head of Motown&#8217;s West Coast office), \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;ve been six feet tall for two years.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wonder\u2019s first major hit came as a bit of a surprise, when a live recording from an early Motortown Review (a concert tour of several Motown artists in the early sixties) performance of \u201cFingertips\u201d was released as a single.\u00a0 Because of its length, the performance was split into two parts (\u201cFingertips Pt 1 &amp; Pt 2\u201d) when released, and it was the second part, with its spontaneous and exuberant energy, that hit the top of the charts. Wonder had actually left the stage during the performance, before suddenly returning to complete the song (Pt. 2), much to the surprise of the band, which was already in the midst of changing position for the next artist Mary Wells performance (Mary Wells).\u00a0 Bass player Larry Moses can even be heard in the track shouting out \u201cWhat key? What key?\u201d. \u201cFingertips Pt. 2\u201d hit the number one slot on both the pop and rhythm and blues charts.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next few years would not see the same level of chart success, as his voice changed and there seemed to be some uncertainty in determining the next course for his career<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0 However, in 1966, Stevie Wonder (minus the \u201clittle\u201d) re-emerged as a brilliant and formidable force with his single \u201cUptight (Everything is Alright)\u201d which hit number three on the charts and kicked off a string of hits &#8211;\u00a0 \u201cI Was Made to Love Her (1967), \u201cFor Once in My Life\u201d (1968) and \u201cSigned, Sealed, Delivered I&#8217;m Yours\u201d (1970). These tracks <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">would help Motown records, and Wonder, make the transition into the next decade. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This late sixties period was important for Wonder\u2019s development as both a songwriter and a producer.\u00a0 \u201c I like hard work,\u201d Wonder said in 1967 \u201c\u2014 like, writing; actually, after I <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">did <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fail and come back down (briefly after &#8216;Fingertips&#8217;) \u2014 I had a chance to write more, and this is what I really dig. I came up with &#8216;Uptight&#8217;, and I&#8217;m very thankful to God because I came up with the basic idea for it myself.\u201d This time also showcased the eclecticism and genre-crossing abilities which would characterize Wonder\u2019s next several decades. From sentimental ballads (\u201cMy Cherie Amor\u201d) and theme songs from recent films (\u201cAlfie\u201d \u201cRomeo and Juliet\u201d) to a cover of Dylan\u2019s \u201cBlowin\u2019 in the Wind&#8221;, Wonder&#8217;s recorded and live output began to expand outside the expectations of the Motown sound.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The start of the 1970s brought about a shift towards greater creative control than was typically afforded to Motown artists. Gordy had created such a successful record label, putting out hit after hit, throughout the sixties through the quality control standards and practices he required of all his artists. This included a strict allocation of skills and talent from composition to production. Songwriters wrote songs, artists performed them and producers managed the whole recording process. But for a young, creative, multi-talented artist like Wonder, those rigid roles and expectations began to feel limiting.\u00a0 His 1971 album, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where I\u2019m Coming From, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was already notable in that all the tracks were written by Wonder (many of which were also co-written with his wife at the time, Syreeta Wright), but after his 21st birthday (at which point his initial Motown contract expired), Wonder really began to challenge the system.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At first initially refusing to resign with the label, Wonder began writing and recording enough material to make up two albums. Eventually released on Motown (under a new, renegotiated contract which provided greater autonomy, publishing rights and a higher royalty rate), these tracks made up his two 1972 albums, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music of My Mind, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talking Book. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In these albums, Wonder played most of the instruments and even sang his own backup vocals. They also introduced two ne<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w individuals who would play a continued role in Wonder\u2019s music for the next few years. Credited as associate producer, Moog programming and engineer, Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff were two relatively unknown names at the time, who had impressed Wonder through their creation of and work with the TONTO synthesizer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TONTO stands for \u201cThe Original New Timbral Orchestra\u201d and it was the first and largest, multitimbral polyphonic analog synthesizer. It was invented by Margouleff and Cecil in 1968, and the duo, recording under the name TONTO\u2019s Expanding Head Band, created their 1971 album <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zero Time <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">using only sounds made through the instrument<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The album<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">caught Wonder\u2019s attention and he was determined to learn more. \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reason that I got into [TONTO] was that I had ideas in my head and I wanted those ideas to be heard\u201d Wonder. With Margouleff and Cecil\u2019s help, the TONTO would become a key element in Wonder\u2019s work for the next several years. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It wasn\u2019t just the new sounds of the TONTO synthesizer that were changing Wonder\u2019s work &#8211; his songwriting was exploring new topics and themes. This became especially clear with his second 1972 album, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talking Book. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is often credited with kicking off what is considered Wonder\u2019s \u201cclassic period.\u201d Reflecting on the album several decades later, he explained: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt wasn&#8217;t so much that I wanted to say anything except where I wanted to just express various many things that I felt\u2014the political point of view that I have, the social point of view that I have, the passions, emotion and love that I felt, compassion, the fun of love that I felt, the whole thing in the beginning with a joyful love and then the pain of love\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The album also contained several hit singles including \u201cYour are the Sunshine of My Life\u201d and \u201cSuperstition\u201d. With \u201cSuperstition\u201d,\u00a0 Stevie Wonder proved his comfort and skill with funk music and is widely noted for his innovative, rhythmic playing on the clavinet. Both singles topped the charts, providing him with his first number one hits since \u201cFingertips\u201d, almost a decade earlier.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music of My Mind <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talking Book <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">were recorded at Hendrix\u2019s Electric Lady studios (where they had brought TONTO to be housed and set up for Wonder\u2019s ease of use). However, for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Innervisions <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(1973) the trio and TONTO would make their way to LA Record Plant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Innervisions <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">built on Wonder\u2019s comfort expanding outside of the relatively simple, romantic themes that had characterized his sixties output, branching into topics of drug use (\u201cToo High\u201d), systemic inequality and racism (\u201cLiving for the City\u201d) and politics (\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He\u2019s Misstra Know-It-All\u201d is likely a critique of then president, Richard Nixon).\u00a0 \u201cLiving for the City\u201d even includes extra-musical sounds of sirens, cars and dialogue, coming to a climax in the dramatic interlude before the fifth verse. Reflecting on the track, Wonder explained: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI think the deepest I really got into how I feel about the way things are was in &#8216;Living For The City.&#8217; I was able to show the hurt and the anger. You still have that same mother that scrubs the floors for many, she&#8217;s still doing it. Now what is that about? And that father who works some days for 14 hours. That&#8217;s still happening.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The song marks a new level of social critique and consciousness in Wonder\u2019s work, which he would maintain throughout his career. As recently as summer 2020, with \u201cCan\u2019t Put It In the Hands of Fate\u201d, Stevie Wonder has been releasing songs that directly engage with the contemporary social issues of the time.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Innervisions <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won several Grammys including Album of the Year and Best R&amp;B Song (\u201cLiving for the City\u201d).\u00a0 Three days after its release<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a serious car accident put Wonder in a coma for several days.\u00a0 Despite a long recovery, his next album <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fulfillingness\u2019 First Finale <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">came out the following year. It steps away from the TONTO, likely due to an ongoing legal dispute between Wonder, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Margouleff and Cecil.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1976, Wonder released the album many would consider his great masterpiece &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Songs in the Key of Life. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not only did the massive, double-album hit number one immediately following its release, it stayed in the top position for 14 weeks.\u00a0 It also earned Wonder his third Album of the Year Grammy. Wonder told <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">magazine in 1995, \u201cOf all the albums, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Songs in the Key of Life<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I&#8217;m most happy about. Just the time, being alive then. To be a father and then\u2026 letting go and letting God give me the energy and strength I needed.&#8221; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The album also marks Wonder\u2019s emergence as, not only a capable, independent producer (he is the sole producer listed on the album), but also an extremely talented one. He won the Grammy award for Best Producer of the Year for the album.\u00a0 The album\u2019s legacy has not faded with time; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rolling Stone <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">named <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Songs in the Key of Life<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> number four on its September 2020 list of the \u201cTop 500 Albums of All Time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While 1976 is often cited as the end of his \u201cclassic period\u201d Wonder has gone on to release several classic tracks over the course of the next four decades.\u00a0 His largely instrumental 1979 album, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through The Life Of Plants, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also served as the soundtrack to a documentary of the same name.\u00a0 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hotter Than July <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(1980) proved to be extremely commercially successful, in addition to containing now-classic tracks like \u201cBirthday\u201d\u00a0 &#8211; a song that was written as part of a successful effort to name Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s birthday as a national holiday.\u00a0 The eighties also saw the release of two sentimental, but hugely successful ballads: \u201cEbony and Ivory\u201d (with Paul McCartney) in 1982, and \u201cI Just Called To Say I\u00a0 Loved You,\u201d in 1983. His other two eighties albums,\u00a0 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Square Circle <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0(1985) and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Characters <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0(1986), went platinum and contained a top ten hit, a number one hit, and earned him a Grammy.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In more recent years, Wonder has released several singles collaborating with a wide range of artists, from Prince to Ariana Grande.\u00a0 He has won numerous awards and recognitions including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996. He also received a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Civil Rights Museum, and was named one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace. In 2014, President Barack Obama presented Wonder with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stevie Wonder\u2019s legacy remains as one of the most visionary artists of the past 50 years.\u00a0 Reflecting on Wonder\u2019s output, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Slate\u2019s <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jack Hamilton wrote <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most Americans follow up their 21st birthdays with a hangover; Stevie Wonder opted for arguably the greatest sustained run of creativity in the history of popular music. Wonder\u2019s \u201cclassic period\u201d\u2014the polite phrase for when Stevie spent five years ferociously dunking on the entire history of popular music with the releases of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions, Fulfillingness\u2019 First Finale<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Songs in the Key of Life <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[&#8230;] We\u2019ve never heard anything like it since, and barring another reincarnation, we never will again.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To this day, Stevie Wonder is still releasing important and relevant tracks, and proving that he has just as much creativity and imagination as ever.\u00a0 While the classic period is understood to be an especially notable period in popular music, and specifically Stevie Wonder\u2019s, history, it ultimately kicked off a lifetime of fantastic music making, meaningful collaborations. and creative projects. \u201cLittle Stevie Wonder\u201d may have impressed music executives and audiences with his energy and charisma, but he was also able to use that drive to make the challenging transition into a successful, mature adult artist. 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