Stevie Wonder
(1950 - Present)
Our musician of the month for November will be Stevie Wonder.
Actually, Stevie Wonder is his stage name and he was born as Stevland Hardaway Morris. He was also born blind but has still managed to become one of the most amazing musicians, songwriters and performers of his generation.
To find out more about Stevie Wonder, click on read more.
Here are some fantastic facts about a very talented musician:
- Stevie Wonder has always been an accomplished musician and was signed up by a record company at the young age of 11!
- As well as being named one of the top ten singers of all time (as voted for by Rolling Stone magazine), he plays piano, harmonica, drums, bass guitar, synthesizer, congas, bongos,organ, melodica and clavinet. I wonder how much time he spends practising?
- He has had 30 US top ten hits and 10 number ones!
- He has been presented with 22 Grammy awards (the most ever awarded to a male solo artist) and also a Lifetime Achievement Award.
- At the age of 63, Stevie Wonder is still touring, performing live and recording new songs
Here a just a few of his most famous hits:
didn't we do stevie wonder for musician of the month before?
ReplyDeleteThanks Regine. If we did then it must have been when Mr Charlie was here and before I came to BIS. It just goes to show what an amazing musician he must be if both of us chose him!
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