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Blind from birth, '''Stevie Wonder''' (1950-) first became famous as "'''Little" Stevie Wonder''' as a supporting act on the Motown Records roster. He could play keyboards and various percussion instruments, but it was his harmonica talents that most impressed Berry Gordy, and featured in Wonder's first hit, "Fingertips Part 2" (1963), a live recording of a mostly improptuimpromptu performance. (Listen closely, and you'll hear the bassist for Martha Reeves and the Vandellas stammering, "What key? What key?" after he got on stage thinking Stevie was done performing.)
 
Even at his young age, Wonder attempted to be progressive with his singing and song choices, notably his recording the [[Bob Dylan]] song "Blowin' In the Wind" which some at Motown thought was a mistake. While several of his [[The Sixties|1960s]] hits, particularly "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" and his cover of "For Once In My Life", have proved durable, it's his material starting with 1972's ''Talking Book'' up through 1976's ''Songs in the Key of Life'' that are probably his most popular and critically well regarded. These songs even broke the alleged Album Rock "color barrier", thanks in no small part to his performing the ''Talking Book'' material on a tour with [[The Rolling Stones]] at that time.
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