Stevland Haraway Morris (ne Judkins) was born on the 13th of May 1950. He is also known as Stevie Wonder and is considered as a pioneering musician, and has had an influence on musicians from diverse genres, from rhythm and blues, jazz, soul, gospel to jazz. Wonder, who was a band of one man that used synthesizers for the creation of electronic music in the 1970s. This changed the R&B genre. Wonder helped bring these genres into the album age by creating LPs that were both cohesive and constant. Blind since shortly after the birth of his son, Wonder was a child prodigy who signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of 11, where he was given the name of a professional Little Stevie Wonder. Wonder's popularity with critics culminated in the 1970s. The band's "classic" period began in 1972 with Music of My Mind and Talking Book. The latter featured "Superstition", the most iconic and well-known example of the Hohner Clavinet keyboard sound. He won the Grammy Award as Album of the year for Innervisions (1973), Fulfillingnessthe First Finale (1974) as well as Songs in the Key of Life ( 1976). This makes him the holder of the tie record of the most Album of the year wins with three. The only artist who has won the award on three consecutive albums. Wonder's "commercial period" began in the 1980s. Wonder had his biggest hit songs and highest fame, increased album sales, charity participation, and high-profile collaborations.
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