Tag: Stevie Wonder
The 12 Year Old Genius Is Number One
By Bob Berry
August 24th, 1963. Awesome just got a new name:
Little Stevie Wonder!
Motown’s “12 Year-Old Genius” became the first artist to simultaneously hit Number One on the album and singles chart. Not Elvis, not Fats, not nobody.
We now know it was just the beginning of an epic journey for Stevie, as a man, as an artist, as a role model for the physically challenged, and particularly the blind.
Back then, all we knew for sure was “Fingertips Part 2” was one great rock and roll record. Here it is, in all it’s glory, recorded live at the Regal Theater in Chicago.
Everybody say YEAH!
McCartney Re-Releases Coming In October
By Bob Berry
A Heads-up for McCartney Fans: Save the date!
Sir Paul will re-release two of his notable solo albums, Tug Of War and Pipes Of Peace on October 2nd. Both albums are being re-mixed and re-masterd and will be available in multiple formats on digital audio and video discs, digital downloads and 2-LP vinyl.
Tug of War, released in 1982, was a world-wide smash, hitting # 1 in the U.S. and the U.K. The first McCartney project after the breakup of Wings, it featured Linda McCartney, “Wings-man” Denny Laine and Ringo Starr, plus Motown’s own Stevie Wonder, on “Ebony and Ivory”, which was #1 for seven weeks!
Pipes of Peace, released a year later, also featured Linda, Denny and Ringo, though it was a relatively less successful album, hitting Top 5 in the U.K, but only #15 in the U.S. This, in spite of two songs featuring Michael Jackson, including the #1 world-wide single “Say, Say, Say”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC2Grms55Fw
You know, it’s never too early to start writing down the Christmas Wish List.
Wonder at Meadowbrook
Steve Wonder attracted “a true rainbow coalition who came from city and suburb, of all races and surprisingly, more than just baby boomers.” Susan Whitall covers his return to Detroit and Mitch Albom shares an appreciation that approaches poetry.
