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  • Category: Recording
  • Unveiled: 01 Feb 1994
  • Star rank: 743
  • Address:
    7056 Hollywood Blvd
  • Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing east
  • GPS location:
    34.101417, -118.343669

Stevie Wonder

Next star: Miles Davis
Previous star: Juan Gabriel

Biography

Stevland Hardaway Morris (born May 13, 1950 as Stevland Hardaway Judkins), known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist. Blind since shortly after birth, Wonder signed with Motown’s Tamla label at the age of eleven, and continues to perform and record for Motown to this day.

Fact file

  • Birth name: Stevland Hardaway Judkins
  • Also known as: Stevland Hardaway Morris, Little Stevie Wonder, Eivets Rednow
  • Born: May 13, 1950 (age 62) Saginaw, Michigan, United States
  • Origin: Detroit, Michigan, United States
  • Genres: Soul, pop, R&B, funk, jazz
  • Occupations: Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, activist
  • Instruments: Vocals, synthesizer, piano, keyboards, harmonica, clavinet, drums, bass guitar, congas, bongos, melodica, keytar, accordion
  • Years active: 1961–present
  • Labels: Tamla, Motown
  • Website: www.steviewonder.net

Read more about Stevie Wonder at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

In the news

"In Performance at the White House," Celebrating Songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Airs May 21
Playbill Combined , 2012-05-21 16:53:00
Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, Diana Krall, Michael Feinstein and more appear in "In Performance at the White House: Burt Bacharach & Hal David: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song," airing 9-10 PM May 21 on PBS stations.

Billboard Music Awards 2012
CBS Entertainment Ne, 2012-05-21 14:58:59
Katy Perry, Stevie Wonder and Justin Bieber are among the stars who attended the Billboard Music Awards on May 20, 2012

Stevie Wonder Is The 2012 Billboard Music Awards Icon!
Perez Hilton Gossip, 2012-05-21 04:04:13
And with good EFFING reason! NO ONE can KILL it the way Stevie Wonder can! Not even Alicia Keys! And hot damn, she gave him a good run for his money! Ch-ch-check out the recently-crowned 2012 Billboard Music Award recipient of the Icon Award, performing with the talented R&B/soul singer ...

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