Biography
Stevie Wander is a musician of American origin, from the birth of blind. The founder of the classic style Soul and R'n'B. Singer with a range of votes in 4 octaves, multi-processist, composer, producer. 25 times became the Grammy laureate.
The future singer was born on March 13, 1950 in the city of Sagino in Michigan. Six children were brought up in the family, the third of which was Stevie. The boy who gave the name of Steveland Hardwei Jadkins, was born ahead of time and was placed in an incubator for premature. The weak vision from nature finally deteriorated after the doctors did not calculate the oxygen supply to the child.
Lula Mei Jadkins, the mother of Stevie, did not stop at the ailment of the son, and all the way helped the boy to adapt to the world around. Stevie has learned to move independently, examined a diploma on the usual tanking, in which the printed letters fastened.
In 1954, Lula Mei married the second time and moved with children from the first marriage to Detroit, changing the last name for Morris. At 9 years old, the boy gave a lip harmonica, and then a piano appeared in the house, in which Stevie quickly learned to select familiar musical compositions of the Ray Charles and Sam Cook. In addition to classes on tools, the boy sang in the church choir.
Music
Once on Sunday worship, the teenager noted Gerald White, Brother Ronnie White from The Miracles group, and invited himself to audition. Soon Stevie met with the founder of Motown Records Barry Gordy. The producer immediately gave the boy to the pseudonym - Little Stevie Wonder - and signed a contract for which Stevie went to 4-month tours. Together with Motown Stevie's musicians spoke in 94 concerts.
At the 11th age under the guidance of Clarence Paul, producer of the company, Stevie recorded the first hit "I Call IT Pretty Music, But The Old People Call It The Blues", a year later, the first album of the young musician "The Jazz Soul Of Little Stevie" appeared and Singles "Little Water Boy" and "Contract ON LOVE". With the beginning of the concert activity of Stevi Wander, he threw school, but to get a diploma, the boy had to learn from the special school for the blind at the accelerated course.
At 13, Stevie lit up with the hit "FingerTips", which fulfilled with Marvin Geem, the song immediately occupied the first lines of pop and R'n'b charts. In the same year, a concert album of the singer "Little Stevie Wonder The 12 Year Genius. Recorded Live. "
In 1964, the premiere of the "Muscle Beach Party" picture took place on the screens with the participation of Wander Stevie in the lead role, another year later the musician appeared in the continuation of the franchise - the film "Bikini Beach". In addition to work in cinema Stevie released a number of singles: "Pretty Little Angel", "Castles In The Sand", "Hey Harmonica Man", "Happy Street" and the Album "Stevie At The Beach", which included songs from movies. Hit Robinson Smokes from The Miracles "Tears of a Clown", which composed Stevie Wonder as part of work at Motown, took the first position in the music charts.
In 1971, Stevie Wonder created the first conceptual R & B-disk "WHERE I'M COMING FROM", which was distinguished from previous collections with a special musical style of the author, devoid of sentimentality. The singer not only written independently and arranged all the compositions for the record, but also completely sighing the album. After the release of the Stevie disk finishes collaboration with Motown on the first contract.
Reviewing the relationship with the main star label, the President of Berry Gordi signs with Wander, the second treaty, according to which the singer receives complete freedom of creativity. Economic independence allows the musician to surrender to conceptual projects. In 1972, two albums of the author appear at once - "Music of My Mind" and "Talking Book" approximated by sounding to rock.
To record the songs Stevie Wander used a large number of tools, including the synthesizer on which he played himself. The singer applied the technique of imposing a vote, which made it possible to record all the vocal parties on their own. In the texts of Stevie, in addition to romantic plots, turned to mystical, political and social topics.
In 2003, the albums "Music of My Mind" and "Talking Book" occupied 284 and 90, respectively, in the list of "500 greatest musical compositions of all time" edition of the Rolling Stone. For two musical compositions from the second collection of Stevie Wadder received three Grammy Prize. At this time, the musician began to cooperate with the Rolling Stones group and went with rockers to the world tour.
Innervisions disc 1973 of release three times became the Gremmy Prize laureate, including in the nomination "Album of the Year", and was recognized as critics the best disc of the classical period of the musician. Estrada Ray Charles Stars, Tina Turner, Barbara Streisand, Eric Clapton, Red Hot Chili Peppers and others used musical compositions from the collection to create a cover version.
The release of the album coincided with the car accident, in which Stevie Wonder fell. The singer lay a week in a coma, after which the sense of smell was lost. Resting, Stevie continued to engage in music. A year later, the artist recorded the "Fulfillingness' First Finale" disk, differing from previous plates greater self-cost. For the creation of the album, the author was awarded 4 Grammy Awards.
In 1976, the album "Songs in the Key of Life" appears, which took 1 position in the Billboard 200 music rankings and became the most cash off among all albums created for the creative biography of Stevie Wander. In the 80s, the musician records three albums: "Hotter Than July", "In Square Circle" and "Characters".
During these years, the singer begins to work closely with world pop stars by Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson, Elton John, Julio Iglesias. The first singer clips are published: "Lately", "Happy Birthday", "That Girl", "I Just Called to Say I Love You", "Love Light In Flight", "You Will Know", "Free", "Funday" .
In 1987, the British singer Sting creates Fragile hit after the scandalous murder of CONTRAS grouping militants in Nicaragua, which was supported by the American government, Engineer Ben Linder, who worked on a hydropower station in South America.
The release of the songs passed unnoticed, but in 2001 the composition gained a second life after the tragedy on September 11, 2001, when the American musician Stevie Wonder joined Stingu. The video of the concert, on which two stars made up 5.6 million views on Youtube hosting.
Almost 20 years of Stevie Wadder moves away from concert activities, regularly reprinting collections with the best compositions of past years. In 2007, the artist announced a large tour "A Wonder Summer's Night" tour of the US cities. Tour, the artist arranged in memory of the mother who died a year earlier. All fees from the sale of tickets went to charity. In 2007, the singer visited the New Wave Festival in Jurmala, in a year gave a big concert in London, which was later released in a DVD format.
Personal life
Stevie Wadder always enjoyed attention in women and reciprocate. For the first time, the musician married in 1970 at the employee of the MOTOWN brand Sayrit Wright, which became co-author of the first independent album of Wander. A year later, the union broke up.
For a long time Stevie lived in a civil marriage together with Iolanda Simmons, which became the mother of the first two children of the singer. After the next partition of Stevie began to meet with the singer of Melody McCally, the mother of the third child Wander.
Soon the musician took Karen Millard to his wife. Two children were born in a new family. The next muse of Stevie Wonder - Model Tomika Robin Brassi - Gave the singer of two daughters. According to rumors, the star has two more children from the beloved, whose name is unknown by the press.
Stevie Wonder Now
Now Stevie Wander celebrated the 67th anniversary and legalized the relationship with the beloved Tomika Robin Brassi, with which she has already lived.
A closed wedding ceremony was held on June 17, 2017 on Jamaica. At the event, all the children of the singer should have been gathered at the plan, as well as friends from show business.
Discography
- "THE JAZZ SOUL OF LITTLE STEVIE" - 1962
- "DOWN TO EARTH" - 1966
- "SOMEDAY AT CHRISTMAS" - 1967
- "My Cherie Amour" - 1960
- "Music of My Mind" - 1972
- "Talking Book" - 1972
- "INNERVISIONS" - 1973
- "Fullingness' First Finale" - 1974
- "Songs in The Key Of Life" - 1976
- "HOTTER THAN JULY" - 1980
- "IN SQUARE CIRCLE" - 1985
- "Conversation Peace" - 1995
- "A TIME TO LOVE" - 2005