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Stevie Wonder
Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist; Motown prodigy
The child prodigy who outgrew Motown, then remade it in his image.
The rise
Born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on 13 May 1950 in Saginaw, Michigan, blind from birth, he signed with Motown at eleven as Little Stevie Wonder. His run of albums from 'Talking Book' (1972) through 'Songs in the Key of Life' (1976) is among the greatest sustained creative peaks in popular music.