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112 releases – 89 under his own name, 4 under 2 pseudonyms and 23 credits on others' music Edit
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( 4 stories between 6th June 2008 and 28th June 2010 )Happy Birthday To Ya, Glastonbury
Jun, 28 2010
60 year-old Stevie Wonder closed this weekend's Glastonbury festival by wishing it "Happy Birthday," in a sing-a-long with founder Michael Eavis onstage. The festival turned 40 in blazing heat and with over 700 acts performing to almost 180,000 people in Somerset, England.
Gorillaz filled in for U2 by headlining the main stage on Friday night, after the Irish rock stars had to withdraw citing Bono's injured back. Muse headlined on Saturday, and Stevie Wonder's Sunday set sent the festival-goers home happy. He performed all his best-known hits, covered The Beatles' "We Can Work It Out" and Michael Jackson's "Human Nature," and finished by inviting 74 year-old Eavis onstage to sing in honor of the festival's 40th anniversary.
But perhaps the highlight of the set was when Wonder pretended to drink a magic potion which made him "become Little Stevie Wonder again." With his vocals suddenly helium high, he performed his first ever hit, "Fingertips," which topped the charts when he was 13.
U.N. Declares Stevie Wonder A "Peace Messenger"
Dec, 5 2009
Stevie Wonder has written, performed and recorded some of the greatest soul songs and albums ever heard, and his legacy is all the more remarkable considering he's been blind since shortly after he was born. Now the United Nations is acknowledging his inspirational life story by honoring him as a "messenger of peace," with a special focus on people with disabilities. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon described Wonder as "a true inspiration to young people all over the world about what can be achieved despite any physical limitations." It's true: few people of any ability could ever hope to find success like Stevie Wonder, who has sold 100 million records and won a record 22 solo Grammy Awards. Ban continued: "He has consistently used his voice and special relationship with the public to create a better and more inclusive world, to defend civil and human rights and to improve the lives of those less fortunate."
Stevie Wonder
Feb, 26 2009
Among the feverish media coverage in the run-up to last year's elections, Barack Obama was never slow to talk about his musical inspirations. “If I had one musical hero, it would have to be Stevie Wonder," he told Rolling Stone last June. "When I was at that point where you start getting involved in music, Stevie had that run with Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Fulfillingness’ First Finale and Innervisions, and then Songs in the Key of Life. Those are as brilliant a set of five albums as we’ve ever seen.” On Wednesday, the now-President Obama was honored to invite his hero to the White House to present him with America's highest pop music award, the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The Motown legend gave an emotional and venerating speech himself, effusively praising the president before launching into a set that included hits like "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours," which was frequently used by Obama during his campaign. The performance will be broadcast on PBS stations this Thursday.
