When the family of Stevie Wonder moved to Detroit, his mother was afraid to let her son, that was blind from birth, to play on the street. And that was the beginning of his future musical career.
To make time pass somehow, little Stevie could for hours tick away the rhythm, trying to play along with melody that he heard on the radio, by the spoons on the pots. With time, he learned to play several musical instruments and began to perform at local churches. Soon about the talented boy already knew the whole district.
His fame has reached, so to say, "critical mass" when Berry Gordy himself came to listen to wunderkind, the founder of Motown. Having heard the performance of the ten year old musician, Gordy signs immediately a contract with him. The first album of Wonder with Motown "12-Year-Old Genius" gave him his first hit "Fingertips, Part 2." Together with artists Motown boy goes on tour and records songs "Uptight (Everything" s Alright) "," For Once in My Life "and" I Was Made To Love Her ".
Although Wonder was co-producer and composer of his own album and played several instruments, the frames of Motown were too tight for him. As soon as he was 21 years old he left the group to start a solo career. A going from Motown was a difficult step, but it enabled him to start his own studio experiments. Wonder makes records, which combine elements of many different styles: gospel, rock'n'roll, jazz, African and Latin American rhythms. At last, Wonder again finds common language with Gordy,and Motown and helps him with the realization of the album "Music of My Mind". In 1972, Steve goes on tour with the "Rolling Stones", to open a program for them. The tour brought the musician fame to caucasian audience and became a defining moment in his career.
In the period from 1972 to 1976 Wonder one after another, creates new hits, some of which have already become classics ( "Superwoman", "You Are The Sunshine of My Live", "Superstition"). The terrible road accident in 1973, that almost costed him life, forced Wonder to rethink many things in this world. He began to pay great attention to charity and help the wretched. Wonder puts pressure upon federal government to make the birthday of Martin Luther King national holiday. In 1982, he appeared with a concert of peace, promoting nuclear disarmament. And, of course, he wrote many songs for the rights of blacks and for the achievement of racial harmony (including, along with Paul McCartney "Ebony and Ivory"). Wonder wrote the famous "We Are the World", dedicated to the fight against hunger. Not so long ago for his contribution to the fight against apartheid, he received a personal invitation and a meeting with President Nelson Mandela of South Africa, who said these words: "Steve Wonder - is my son, and I speak to him with great respect."
In the 90's Wonder records a soundtrack to the sensational film of Spyke Lee "Jungle Fever" and produces belauded by the critics album "Conversation Peace", which took eight years to complete, but, in the opinion of connoisseurs, it is worth the time spent on it. Long career of Wonder is remarkable not only because he is without doubt a musical genius, but also because he throughout all this time bravely overcame many obstacles and barriers - and most importantly his physical weakness, blindness. Even if to take his participation in a recent charity auction into account, where he has driven along the stage in the famous James Bond BMW Roadster.
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