Stevie Wonder Timeline

• 1950 - 13 May Stevie is born.
• 1954 - Steve receives his first instrument a 6-hole Harmonica.
• 1963 - Fingertips single reached #1 on Billboard Pop Charts.
• 1968 - Graduated with honours from the Michigan School for the Blind. Stevie releases four albums: Someday At Christmas, Greatest Hits, Eivets Rednow, For Once In My Life.
• 1969 - Received the Distinguished Service Award from President Nixon
  My Cherie Amour album peaked #3 R&B 34 Pop.
• 1970 - Marriage to Syreeta. Produced & Arranged the album Signed, Sealed, Delivered, #7R&B, 25Pop.
• 1973 - August 6th car accident puts Stevie in Coma for 10 days. Innervisions album release.
• 1979 - Secret Life of Plants is released peaking at #4 on Pop and R&B charts.
• 1980 - Hotter Than July released peaking at #1 R&B #3 pop and #2 UK. Stevie embarks on campaign to make Martin Luther King's birthday a National Holiday in the US..
• 1987 - Release of Characters album peaking at #1 R&B and #17 Pop.
• 1989 - Inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
• 1991 - Release of Jungle Fever Motion Picture Soundtrack charting at #1 R&B, 24 Pop..
• 1998 - Writes a song and performs at Pavrotti's War Child charity concert.
• 1999 - Boxset At The Close Of A Century released. Received 2 Grammys for work on Hancock's album. Received the Polar Music Prize in Sweden and honoured by the Kennedy Center.
• 2001 - Stevie performs at Detroit's 300th anniversary celebration. Receives Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement Award.
• 2006 - Stevie's mother Lula Mae Hardaway passes away age 74. Honoured with the National Artistic Achievement Award .
• 2007 - Honoured at the 4th Annual Alfred Mann Foundation Gala..
• 2008 - Received The NAACP Hall of Fame Award.

About Stevie Wonder

When one is called upon to define musical genius, few would have any difficulty associating Stevie Wonders' creativity with the term. His ability to "see" the world's ugly inhabitants as well as the world's beautifulness and then transcribing what he has "seen" is nothing short of genius.
Brought to Motown at the age of eleven, Stevie Wonder was born blind, but with a special gift – the gift of songwriting, piano playing, and an uncanny vocal rhythm. His awards are too numerous to count, but include twenty-one Grammy Awards and an Oscar Award.
Stevie Wonder had forthright parents who brought him up as any of their other children. He would have to fend for himself and make it in the world. His parents quickly caught on to their son’s musical ambitions and allowed him to perform on Sundays during church services. Even when he was brought up in Detroit, Michigan, his parents made sure that all their children led as balanced a childhood as possible – whether it be in school, sports, or music.

Throughout the seventies and eighties, Stevie continued winning awards and releasing hit songs. He even opened for The Rolling Stones in their tour across America in 1972. He won three Grammy Awards and an Album of the Year award for his release of Innervisions. He then recorded I Just Called to Say I Love You, which topped both American and European charts. Even to this day, Stevie Wonder continues to release albums, most notably A Time to Love in 2005.