Stevie Wonder #1599

Caption from poster__     Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn’t mean he lacks vision. Stevie Wonder   Songs like "Isn't She Lovely," "Superstition" and "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" won Stevie Wonder more than 20 Grammy Awards and made him one of the most popular rhythm and blues musicians of the 1960s, and 1970s.  Wonder grew up in Detroit, singing in church choirs and listening to early Motown music.  In 1961, he was "discovered" and signed to a Motown contract himself, taking the stage name of "Little Stevie Wonder." Wonder's blindness led to inevitable comparisons with Ray Charles, at the time an R&B superstar.  Wonder went from wunderkind to groovy young man in the late 1960s, turning out cheerful and romantic pop hits along with protest songs about Vietnam and race relations while experimenting with funky, Moog-driven electronic sounds.  From 1972-76, he released five albums that are regarded as his master- works: Music of My Mind (1972), Talking