Morning! Today's song is For Once In My Life by Stevie Wonder.
So Stevie Wonder is Stevland Hardaway Morris and has been active in the industry since 1961. In that time he's released 26 records, been nominated for 70 awards, and has won 25 Grammy's. He's also received a Lifetime Achievement award which he got in 1996. He was born premature, and because of the time in the incubator from that, he became blind through a condition known as retinopathy of prematurity. He played instruments since he was really young, and at 11 sang his first song for a musician in The Miracles, who took him to Motown, leading to him being signed. His first two albums were made while he was still 11, and were released in 1962. He hit number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 at 13 and kept releasing music, some being hits continuously through his childhood. At 21 he let his contract expire before releasing two independent albums, then signed another contract with Motown. He got his first Grammy at 24, and another the next year. He hit his peak popularity in the 80's, still releasing lots of music, and also doing some TV appearances. In the 2000's he didn't release many albums himself, but he did make songs for other people and appear on albums and stage with many individuals, along with doing touring. He had said he was working on an album in 2013 but we haven't seen that yet. I've gone super vague and left out a ton of stuff just for the sake of not making this too long, but he's had a seriously incredible career, and you guys should look him up.
Peace.
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