Essays on Stevie Wonder

Steveland Judkins Morris, more commonly known as Stevie Wonder, to this day remains one of the most talented and innovative people to have made their mark upon the music industry. Wonder grew up in Saginaw, Michigan, and was signed to Motown Records in 1961 at...

When people think of a famous singer/songwriter, they typically do not a blind person in mind. Which is to be expected since most singer/songwriters are blessed with the ability to see, and there are some that are less fortunate. In saying that, there was a...

Early Childhood Stevie Wonder was born Stevland Hardaway Judkins, on the day May 13, 1950. He was born six weeks early with an eye disorder, retinopathy of prematurity. It wasn’t the greatest start to a life full of pleasant achievements for the musician. In addition...

Documentaries are important in film because they can tell stories. Their stories, however, are real. There are a few different purposes filmmakers can have for creating a documentary. In the categorical form of documentary, the filmmaker is trying to convey a lot of information, so...

Movie Extra Credit: Silver Linings Playbook How do Pat and Tiffany aid in each other’s recovery? Pat is a bipolar man who has just been released from a mental hospital, who assaulted a man and developed mental issues after he witnessed his wife having an...

Blind from birth Stevie Wonder is considered one of the most creative musical figures of the late 20th century. He has won 25 Grammy Awards (the most by a solo artist) and one Academy Award. “You took me riding in your rocket, gave me a star...

Stevland Hardaway Morris, soon to be known worldwide as Motown music icon Stevie Wonder, was born to Calvin Judkins and Lula Mae Hardaway on May 13th, 1950, in Saginaw, Michigan. Due to being six weeks premature, Wonder was placed in an incubator where he eventually...

Stevie Wonder and Jacob Collier: two artists who, although generations apart, are more similar than I had originally realized. This essay will examine the correlation between their careers, musical styles, lyrical complexity, and historical impact as musicians and artists in pop culture and the music...