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    Who Is Stevie Wonder?
    Who Is Stevie Wonder?
    Who Is Stevie Wonder?
    Ebook112 pages28 minutes

    Who Is Stevie Wonder?

    By Jim Gigliotti, Who HQ and Stephen Marchesi

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    Discover more about Stevie Wonder, the music prodigy whose awards include 25 Grammy Awards and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

    Stevie Wonder is one of the most successful singer-songwriter-musicians of our time. Signing his first record deal when he was only eleven, he had his first No.1 hit when he was thirteen. Since then he has had thirty US top ten hits, won a range of awards for his music and his civil rights work, and created such iconic songs as "Isn't She Lovely" and "I Just Called to Say I Love You." Stevie Wonder is a beloved entertainer who continues to tour and perform around the world.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
    Release dateOct 18, 2016
    ISBN9780515156423
    Author

    Jim Gigliotti

    Jim Gigliotti is the former editor at the National Football League who now is a freelance writer based in southern California. He is a lifelong San Francisco Giants fan.

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      Book preview

      Who Is Stevie Wonder? - Jim Gigliotti

      CHAPTER 1

      Difficult Beginnings

      Music had always been a big part of Stevie Wonder’s life. He was still a baby when he began pounding on bongo drums in his crib. When he was a little boy, he grabbed whatever spoons he could find in the kitchen and played on the pots and pans. When he was about five years old, a barber on his street gave him a harmonica, and Stevie learned to play it. Stevie never had any formal lessons, but he always seemed to know how to make music with any instrument that was available.

      Stevie was born as Steveland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, in Saginaw, Michigan. His mother’s name was Lula Hardaway, and his father’s name was Calvin Judkins. Stevie had two older brothers, Milton and Calvin Jr. Two more brothers, Larry and Timmy, and a sister, Renee, were born in later years.

      Stevie was born about six weeks earlier than expected. He probably was not blind when he was born. But when babies are born too early, they usually remain in the hospital until they are strong enough to go home. The hospital puts them in an incubator, which is supposed to keep conditions just right for them to be healthy. Stevie was in an incubator for more than a month. He seemed healthy in every way, except that doctors noticed his eyes didn’t seem to respond to movement or light. They had not developed properly.

      Naturally, Lula was upset at the news. She begged the doctors to do something to restore Stevie’s sight, but there was nothing they could do. He was permanently

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