In Just A Few Minutes - Stevie Wonder Ep.#6
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In this video there are some informations about Stevie Wonder's life.
In the''Did You Know That''episodes i'm trying to sort out the most interesting,weird,unknown,funny,dark moments,periods,happenings from an artist's life combined with some artwork,photos,music.These informations come from biographies,interviews,magazines,articles,pictures etc.
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In words:
Stevie Wonder lost his sight permanently a while after his birth.
He was premature and the high amount of oxygen given to him destroyed an area of his eyes.
In 1973,Stevie had a car accident .
He was in a coma for days and when he came out he'd lost his sense of smell and taste.After an one year medication he managed to regain both of his lost senses.
Stevie Wonder has 9 children with 5 different mothers.
He is a grandfather too and his grandson calls him Pop Pop because he refuses to be called Granddad.
Stevie Wonder is a self-taught.
Before the age of 10 he was playing
piano,harmonica and drums.As a child he wanted to become an electrician or a minister!
As a child Stevie was inspired a lot by Muhammad Ali.
He admired his confidence and his determination.
He performed his hit ''Happy Birthday'' to the Ali's 70th birthday celebrations.
At the age of 13,Stevie hit #1 of the pop charts and R&B charts with his song ''Fingertips''. He was the youngest artist ever to top the chart, and the first artist in history to top both charts simultaneously.
He owns 25 Grammy awards plus the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and an Emmy award for his appearence on ''The Cosby Show''.He also owns a Razzie(Golden Rasberry Award) for worst movie song with the title song on the ''Wild Wild West'' soundtrack.
Barack Obama awarded him with the Medal Of Freedom.
He is also been awarded with the United Nations Messenger Of Peace,The National Order Of Arts & Letters from France and more...
He has written a lot of songs for other artists such as Aretha Franklin,Chaka Khan,
Smokey Robinson.
He is an inspiration for many musicians and has the admiration from all of them.
None of his songs is his favorite.
He believes he has not written it yet,exactly as Duke Ellington believed and answered to these type of questions.
In 1994,he was awarded a star in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
In 1989 was inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame.He has sold over than 100 million records.
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