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Article: The Sound of Stevie Wonder: His Words and Music

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The Sound of Stevie Wonder: His Words and Music James E. Perone. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2006.

The rich music and storied life of Stevie Wonder, one of America's preeminent music artists, luminates each page of this installment in the Praeger Singer-Songwriter collection. The musical mastermind's evolution from Stevland Haraway Judkins to Stevland Morris to Little Stevie Wonder and ultimately to the seventeen-time Grammy winner and Grammy Lifetime Achievement recipient and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is detailed virtually song by song. Complementing Wonder's music success is the manner in which he turned political activism and personal challenge into his own muse.

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