User Tools

Site Tools


stevie_wonder

Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

Both sides previous revision Previous revision
stevie_wonder [2022/05/16 01:18]
eziothekilla34
stevie_wonder [2022/05/16 01:27] (current)
eziothekilla34
Line 48: Line 48:
  
 He has ten No. 1 pop hits and twenty No. 1 R&B songs to his credit, but only three of his albums have reached the top of Billboard's chart.[([[https://www.today.com/popculture/stevie-wonder-still-reaching-higher-ground-wbna6659558|Today]])] He has ten No. 1 pop hits and twenty No. 1 R&B songs to his credit, but only three of his albums have reached the top of Billboard's chart.[([[https://www.today.com/popculture/stevie-wonder-still-reaching-higher-ground-wbna6659558|Today]])]
 +
 +===== The Ed Sullivan Show =====
 +
 +A 30-piece orchestra was performing the tune Wonder was going to perform that night at a rehearsal for "The Ed Sullivan Show" in the late 1960s. He halted the players and informed the conductor that one of the saxophonists had the improper arrangement. The sax player's tone was half a tone lower than everyone else's. The conductor had missed it.[([[https://inoneearnet.wordpress.com/2016/05/29/who-is-really-just-a-walking-pair-of-ears/|inoneearnet]])]
 +
 +===== Oscar =====
 +
 +In 1985, he received an Academy Award for best song for "I Just Called to Say I Love You" from "The Woman in Red".[([[https://calendar.songfacts.com/march/25/18784|Song Facts]])]
 +
 +===== Rolling Stones =====
 +
 +In 1972, he opened for the Rolling Stones on their STP Tour.[([[https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/02/the-rolling-stones-legendary-1972-american-tour-the-epitome-of-sex-drugs-and-rock-roll.html|Cleveland]])]
stevie_wonder.txt · Last modified: 2022/05/16 01:27 by eziothekilla34