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Flashback Fridays: The Prodigy, Stevie Wonder

Few musicians can take credit for having influenced multiple genres of music the way Stevie Wonder can. Through countless albums, the boy wonder from Michigan interloped gospel sounds with soul and jazz giving singers everywhere a new language of love. Ask any artist today who influenced their songwriting and chances are Stevie Wonder will be in their top five.  Today we salute the genius, the songwriter, the humanitarian that is Stevie Wonder.
Flashback Fridays: The Prodigy, Stevie Wonder
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By Essence · Updated October 29, 2020
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Few musicians can take credit for having influenced multiple genres of music the way Stevie Wonder can. Through countless albums, the boy wonder from Michigan interloped gospel sounds with soul and jazz giving singers everywhere a new language of love. Ask any artist today who influenced their songwriting and chances are Stevie Wonder will be in their top five. Today we salute the genius, the songwriter, the humanitarian that is Stevie Wonder.