Stevie Wonder

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American musician, a singer and performer who has been given many awards, not only for his talent but for doing benefit concerts and philanthropic contributions, as well as his inspirational quality of character. Wonder has been blind from birth due to being given too much oxygen while in an incubator. He was weaned on the music of Ray Charles and learned to play piano, drums and harmonica by the time he was seven. In 1960, while a member of the Whitestone Baptist Church choir with his mom and four brothers and sisters, he was taken by a friend to meet Berry Gordy. Gordy signed the ten-year-old prodigy to a long-term contract, and he had his first single and his live debut in 1962. He was hitting the top of the charts by 1963. Wonder enrolled in a school for the blind, and made a movie debut in 1964, followed by a tour the following year, still a teenager. On 8/06/1973, Wonder was in a serious car accident. After recovering from a four-day coma, he had lost his sense of smell. He has two daughters with his companion Yolanda Simmons, Aisha Zakia on 4/05/1973 and Kita Swan Di in 4/1979. On 1/18/1989, he was inducted into the R'N'R Hall of Fame. The musician’s wife Kai gave him a surprise present on his 55th birthday, May 13, 2005 when she gave birth to their second son. In October 2009, Wonder and Millard separated; Wonder filed for divorce in August 2012. In 2017 he married Tomeeka Bracy. The singer’s mother died on May 31, 2006 in Los Angeles, CA at age 76. Link to Wikipedia biography