Stevie
Wonder (born Steveland Hardaway Judkins and later changed to Steveland Hardaway
Morris) is an African-American singer-songwriter who has had more than 30 top
10 hits and has won 25 Grammy Awards -- the most for any solo artist. Although
he became blind as an infant, Stevie Wonder can play a dozen musical instruments
and signed a record contract with Motown Records at the age of 12. Stevie Wonder
received an Academy Award for Best Song and was inducted into both the Rock and
Roll and Songwriters Hall of Fame. Offstage, Stevie Wonder has been active in
the civil rights movement, and was largely responsible for helping to establish
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday as a national holiday.
