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Stevie Wonder has had a unique career as a singer, composer, instrumentalist, performer and humanitarian. After his early years with Motown, who signed him up as 'Little Stevie Wonder' aged eleven, he gradually released a striking array of innovative music that would influence the world of contemporary music as we know it today.

Born in 1950, two months premature, Stevie was placed in an incubator for life support.

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However an excess of oxygen resulted in the scarring and detachment of his retina leading to a condition known as Retinopathy of Prematurity.

In 1963, aged thirteen, he had his first US number 1 hit single and album with the first live recording to ever top the charts.

He is still the youngest person to have reached those number 1 spots.

During the 60's, under the control of the Motown formula, Stevie evolved from the status of child prodigy to music super stardom. With a string of hits that progr