Stevie Wonder is an American singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, and record producer.  He was born six weeks premature in 1950, causing his retinas to detach and leave him blind.  He got his start in the music business after Gerald White, brother to Ronnie White of The Miracles, pestered his brother to check out Wonder in 1961.  Thoroughly impressed, Motown CEO Berry Gordy signed him to his Tamla label as “Little Stevie Wonder.”

It was on this day, June 22, 1963, that “Little” Stevie Wonder released the song “Fingertips” when he was 13 years old.  The song featured Marvin Gaye on the drums and Wonder on the vocals, bongos, and harmonica.  The song became an instant success, reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and making him history’s youngest artist to top it.

Since then, Wonder has produced popular singles such as “Superstition,” “Sir Duke,” and “I just Called to Say I Love You.”  He has won 22 Grammy Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award, and an Academy Award for Best Song.  Not only that, Wonder was inducted into both the Songwriters and Rock and Roll halls of fame.