Stevie Wonder
(1950-)

African-American Singer/Songwriter
2006 National Freedom Award

birthdate: May 13
birthplace: Saginaw, Michigan

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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.