Signed, Sealed, and Delivered The Soulful Journey of Stevie Wonder

Name: Signed, Sealed, and Delivered The Soulful Journey of Stevie Wonder
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ISBN: 9780470481509

ISBN-10: 0470481501

ISBN-13: 9780470481509

Edition: 2010

Authors: Mark Ribowsky

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This is the first definitive biography of Stevie Wonder; it covers his incredible fifty-year career and sets it against the history of Motown and the last half century of popular music, showing his influence in shaping music throughout his career and still today, particularly in laying the groundwork for the evolution of hip-hop and rap.The 60s can be called his development era, from infectious kid-soul-pop to ever-maturing themes guided by Motown's mainstream maestros. Then, freed to make the music that drove his sensibilities, came his period of massive innovation and peak influence from the early 70s through the end of the decade, which saw "innervision" and his other masterpieces. The…

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List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 4/16/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



A World of Hurt



Motorin'



"That Shit Is Just Fantasticness!"



Jazz, Soul, and Grab-Ass



"Take a Bow, Stevie"



No Wonder



The Motown Way



Outta Sight



You Met Your Match



Pretty Heavy



The Direction of Destiny



Apocalypse Now



Stevie in Wonderland



"We're Almost Finished"



The Clock of Now



Epilogue . . . Prologue


Discography: Stevie Wonder's Chart Hits


Index