WONDER, STEVIE (née STEVLAND JUDKINS; aka STEVELAND MORRIS, STEVELAND HARDAWAY). Rhythm n
blues singer ( in Saginaw, Michigan). His family moved to Detroit, Michigan, when he was an infant. Blind from birth, he won recognition as a child prodigy at an early age; he played several instruments, sang rhythm n
blues, and wrote his own songs. His style development was influenced by the blues he listened to on a local radio-network program titled Sundown
, particularly the singing of , particularly the singing of ...