Stevie Wonder, orig. Steveland Judkins later Steveland Morris, (born May 13, 1950, Saginaw, Mich., U.S.), U.S. singer, songwriter, and musician. Blind virtually from birth, he became a skillful performer on the piano and other instruments by age eight. His family moved to Detroit, and at 10 he signed with the fledgling Motown label. His first hit, “Fingertips (Part 2)” (1963), was followed by many top-selling soul singles, including “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)” and “I Was Made to Love Her.” He continued to enjoy enormous popular and critical success in the 1970s and ’80s with such albums as Talking Book (1972) and Songs in the Key of Life (1976) and such hits as “Superstition,” “Ebony and Ivory,” “You Are the Sunshine of My Life,” and “I Just Called to Say I Love You.” He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, and in 2005 he received a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement. He has spoken out against nuclear war, worked to end apartheid in South Africa, and raised funds for eye-disease research. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014.
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