Blind from birth, Little Stevie Wonder - as he was then known - was a child
star, recording from the age of 11 and getting his first hit Fingertips (Part 2)
at 13. He'd already taught himself piano, harmonica, drums and bass and first
sang in the church choir, acquiring his stage name after Motown Records producer
Mickey Stevenson commented "That boy's a wonder." In 1964 he made his film debut
in Muscle Beach Party and went on to make a deluge of hits, including Upright
(Everything's Alright) and a cover of Bob Dylan's Blowin' In The Wind, although
his greatest work probably came...