Artist:Stevie Wonder
Song:Superstitious
Album:Talking Book
By the time Talking Book was released in 1972, Stevie Wonder wasn't Little anymore and had become the multi talented musician we know today. Marvin Gaye's What's Going On should get a lot of the credit for forcing Motown to be less of a music factory. So Stevie took advantage of that and came up with a killer album. Stevie was touring with The Rolling Stones at the time and Superstitious has rock influences he picked up while jamming with them. In fact, legendary British guitarist Jeff Beck is on Superstitious and did his own version of the song on Beck, Bogert & Appice. Stevie Wonder would continue his journey to musical genius with 1976's Songs In The Key Of Life. He seemed to lose his edge in the 80s and hasn't been as productive in recent years. He ended a ten year recording hiatus with the 2005 CD A Time To Love, a song he wrote with protege India.Arie. He also recorded with gospel superstar Kirk Franklin. Maybe he's getting his groove back.
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