Definitely a great compilation of Stevie's best songs

Stevie Wonder, beboren on May 13, 1950 in Saginaw, Michigan as Steveland Judkins Morris, is a blind American pop and soul singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist. Wonder has sold to date approximately 67 million albums and 44 million singles. Wonder came as born prematurely and was artificially ventilated in the incubator. Perhaps therefore his blindness stirred. At age nine, he mastered the piano, harmonica and drums.

1961 saw him Ronnie White of The Miracles. This helped him to a Vorsingtermin with Motown boss Berry Gordy, who then took him under contract. Little Stevie Wonder took in 1962 on his first records: "A Tribute to Uncle Ray" (with cover songs by Ray Charles) and "The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie". A first success came in 1963 with the title "Fingertips, Part 2", played at the Stevie Wonder harmonica and sang. The accompanying album "The 12yo Genius" became Motown's first number-one LP. At 14 he entered the voice broke. Wonder studied at this time classical piano at the Michigan School for the Blind.

With 18 Wonder started the first time, on a larger scale impact on the composition and take the arrangement of his music: For Once in My Life (1968) and My Cherie Amour (1969) ended up as albums and hit singles as well in the charts. 1971 ended his contract with the Motown label, whose most successful musicians he counted. He took the opportunity to build his own recording studio to increase its royalties and much to gain greater control over his music. He founded his own label, Black Bull Music. Over the years he developed his own style and influenced the soul music so sustainably.

In 1972 he brought out the album "Talking Book", which contains the song "You are the sunshine of my life" and "Superstition" outstanding soul and funk numbers. "Superstition" is considered by many keyboardists as a lesson for funky Clavinetspiel. In the same year also appeared the album "Music Of My Mind", which he largely grossed alone. In 1973 the album "Inner Visions" with the hit "Living for the City". In 1974 the album "First Final FulfillingnessŽ", 1976, the double LP "Songs in the Key of Life", which contains the pieces "Sir Duke" and "I Wish" 2 Welthits.

Increasingly, the artists involved in the American civil rights movement for equality of African Americans. The Oscar, which he for the song "I Just Called to Say I Love You" "The Lady in Red" received in 1984 from the film, he dedicated to the victims of apartheid Nelson Mandela.

His appearing in ever greater distances record productions were faulted by critics as among the ways of artist. For his 1995 released album "Conversation Peace" it took eight years. In 2005 he gained after a long break with the radio single "So What the Fuss" with Prince on guitar again more attention. The critically-acclaimed "Album A Time 2 Love" was released in October 2005. In 2007 won Wonder along with Tony Bennett the Grammy Award for Best collaboration with vocals in the field for the common pop song "For Once In My Life".

In the years 2007 and 2008, Wonder went after ten year break on a world tour that took him in the fall of 2008 to Germany. The concerts were enthusiastically received by the audience and by the critics. The inauguration of new US President Barack Obama in January 2009 published Wonder his song "All About The Love Again". Previously, the soul singer Obama had massive support in the election campaign.

This double CD contains 38 songs by Stevie Wonder. Is illuminated, the time from 1963 to the end of the 80s. Those looking for only the best songs of Stevie, is well served here, because all großenn hits are gathered here as well as a few beautiful, lesser-known songs like "Overjoyed" (from the movie the woman in red), "Lately", "For Your Love "," I'm Wondering "or" If You Really Love Me ". I am happy to give it 5 stars.