Stevie Wonder

Twenty-five of Stevie Wonder's singles, listed below, reached the Top Ten in either the United States or the United Kingdom. This changes somewhat by the S and SuperS series, where the antagonists are seen in their proper (if renamed) groups. The Official Stevie Wonder website (http://www.stevie-wonder.com/albums.html) features a discography with sound clips of his most significant material.. In the North American dub, all of the different groups of antagonists are lumped together under the generic term "Negaverse", without really differentiating between them. In accepting an honorary doctor of music degree at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1996, Wonder said: "Many years ago, but not so long ago, there were those who said, 'Well, you have three strikes against you: You're Black, you're blind and you're poor.' But God said to me, 'I will make you rich in the spirit of inspiration, to inspire others as well as create music to encourage the world to a place of oneness and hope and positivity.' I believed Him and not them.". See the individual articles and the article on the Sailor Senshi for more detail. Stevie has received 22 Grammy Awards over the course of his career. Wonder also received Kennedy Center Honors in 1999, and was awarded the Billboard Music Awards Century Award in 2004. The names shown after the Japanese names are those used in the North American translations.

Among the musicians and performers who list Wonder as one of their major influences are India.Arie, Musiq Soulchild, Alicia Keys, John Legend, and the members of Jodeci and Dru Hill. "Black Moon Clan" (R): Death Phantom | Demande | Saphir | Esmeraude | Rubeus | Ayakashi Sisters. Stevie Wonder's success as a multi-instrumentalist and socially conscious musical performer was significantly influential to both R&B and pop music.
. King, The Supremes, The Temptations, Dionne Warwick, Julio Iglesias, and former Musical Youth lead singer Dennis Seaton. The poor quality of the early dub and the somewhat bad first impressions TokyoPop (then Mixx) left on fans at first may also have contributed to a general disdain for the American names. He has also collaborated with Quincy Jones, Barbara Streisand, B.B. Possibly due to the large number of variances in the localizations, the original Japanese names are more commonly used in the U.S.

Among his most significant compositions or co-compositions are "The Tears of a Clown" by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, "It's a Shame" by The Spinners, and "You Are My Heaven" by Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway. TOKYOPOP has expressed interest in re-releasing the Sailor Moon manga, but for licensing problems, it cannot do so as of December 2004. Besides creating his own material, Stevie Wonder has written and produced a number of songs for other artists. The current graphic novels sold by TokyoPop range from 1 - 11 (Sailor Moon), 1 - 4 (SuperS), and 1 - 3 (StarS) and also have color covers and black and white pages. Wonder's first new album in 9 years, A Time 2 Love was scheduled to be released on July 27, 2004, but was delayed for release in 2005. These comics range from acts 1 through 35 (discontinued) and had color covers but black and white pages. [1] (http://archives.cnn.com/1999/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/03/stevie.wonder/). 10 by 6.5 inches) and also held the Chix Comix logo.

In December 1999, Wonder announced that he was interested in pursuing an intraocular retinal prosthesis to partially restore his sight. The original version of the manga published by MixxZine was in comic book form (approx. He recorded a soundtrack album for Spike Lee's film Jungle Fever in 1991, and released both Conversation Peace and the live album Natural Wonder during the same decade. The manga was released as three series based on the story arcs, Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon SuperS, and Sailor Moon StarS. After 1987's Characters LP, Wonder continued to release new material, albeit at a slower pace. As Sailor Moon was Mixx's first title, the series is considered to be the most poorly translated of all of Mixx's manga. The following year's In Square Circle featured the #1 pop hit "Part-Time Lover". The manga is flipped to read left to right.

It was placed 13th in the all-time list of best-selling singles in the UK issued in 2002. By and large, the TokyoPop names match the Cloverway names with a smattering of the original Japanese names, to avoid confusion for American audiences (with the exception of Usagi Tsukino, given the nickname "Bunny"). The lead single, "I Just Called to Say I Love You", was a #1 pop and R&B hit in the US, and is Motown's biggest-selling single ever in the United Kingdom. Both MixxZine (which later became TOKYOPOP magazine) and SMILE have been discontinued. 1984 saw the release of Wonder's soundtrack album for The Lady in Red. Sailor Moon later made an appearance in SMILE magazine. The album also included "Master Blaster (Jammin')", his tribute to Bob Marley, and "Ribbon in the Sky", one of his most often-covered compositions. The manga was initially syndicated in MixxZine but was later pulled out of that magazine and put in a monthly comic book format.

Martin Luther King's birthday as a national holiday. The manga was translated into English by TOKYOPOP (then Mixx). Hotter Than July (1980) become Wonder's first platinum selling album, and its single "Happy Birthday" was a successful vehicle for his campaign to establish Dr. Purist Sailor Moon and many anime fans familiar with the Japanese original disliked it, although may grudgingly admit it introduced them into anime. The album was panned at the time of its release but has come to be regarded as a classic album. Many changes were made to the basic storyline; it was rewritten to conform to the much tighter regulations of American television to young children. Wonder's next album was a soundtrack album for the film Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants. On August 28, 1995, a dubbed North American version of the anime began its run in Canada on YTV, and on September 11 of the same year, Cartoon Network in the United States began airing the program.

(Wonder performed "Superstition" on the children's show Sesame Street in 1973.) Wonder's artistic growth continued on Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974) and his magnum opus, Songs in the Key of Life (1976). Main Article: English Adaption of Sailor Moon Anime. Talking Book featured the #1 pop and R&B hit "Superstition", which is one of the most distinctive examples of the sound of the clavinet. After the January 2005 show, the series will then go on a "short hiatus," according to the current producer, BMO. The critical and commercial successes Talking Book and Innervisions continued Wonder's critical and popular acclaim, addressing more and more political issues as his music progressed. The lastest incarnation of the series, "The New Legend of Kaguya Island" [Revised Edition] (新・かぐや島伝説 <改訂版>, Shin Kaguyashima Densetsu (kaiteban)), will be staged in January of 2005. Unlike most previous artist LPs on Motown, which usually consisted of a collection singles, b-sides, and covers, Music on My Mind was an actual LP, full-length artistic statement. In the summer the only venue for the musicals is the Sunshine Theatre in the Ikebukuro area of Tokyo; however in the winter it does also tour to the larger cities in Japan.

He independently recorded and released two albums, which he used as a bargaining tool while negotiating with Motown. Eventually, the label agreed to his demands for full creative control and the rights to his own songs, and Wonder returned to Motown in 1972 with Music of My Mind, an album which is considered a classic of the era. The series generally runs twice a year, in the winter and in the summer. His final album before his departure was Where I'm Coming From, which Gordy had strongly fought against releasing. The producers generally follow and expand upon plot concepts presented in the anime and manga, however there are several original plot lines. After a number of arguments with Berry Gordy over allowing Wonder to have his own creative control, Wonder allowed his Motown contract to expire, and left the label on his twenty-first birthday in 1971. The musicals, usually referred to collectively as Seramyu, are a series of live theatre productions that have played over 800 performances in some 26 musicals since 1993. Stevie Wonder, along with Marvin Gaye, was one of the few Motown stars to contest the label's factory-like operation methods: artists, songwriters, and producers were usually specialized fields with little or no overlap, and artists had no creative control. Additionally, there are several Sailor Moon soundtracks available.

Wonder and Wright divorced eighteen months later, but continued to collaborate on musical projects. There are a few specials as well: Sailor Moon SuperS Special, and Sailor Moon SuperS Plus: Ami-chan no Hatsukoi (Ami's First Love), both of which take place around the SuperS series. Besides being one of the first songs on which Wonder serves as both songwriter and producer, "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" is one of the main showcases for his backup group Wonderlove, a trio which included at various times Minnie Riperton, Deniece Williams, Lynda Laurence, and Syreeta Wright, whom Wonder married on September 14, 1970. The movies fall in the general timeline of each of the three middle series (R, S, and SuperS). By 1970, Wonder had scored more major hits, including "My Cherie Amour" and "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)". There are three Sailor Moon movies, and these have independent stories that are separate from the series. He also began to work in the Motown songwriting department, composing songs both for himself and his labelmates. The Japanese Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn (Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon) anime metaseries is composed of five separate series:.

Dropping the "Little" from his moniker, Wonder went on to have a number of other hits during the mid-1960s, including "Uptight (Everything's Alright)", "With a Child's Heart", and "Blowin' in the Wind", a Bob Dylan cover which was one of the first songs to reflect Wonder's social consciousness. She is also reunited with her lover, the prince of Earth, who serves equally as romantic interest and primary protector. The song, featuring Wonder on vocals, congas, and harmonica, was a #1 hit on the US pop charts and launched him into the public consciousness. As the series progresses, Sailormoon is reunited with other reincarnated defenders—the princess's guardian soldiers. 2)", a live recording from a Motortown Revue performance. In the English dub, "Silver Millennium" seems to refer to the kingdom and the time when it existed.) She fights using the identity of Sailormoon ("Sailor Moon" is used in the English dub, while both "Sailormoon" and "Sailor Moon" appear in the Japanese manga and anime-related sources). Little Stevie Wonder's first major hit came in 1963 with "Fingertips (Pt. (Note: in the original Japanese versions, Silver Millennium is the name of the moon kingdom.

In 1962, at the age of eleven, he was signed by Berry Gordy to the Motown label as Little Stevie Wonder. Her role as defender of the Solar System has been reissued to her in light of the reemergence of the evil force that originally destroyed her kingdom, the Silver Millennium. He learned to play a number of instruments, most notably the piano, congas, and harmonica, at an early age, and was proclaimed a child prodigy. The premise is as follows: 14-year-old junior high student Usagi Tsukino discovers that she is the reincarnation of Princess Serenity, the princess of an ancient Moon kingdom. Steveland Judkins was born prematurely, and became blind after being exposed to excessive oxygen levels in his incubator. Combining her love of space with Greek myth, Roman myth, Japanese elemental themes, and Meiji Era sailor-fuku school uniforms, she managed to fuse the popular magical girl and sentai genres and create a completely new and original idea. A multi-instrumentalist, Wonder plays the drums, guitar, harmonica, congas, and most famously the piano and the keyboard. Naoko Takeuchi amalgamated many seemingly disparate themes in the creation of Sailor Moon.

He has recorded several critically acclaimed albums and hit singles, and writing and producing songs for many of his labelmates and outside artists as well. Fans caution viewers not to always use information from either source to explain the other. Blind nearly from birth, Wonder became one of the most successful and well-known artists on the Motown label, with seven #1 hits to his name. Although many concepts in the manga, anime and tokusatsu show overlap, there are many notable divergences. Stevie Wonder (real name: Steveland Hardaway Judkins, born on May 13, 1950 in Saginaw, Michigan) is an African American singer, songwriter, producer, musician, humanitarian and social activist. Two movies of the tokusatsu are scheduled; the first, Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon Special Act, due for Region-2 DVD and VHS release in Japan on November 26, 2004, and Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon Act Zero, due for DVD and VHS release in Japan on March 25, 2005. of Stevie Wonder's cover of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song". The first episode of the series aired on October 4, 2003, with its 49th and final episode airing on September 25, 2004.

2005: A Time 2 Love. Allowing for deviations, it more closely followed the original manga than the animated metaseries in its first few episodes, but proceeded to follow a significantly different storyline than those of the manga and anime later in the show. 1995: Conversation Peace. The most-recently-produced tokusatsu series is known officially as Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (usually abbreviated by fans to simply PGSM), and it is the first series in the franchise to have an official English title. 1991: Jungle Fever Soundtrack. The metaseries enjoyed renewed interest in its final fifth series, although its reuse of many plot devices bothered some fans. 1987: Characters. The third series is quite dark in comparison, while the fourth is sometimes considered overly light and silly.

1985: In Square Circle. The anime's first two series contain stories that vaguely revolve around the backdrop of the Silver Millennium (an ancient kingdom on the moon) and the superficially-related kingdom in the future. 1984: The Woman in Red Soundtrack. Because of its adapations in numerous countries, Sailor Moon was arguably one of the most famous anime in the world. 1980: Hotter than July. Although many shows have followed the same formula, most are generally considered to be relatively uninspired and none have ever been the marketing giant this anime has become. 1978: Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants Soundtrack. At 200 episodes, aired in Japan on a first-run basis between March 1992 and February 1997, the Sailor Moon anime is the longest magical girl anime metaseries and generally credited with popularizing the concept of a sentai (team) of magical girls rather than ones working alone.

1976: Songs in the Key of Life. The story of the metaseries revolves around the reincarnated defenders of a destroyed kingdom that spanned the Solar System, and the evil forces they battle. 1974: Fulfillingness' First Finale. Sailor Moon (in full, 美少女戦士セーラームーン, Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn, literally Beautiful young girl soldier Sailor Moon) is the name of a famous 18-volume shōjo manga by Naoko Takeuchi serialized in Kodansha's Nakayoshi in Japan, and of many of the spinoff series — in multiple media, including anime, musical theatre, video games and recently tokusatsu (live action with special effects) — which have been based on it. 1973: Innervisions. She transforms into Sailor Venus. 1972: Talking Book. Minako Aino (愛野 美奈子) / Mina Aino - She acted on her own as Sailor V before joining the other Sailor Senshi.

1972: Music of My Mind. She transforms into Sailor Jupiter. 1971: Where I'm Coming From. Makoto Kino (木野 まこと) / Lita Kino - The very tall tomboy who lives alone because her parents died in an airplane crash. 1970: Signed, Sealed, and Delivered. She transforms into Sailor Mars. 1969: My Cherie Amour. Rei Hino (火野 レイ) / Raye Hino - A miko who attends a Catholic private school, although she is Shinto.

1968: For Once in My Life. She transforms into Sailor Mercury. 1967: I Was Made to Love Her. Ami Mizuno (水野 亜美) / Amy Mizuno - The genius best friend of Usagi. 1965: Down to Earth. He transforms into Tuxedo Mask. 1963: The 12 Year Old Genius. Mamoru Chiba (地場 衛) / Darien Shields - Usagi's boyfriend and destined true love reincarnate.

1985: "Part-Time Lover" (US #1). (Her nickname in the English manga is Bunny.). 1985: "Go Home" (US #10). She transforms into Sailor Moon. 1984: "I Just Called to Say I Love You" (US #1, UK #1). Usagi Tsukino (月野うさぎ) / Serena Tsukino - The main character of the series, Usagi is a ditzy schoolgirl with a heart of gold. 1982: "That Girl" (US #4). Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn Sailor Stars (Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars).

1982: "Ebony and Ivory" (duet with Paul McCartney) (US #1). Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn SuperS (Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS) (The "S" after the "Super" does make it plural as you can tell in the way that it is pronounced (suupazu).). 1980: "Master Blaster (Jammin)" (US #5). Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn S (Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S) ("S" stands for "Super"). 1979: "Send One Your Love" (US #4). Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn R (Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon R), which is actually two series. According to the Memorial Song Box booklet, "R" stands for "Romance," "Rondo," "Return," etc.; the R for the first series is usually said to stand for "Return" and the R for the second series is said to stand for "Romance.". 1977: "Sir Duke" (US #1). Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn (Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon) (usually referred to by fans as the "Classic" series, to avoid confusion with the entire metaseries).

1977: "I Wish" (US #1). 1974: "You Haven't Done Nothin'" (US #1). 1974: "Living for the City" (US #9). 1973: "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (US #1).

1973: "Higher Ground" (US #4). 1972: "Superstition" (US #1). 1971: "If You Really Love Me" (US #8). 1970: "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)" (US #3).

1970: "Heaven Help Us All" (US #9). 1969: "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" (US #7). 1969: "My Cherie Amour" (US #4). 1968: "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" (US #9).

1967: "I Was Made to Love Her" (US #2). 1966: "A Place in the Sun" (US #9). 1966: "Blowin' in the Wind" (US #9). 1965: "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (US #3).

2)" (US #1). 1963: "Fingertips (Pt.