Stevie Wonder

Twenty-five of Stevie Wonder's singles, listed below, reached the Top Ten in either the United States or the United Kingdom. A more extensive archive of the website is provided by a third party (the Drudge Report Archives), which has taken snapshots every two minutes since mid-November 2001. The Official Stevie Wonder website (http://www.stevie-wonder.com/albums.html) features a discography with sound clips of his most significant material.. A number of reports from 1995 to early 1997 are available in the Usenet archive provided by Google Groups. 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.". Archives of older reports are generally not easy to find, and Drudge does not systematically archive any of his reports. 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. Because the Drudge Report is not part of the mainstream media and is published electronically, and not in print, such inaccuracies and errors are often forgotten.

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. Despite instances of unreliability, the Drudge Report profits from the nature of its electronic medium. Stevie Wonder's success as a multi-instrumentalist and socially conscious musical performer was significantly influential to both R&B and pop music. After Edward's selection, Drudge removed all "VP Hillary" coverage without comment; the correction or outright removal of false content published at the Report is usually handled in similar no-comment fashion. King, The Supremes, The Temptations, Dionne Warwick, Julio Iglesias, and former Musical Youth lead singer Dennis Seaton. insider" saying that Senator Kerry would be announcing Senator Hillary Clinton as his running mate, declaring it to mark the beginning of a "massive love fest." [16] (http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2004/07/01/20040701_012802_kerryhrc.htm) The story was de-linked one day later. He has also collaborated with Quincy Jones, Barbara Streisand, B.B. The Report headlined a prediction from a "top D.C.

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. A later erroneous report emerged in the 2004 US presidential campaign, one week before Senator Kerry announced his selection of Senator John Edwards as his vice presidential running mate. Besides creating his own material, Stevie Wonder has written and produced a number of songs for other artists. However, the full text of the original reports are available at DrudgeReportArchives.com [14] (http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2004/02/12/20040212_182616_mattjk1.htm) [15] (http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2004/02/14/20040214_131608_mattjk6.htm); DrudgeReportArchives.com is not affiliated with the Drudge Report. 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. The story was never carried by any mainstream media, and Drudge has not meaningfully addressed it since its publication, although the story remained available on his website (though de-linked) up to a year after its publication. [1] (http://archives.cnn.com/1999/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/03/stevie.wonder/). [13] (http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2004/02/12/20040212_233205_mattjk1.htm) The woman, who in fact was never an intern for Kerry, denied the claim.

In December 1999, Wonder announced that he was interested in pursuing an intraocular retinal prosthesis to partially restore his sight. The Report was the source of a sensational rumor (a "World Exclusive") in February 2004, about presidential candidate John Kerry, alleging that he had an affair with a young intern named Alexandra Polier. 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 "80 percent" meme has been fueled by further articles and rumors in the Report occasionally revealed to be completely wrong or unsubstantiated. After 1987's Characters LP, Wonder continued to release new material, albeit at a slower pace. [12] (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A30046-2001May1) Drudge's legal defense was largely funded by the libertarian Center for the Study of Popular Culture. The following year's In Square Circle featured the #1 pop hit "Part-Time Lover". The case lasted for so long because the burden of proof was on Blumenthal to show that Drudge had had actual malice in printing the false report.

It was placed 13th in the all-time list of best-selling singles in the UK issued in 2002. The libel suit was settled in 2001 when Blumenthal agreed to drop the charges if Drudge did not file counter-charges. 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. [10] (http://archive.salon.com/aug97/news/news2970815.html) [11] (http://www.nyupress.org/fap/samplechapter1.html) This quote has since been applied, fairly or not, to all of Drudge's work. 1984 saw the release of Wonder's soundtrack album for The Lady in Red. [9] (http://www.epic.org/free_speech/blumenthal_v_drudge.html) Drudge told Salon magazine that "I seemed to have about 80 percent of the facts" about the Blumenthal report. The album also included "Master Blaster (Jammin')", his tribute to Bob Marley, and "Ribbon in the Sky", one of his most often-covered compositions. Drudge retracted the story the next day, saying he was given bad information, but Blumenthal filed a $30 million libel lawsuit against Drudge.

Martin Luther King's birthday as a national holiday. The attribution stems from Drudge's most famous incident of erroneous reporting, which occurred on August 10, 1997 when Drudge published a report saying that incoming White House assistant Sidney Blumenthal beat his wife and was covering it up. 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. Matt Drudge has been variously (mis)quoted as saying the Report is 80 percent accurate. The album was panned at the time of its release but has come to be regarded as a classic album. [8] (http://www.cbrss.harvard.edu/events/ppe/papers/Tim%20Groseclose%20Media%20Bias%20Paper.pdf). Wonder's next album was a soundtrack album for the film Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants. Notwithstanding these charges, a study on media bias (titled A Measure of Media Bias) led by Tim Groseclose, of UCLA and Stanford, and Jeff Milyo of the University of Chicago found the Drudge Report to be the most centrist news outlet in their sample.

(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). On Wednesday, July 28, 2004, the Drudge Report featured the headline: "Edwards to Call Kerry 'Decisive, Strong.'" Above this headline was a picture of a young woman in a tight tank top, featuring the logo "John Edwards is Hot.". 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. Though Drudge is often defended on the grounds that he writes very few articles, generally only supplying links to the work of others, his editorializing frequently occurs in the form of the juxtaposition of a headline with an unrelated image. 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. For example, he is often critical of the Federal Communications Commission's regulation of indecency and of attempts to limit online file-sharing. 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. Nevertheless, Drudge has repeatedly attempted to distance himself from establishment conservatives, arguing that his politics more accurately reflect libertarianism.

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. Some critics argue, for example, that he has not been as aggressive in pursuing potential scandals during the George W. Bush administration as during the Clinton administration. His final album before his departure was Where I'm Coming From, which Gordy had strongly fought against releasing. To many, Drudge's politics are considered to be unabashedly conservative. 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. This has led some critics to call him a mouthpiece of the conservative establishment in the United States (or of the "vast right-wing conspiracy"). 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. He has cultivated this following by often highlighting stories that appeal to conservatives, praise prominent conservatives, or criticize prominent liberals.

Wonder and Wright divorced eighteen months later, but continued to collaborate on musical projects. During the 1990s, the Drudge Report gained a strong conservative following for Drudge's heavy coverage of alleged scandals during President Bill Clinton's administration. 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. In 1998, Federal Judge Paul Friedman noted in a judgment on a libel lawsuit, which ended in Drudge's favor, that Drudge is not a "reporter, a journalist, or a newsgatherer" (this case is covered in more detail below). By 1970, Wonder had scored more major hits, including "My Cherie Amour" and "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)". Critics argue that the only stories Drudge he actually breaks are completely conceived, researched, funded, and written by other reporters. He also began to work in the Motown songwriting department, composing songs both for himself and his labelmates. The site regularly receives 8-10 million page views per day, a number which has steadily increased during the early 2000s.

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. His overhead is almost nonexistent compared to regular news outlets; his only significant expenses are server hosting costs. 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. By placing banner advertisements on the website (over which he says he has no editorial control), he has indicated that he makes over $1 million per year. 2)", a live recording from a Motortown Revue performance. Drudge reportedly makes a significant income from running the website. Little Stevie Wonder's first major hit came in 1963 with "Fingertips (Pt. If you're not careful you can fill up people's minds with stories that go nowhere." [7] (http://www.radarmagazine.com/features/issue_02/drudge2.html).

In 1962, at the age of eleven, he was signed by Berry Gordy to the Motown label as Little Stevie Wonder. It comes down to an editorial decision that I make every second that I'm sitting in front of the monitors. 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. Usually I just scan the first two paragraphs and the last two paragraphs.. Steveland Judkins was born prematurely, and became blind after being exposed to excessive oxygen levels in his incubator. I can't remember the last time I actually read a full-blown article, you know. A multi-instrumentalist, Wonder plays the drums, guitar, harmonica, congas, and most famously the piano and the keyboard. In a 2003 interview in Radar magazine with Camille Paglia, Drudge said of his story selection, "I just post the things I find interesting.

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. Drudge also occasionally publishes Nielsen, Arbitron, or BookScan ratings, internal email messages, or early election exit polls that are otherwise not made available to the public. 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. These stories generally break a rumor concerning a story that is about to break in a major magazine or newspaper. 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. The Drudge Report website sometimes includes stories authored by Drudge himself, usually two to three paragraphs in length (a holdover from the previous email-only reports). of Stevie Wonder's cover of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song". Generally the images are also hosted on other news agencies' servers. Drudge has argued that he is within his rights under fair use to include tags referring to these images without permission.

2005: A Time 2 Love. Although the site initially featured very few images, it is now usually illustrated with five or six photographs. 1995: Conversation Peace. The rest of the website is filled with links to media outlets and a number of columnists. 1991: Jungle Fever Soundtrack. These linked stories are almost always hosted on the external websites of mainstream media outlets. 1987: Characters. Drudge's website has a simple design, consisting of a banner headline and a number of other selected headlines in three columns.

1985: In Square Circle. In addition, Drudge was the first to announce Connie Chung's departure from CBS News, Jerry Seinfeld's million dollar contract, and the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. 1984: The Woman in Red Soundtrack. [6] (http://www.drudgereport.com/ml.htm) After Drudge's report, Newsweek published the story. 1980: Hotter than July. In 1998, Drudge again made national waves when he broke the news that Newsweek magazine had information on an inappropriate relationship between "a White House intern" and President Bill Clinton (the Monica Lewinsky scandal), but was withholding publication. 1978: Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants Soundtrack. Drudge first received national attention in 1996 when he broke the news that Jack Kemp would be Republican Bob Dole's running mate in the 1996 presidential election.

1976: Songs in the Key of Life. Already read by key players, this tip sheet will be sure to peak (sic) your interest." [5]  (http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.video.cable-tv/browse_thread/thread/d8598fa88e24b022/e87d63ba505bd539). 1974: Fulfillingness' First Finale. This weekly report arrives on Monday and is complimented with NEWS BREAKS as they occur. 1973: Innervisions. In a Usenet post from that month, Drudge advertised his Report as covering "the Entertainment industry, Poli-Video shows (political talk shows,) Talk Radio, and a cross section of things that the editor Matt Drudge is focusing in on. 1972: Talking Book. On April 2, 2004, he splashed a headline on his site which read "Drudge Report Turns Nine Years Old". [4] (http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2004/04/02/20040402_163404.htm) However, in his book, Drudge Manifesto, he writes that the Drudge Report debuted in "winter 1994", and the oldest archived email reports date to March 1995.

1972: Music of My Mind. It is unclear exactly when Drudge began publishing his reports. 1971: Where I'm Coming From. He eventually stopped the email reports in favor of exclusively updating his website. 1970: Signed, Sealed, and Delivered. He began his website in 1997 as a supplement to the email reports. 1969: My Cherie Amour. After that, AOL carried his reports until 1998.

1968: For Once in My Life. Drudge's reports were electronically syndicated by Wired News from November 1996 to May 1997. 1967: I Was Made to Love Her. Drudge, who once managed a CBS gift shop where he was privy to some insider gossip, uses connections with industry and media insiders to break stories sometimes before they hit the mainstream media. 1965: Down to Earth. Today, Drudge maintains his website from his condominium in Miami Beach, Florida along with his longtime friend and associate Andrew Breitbart based in Los Angeles. 1963: The 12 Year Old Genius. Drudge began publishing his email-based Report on a 486 computer from an apartment in Hollywood, California.

1985: "Part-Time Lover" (US #1). He has been criticized by various media news personalities such as Dan Rather who called the Report a "rumor mill" [1] (http://www.dailyrecycler.com/blog/2004/09/cnn-airs-extended-rather-interview.html) , Bill O'Reilly who called Drudge a "threat to democracy" [2] (http://www.drudgereport.com/mattbc1.htm), and Keith Olbermann who referred to him as "an idiot with a modem" [3] (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/olbermann091598.htm). 1985: "Go Home" (US #10). Critics regard him as either careless, reckless, or malicious with stories that are sometimes inaccurate or heavily biased. 1984: "I Just Called to Say I Love You" (US #1, UK #1). Drudge styles himself as a maverick newsman without corporate bosses, demanding advertisers, or editors to influence his Report. 1982: "That Girl" (US #4). The Report originated around 1994 as a weekly subscriber-based email dispatch. Today, the Drudge Report resembles a simple weblog, though Drudge himself dislikes this classification.

1982: "Ebony and Ivory" (duet with Paul McCartney) (US #1). The site consists primarily of links to stories from the mainstream media about politics, entertainment, and various current events, and to many popular columnists, although Drudge occasionally authors a story of his own. 1980: "Master Blaster (Jammin)" (US #5). The Drudge Report is a popular U.S.-based news website run by Matt Drudge. 1979: "Send One Your Love" (US #4). 1977: "Sir Duke" (US #1).

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.