Toni Braxton - All in Love Is Fair - Live Tribute Stevie Wonder Essence 25th Anniversary Awards - 19

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Stevland Hardaway Morris (né Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. A prominent figure in popular music during the second-half of the 20th century, Wonder is one of the most successful songwriters and musicians. A virtual one-man band, his use of synthesizers and further electronic musical instruments during the 1970s reshaped the conventions of R&B. He also helped drive the genre into the album era, crafting his LPs as cohesive, consistent socially conscious statements with complex compositions. Wonder is often hailed as a "genius", and has been credited as a pioneer and influence to musicians of various genres including rhythm and blues, pop, soul, gospel, funk and jazz.
Wonder's first new album in ten years, A Time to Love, was released in October 2005 to lower sales than previous albums, and lukewarm reviews—most reviewers appearing frustrated at the end of the long delay to get an album that mainly copied the style of Wonder's "classic period" without doing anything new.[78] The first single, "So What the Fuss", was released in April. A second single, "From the Bottom of My Heart", was a hit on adult-contemporary R&B radio. The album also featured a duet with India Arie on the title track "A Time to Love". By June 2008, Wonder was working on two projects simultaneously: a new album called The Gospel Inspired By Lula, which will deal with the various spiritual and cultural crises facing the world, and Through The Eyes Of Wonder, an album he has described as a performance piece that will reflect his experience as a blind man. Wonder was also keeping the door open for a collaboration with Tony Bennett and Quincy Jones concerning a rumored jazz album.[79] If Wonder were to join forces with Bennett, it would not be for the first time; their rendition of "For Once in My Life" earned them a Grammy for best pop collaboration with vocals in 2006.[46] Wonder's harmonica playing can be heard on the 2009 Grammy-nominated "Never Give You Up", featuring CJ Hilton and Raphael Saadiq.
He sang at the Michael Jackson memorial service in 2009,[84] at Etta James' funeral, in 2012,[85] and a month later at Whitney Houston's memorial service.[86]

Wonder appeared on singer Celine Dion's studio album Loved Me Back to Life performing a cover of his 1985 song "Overjoyed".[87] The album was released in October 2013. He was also featured on two tracks on Mark Ronson's album Uptown Special.

In 1974 Nancy Wilson recorded it as the title track for her 39th studio album, All in Love Is Fair. AllMusic's Jason Ankeny called Wilson's recording "sensual" and declared that it "wouldn't be out of place on Motown or Philadelphia International".[40]
In 1974 Cleo Laine released it as a standalone 7" promotional single, enlisting the help of Mike Berniker for production.[41] It was included in her 2001 compilation album At Her Finest.[42]
In 1974 Billy Eckstine's rendition was featured on
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