Stevie Wonder has at least 50 major songs - thats insane for one person...

[TRIODEROB]

A


Alfie (song) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfie_(song))
Another Star (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Star)
As (song) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_(song))
B


Blame It on the Sun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blame_It_on_the_Sun)
Blowin' in the Wind (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowin%27_in_the_Wind)
Boogie On Reggae Woman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogie_On_Reggae_Woman)
D


Do I Do (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_I_Do)
Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_You_Worry_%27bout_a_Thing)
E


Ebony and Ivory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebony_and_Ivory)
F


Fingertips (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingertips)
For Once in My Life (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Once_in_My_Life)
For Your Love (Stevie Wonder song) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Your_Love_(Stevie_Wonder_song))
G


Get It (song) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_It_(song))
Go Home (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Home)
God Bless the Child (Billie Holiday song) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Bless_the_Child_(Billie_Holiday_song))
H


Happy Birthday (Stevie Wonder song) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Birthday_(Stevie_Wonder_song))
Heaven Help Us All (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven_Help_Us_All)
H cont.


Higher Ground (song) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_Ground_(song))
I


I Do Love You (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Do_Love_You)
I Don't Know Why (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Don%27t_Know_Why)
I Just Called to Say I Love You (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Just_Called_to_Say_I_Love_You)
I Was Made to Love Her (song) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Was_Made_to_Love_Her_(song))
I Wish (Stevie Wonder song) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Wish_(Stevie_Wonder_song))
If You Really Love Me (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_You_Really_Love_Me)
Isn't She Lovely (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isn%27t_She_Lovely)
L


Lately (Stevie Wonder song) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lately_(Stevie_Wonder_song))
Living for the City (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_for_the_City)
M


Master Blaster (Jammin) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Blaster_(Jammin))
My Chérie Amour (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Ch%C3%A9rie_Amour)
N


Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Dreamed_You%27d_Leave_in_Summer)
O


Overjoyed (Stevie Wonder song) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overjoyed_(Stevie_Wonder_song))
P


Part-Time Lover (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Part-Time_Lover)
A Place in the Sun (song) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Place_in_the_Sun_(song))
R


Ribbon in the Sky (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribbon_in_the_Sky)
S


Send One Your Love (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Send_One_Your_Love)
S cont.


Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day)
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signed,_Sealed,_Delivered_I%27m_Yours)
Sir Duke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Duke)
Skeletons (song) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeletons_(song))
So What the Fuss (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_What_the_Fuss)
Superstition (song) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstition_(song))
Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superwoman_(Where_Were_You_When_I_Needed_You))
T


Tell Me Something Good (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_Me_Something_Good)
That Girl (Stevie Wonder song) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Girl_(Stevie_Wonder_song))
That's What Friends Are For (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s_What_Friends_Are_For)
U


Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Until_You_Come_Back_to_Me_(That%27s_What_I%27m_Gon na_Do))
Uptight (Everything's Alright) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uptight_(Everything%27s_Alright))
W


We Can Work It Out (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Can_Work_It_Out)
We Didn't Know (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Didn%27t_Know)
Y


Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yester-Me,_Yester-You,_Yesterday)
You Are the Sunshine of My Life (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Are_the_Sunshine_of_My_Life)
You Haven't Done Nothin' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Haven%27t_Done_Nothin%27)
You Will Know (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Will_Know)
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/images/200711/20071108ho_stevie_wonder_330.jpg

[jay42]

...and it makes me want to cry that he lost the desire to write songs like those. Look at the people who keep plugging away...Elton John/Taupin, Tom Petty, Eric Clapton, REM, U2... There are lots of great artists, but few who keep the work ethic up over a lifetime.

[TRIODEROB]

Check out Richard Rodgers some time. He had almost that many complete musicals and about 2000 songs.


yea he will never be topped in our lifetimes - he was the best


http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/oklahoma-DVDcover.jpg http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/sound-of-music-DVDcover.jpg

http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/king-and-i-DVDcover.jpg http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/south-pacific-DVDcover.jpg

[dets1]

we did "another star" for a wedding last year. it was nirvana! (not the band)

[rah3]

Is "Golden Lady", or "Cause we ended as lovers" in the list?

-RAH3

[bluesjunior]

A fantastic achievement but still a long way behind Bob Dylan.

[funkycam]

He also wrote "I can't help it" recorded by Micheal Jackson

excerpt from Wikipedia re his early 80's activity:
He was also featured in Chaka Khan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaka_Khan)'s cover of Prince (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician))'s "I Feel For You (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Feel_For_You)", alongside Melle Mel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melle_Mel), playing his signature harmonica, which was a huge hit. In roughly the same period he was also featured on harmonica on Eurythmics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurythmics)' single, "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Must_Be_an_Angel_(Playing_with_My_Heart))" and Elton John (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_John)'s "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Guess_That%27s_Why_They_Call_It_The_Blues)", both huge hits

[spectreman]

I love Stevie...whenever I need a change this is where I start...

Incredible songs and an incredible talent.

[TRIODEROB]

Is "Golden Lady", or "Cause we ended as lovers" in the list?

-RAH3



GOLDEN LADY


no -its not and that is a great song.

for the average pro musician that would be the "song of a lifetime"
right there.

but for stevie it was just one song in a long career.

[loudboy]

Dolly Parton has 3000+ copyrights.

[DocLovett]

A fantastic achievement but still a long way behind Bob Dylan.
Yup.

[bleomonkey]

I was thinking about this exact topic a couple days ago.

[tjs]

Billy Joel is another songwriter with an unbelievable number of great songs to his credit. Not many musicians can say their last album was as strong as their first was over twenty years earlier; he's one of them.

[Peeb]

Stevie Wonder = genius!!!

[John Hurtt]

Not disagreeing, but what is the basis for a "Major" song?

[anibas]

..and five major albums-everything from "Music of My Mind" through "Songs in the Key of Life",at least IMHO.

[guitarslinger21]

Superstition is an annoying riff, and I hate that Clavinova sound.

I'm tired of cover bands playing it.

[end of rant]

he's very talented and has a great voice though.

[MichaelThomas]

I think...Stevie Wonder was almost my dad..

[TNJ]

Oh, I think he's your daddy.


Amazing artist.

S>
j

[Jet Age Eric]

I would say that only half of the original list qualify as "major" songs (songs that had a widespread impact, if only via popularity) but, even at that, I don't see how Dylan touches Stevie by that measure. Or am I missing the point? -E

A fantastic achievement but still a long way behind Bob Dylan.

[bjjp2]

"All Is Fair In Love" must be on that list.

He also wrote "Tell Me Something Good" recorded by Rufus and Chaka Kahn.

[winkofaneye]

Hes one of the greatest artists ever in my opinion.A true genius.I even have a bootleg of Hendrix in the studio with Stevie Wonder......on drums.'Nine To The Universe' vinyl lp.Unbelievable.

[Jahn]

Hes one of the greatest artists ever in my opinion.A true genius.I even have a bootleg of Hendrix in the studio with Stevie Wonder......on drums.'Nine To The Universe' vinyl lp.Unbelievable.


Heck yeah. Killer drummer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBA4vWQRBA0

Stevie is the Whole Package. Sings, plays everything, writes gorgeous stuff, and great showmanship to boot - and all are done at First Tier level. A true talent, I'm glad he's got major recognition in his own lifetime.

[Jet Age Eric]

Wow! I didn't know that. The dude never ceases to amaze. By the way, did y'all know he's BLIND?! :phones -E

"All Is Fair In Love" must be on that list.

He also wrote "Tell Me Something Good" recorded by Rufus and Chaka Kahn.

[BluesForDan]

I think it was Stevie who said in an interview 30 something years ago that he tries to write at least one song a day. Every day.

[bjjp2]

From songfacts.com:

One day, Stevie Wonder surprised the band with a song he wanted Rufus to record. Chaka didn't like it and said to him, "Thanks, but no thanks." Wonder wouldn't leave without giving the group SOMETHING. He asked for her birth sign ("Aries-Pisces") and wrote "Tell Me Something Good" on the spot.
Wonder coached Chaka through the song. Chaka Khan: "I started singing the way I would have worked through it... and he said, 'No, no, no, sing it like THIS!" (thanks, Brad Wind - Miami, FL, for all above)

[Cuthbert]

Stevie Wonder and Bob Dylan are apples and oranges. If you had only Bob or Stevie cd's on a desert island who would you choose?

[TRIODEROB]

this song is one of many not even on the list


is this one any good ?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z2LNsifEzg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z2LNsifEzg)

[hucklebee]

Not disagreeing, but what is the basis for a "Major" song?


I was wondering the same thing...

How come "Too High" or "Jesus Children Of America" are not on that list?

Both major songs in my life, plus a "J" song would be covered in the master list.

[TRIODEROB]

I was wondering the same thing...

How come "Too High" or "Jesus Children Of America" are not on that list?

Both major songs in my life, plus a "J" song would be covered in the master list.



I did not put that list together.

now that I think of it he may have 100 major songs


what is a major song ?

lets just say that if the song is well regarded 50 years from now,
it is a major song.

(unlike "we built this city on rock and roll" )

that was a hit at the time - but now is regarded as pure crap.


:bow

[TRW]

this song is one of many not even on the list


is this one any good ?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z2LNsifEzg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z2LNsifEzg)

My fav ensemble vocal stack sound, so freakin' warm!! Stevie is a musical god.

-T

[Laroosco!]

Bob Dylan is great but they day that he can write a song like this and perform it in the same moving fashion that Stevie can, and still can then I'll put him in the same league.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whjD_1E0Lls