# Stevie Wonder celebrates 50 years of his magnum opus, Songs in the Key of Life

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The “genius” tag gets slapped on musicians pretty liberally, but Stevland Hardaway Morris—better known as Stevie Wonder—more than deserves it. The Michigan-born singer-songwriter and producer was recognized as a child prodigy; in 1961, at age 11, he became the youngest artist to sign to Motown, and by the end of the decade he released a whopping ten studio albums on the label’s Tamla imprint. Then came his untouchable 70s run: Talking Book, Music of My Mind, and Innervisions remain heady documents of a maestro at the top of his sonic, lyrical, and conceptual game. I will extend such

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