Stevie Wonder had his first #1 hit 60 years ago today when “Fingertips Pt II” became all the rage.
Recorded during a live performance at Chicago’s Regal Theater during Motown Records’ star-studded Motortown Revue in April of 1963, the 13-year-old’s improvisational call-and-response added a little something special that the previous studio recording lacked.
In ’62 Motown execs released two records of the blind child they advertised as being a genius: The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie, which originally contained “Fingertips” but was heavy on flute,
and Tribute to Uncle Ray, where Stevie was being likened to Ray Charles.
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