Comparing Stevie Wonder's Life And Music

     James Brown was born on May 3, 1933, in South Carolina. He lived a life without parental guidance. His mother left him with his father when he was only 4 years old. James was often left alone while his father traveled to turpentine camps selling tar for a living. James recalls the times he spent alone walking around in the woods looking for doodlebugs, and playing

“Stevie Nicks writes one very long song. They’re all involved with each other. Each song is a lifetime… Each song has a soul… Each song has a purpose. Each song is a love story… They represent my life behind the scenes, the secrets, the broken hearts, the broken hearted and the survivors… These songs are the memories - the 24 Karat gold rings in the blue box… These songs are for you” (“Official Website”). On May 6 1948 in Phoenix, Arizona Stevie Nicks was born (“Stevie Nicks Biography.com”). She has earned 5 Grammy Award nominations for Best Female Rock Vocalist throughout her career (“About Stevie Nicks”). Stevie Nicks should be inducted into the Hall of Fame because she is the queen of rock and roll,

For generations, singers and songwriters of country music have been working to evoke emotions in listeners by performing and writing songs that the listeners will be able to relate to. Country music traditionally reveals stories of life, love, death, and values, all of which can be seen in the works of great singers and songwriters like George Strait, Alabama, Brooks & Dunn, and Alan Jackson. One artist in particular, Garth Brooks, forever left his stamp on country music and on the hearts of his millions of listeners with his hit songs, “The Beaches of Cheyenne”, “Callin’ Baton Rouge”, and “The River”. “The Beaches of Cheyenne” has a storyline containing themes of life, death, love, and regret. The themes of this song branch out much

Paris, Tennessee is a small town that holds proudly their Fish Fry, The Kentucky Lake, and Sam Goldstein! Goldstein is still a beloved musical artist who made it on his own from a small city. Sammy has the ability to perform through song lyrical, comedic, and instrumental which has allowed him to travel all over the world. The musician Sammy Goldstein was a renowned artist that has been taken many places through his work, is a famed cabaret artist, and earned many accomplishments through his work.

When Sammy played, he was an inspiration to all of them. He still sings today. He started off his career as a small town piano singer. His first CD was from January 1998. He eventually discovered his talent as a singer. It didn’t take him long to start doing both. He also acted.

Many people admire Sammy Davis Jr for his ability to sing, dance, and act. For example, Sammy Davis Jr miraculously “began the 1960’s as a certified superstar of stage and screen”(“Davis, Sammy Jr 1925-1990”).

Michael Jackson, a man that changed the music world forever. Jackson made his professional singing debut in 1964 with his siblings in a band called the Jackson 5. Jackson made it big with Jackson 5 having many singles reach the top 100 in the United States. But, when Jackson decided to start his own solo career in 1971 we were seeing a side of Michael Jackson that we have never seen before. Most importantly Jackson 1982, mulit-platinum selling album Thriller. Michael Jackson broke music barriers and made a change for racial equality in the music industry.

Blood vessels in the back of the eye hadn't reached the front of the eye thus when he was born, prematurely, that growth temporarily stopped then wildly took off branching out in the Vitreous of the eye. After his family moved to Detroit in 1954, Steveland joined a church choir, the gospel leanings on his music balanced by R & B. In 1961, Ronnie White of the Miracles, who

James Joseph Brown Jr. was born May 3, 1933. His first name was actually supposed to be Joseph but was accidentally reversed on his birth certificate.  At the age of 6 he was sent to live with his aunt Honey Washington, who ran a brothel and sold moonshine for a living. James Brown was once a cotton picker, coal scrounger and shoeshine boy. He also danced and sang to attract clients to his aunt’s place of business. As a young man, he wanted to play professional baseball and be a professional boxer. In 1992 a news anchor mistakenly reported him dead. The news inspired a song by L.A. Style.  Kanye West and Jay Z’s song “Gotta Have It” featured three James Brown samples: “Don’t Tell a Lie About Me and I Won’t Tell the Truth About You,” “People

James Joseph Brown, Jr., a.k.a. James Brown was born in Barnwell, State of South Carolina May 3, 1933. At his age of four, he moved to Georgia to live with his Aunt. At his young age, Brown was in the time of the Great Depression so he took whatever job that he could find just to make some money. In 1944, Brown showed his talent for the first time and won first place for an open music convention in Lenox Theater. Later on, Brown got kicked out of school at the age of twelve for not having proper clothing. Now that Brown does not need to go to school, he worked full-time with the low paying jobs. Because of his harsh life growing up in the racism society, Brown had hold on to music

The artist I have chosen for this project is John Roger Stephens, also known as John Legend. Born on December 28, 1978 in Springfield Ohio, John showed musical potential at an early age. His grandmother taught him to play his first instrument, which was the piano. He grew up playing and singing in his church’s choir. His talent at that age was amazing, labelling him a child prodigy. Growing up, he listened to music from Michael Jackson, LL Cool J, Boyz II Men, and MC Hammer, very influential African American artists. They were able to change the way people viewed African Americans with their music, and make the world a more accepting place. John knew that he wanted to become a vocalist, and was determined to make his dream

Stevie Wonder’s birth name was Steveland Hardaway Judkins and was born on May 13, 1950, in Saginaw, Michigan. Visually impaired as an effect of accepting an excessive amount of oxygen in the hospital as an early born

I don’t consider that he would be famous if he was a singer because he seems like he is more interested in magic furthermore not so much in singing. He has a possibility to be

Spielberg was born in Cincinnati on December 18th, 1946. His father was an electrical engineer, and his mother a concert pianist. Steven seemed to get the best elements from both of them. Spielberg had an early fascination with cinema and began making amateur films at a very young age. At 13, he won a local contest for his 40-minute film, Escape to Nowhere. Ironically, Steven was unable to get into a film school, so he

On a dark, gloomy night the sound of the factory drowned out the outside world. Sparks flying from the welding rods, gears are grinding. Two workers exhausted working over there unusual overtime hours . They look like Monsters with all their welding equipment on. Raekwon had an eerie feeling about Jack Because he knew that jack had stolen from the company. Jack breaks the silence and ask him about the missing tools. By raekwon being silent made jack automatically assume he knew. Raekwon Adrenaline Was pumping Because he knew an altercation Was coming but he didn't know when. He felt the stare of jack Piercing into the back of his head. Finally Raekwon’s shift was over and as he was getting into his car he got a sudden burst of Adrenaline as he caught jack standing in the middle of the parking lot staring into