Stevie at the Beach

At the young age of twenty two, Stevie Wonder sang, “When you believe in the things you don’t understand / Then you suffer / Superstition ain’t the way”. He started his career in the early 1960s, but in 1972, Superstition established Stevie Wonder as one of the most recognizable musicians of his time in American and African-American culture and music. Although music was Wonder’s main priority, he also dedicated his time to a fight against racism throughout national and international borders. Musically

Introduction: Steveland (Stevie) Hardaway Judkins was born on the 13th of May, 1950 in Saginaw Michigan (Bio, 2015). Due to being born six weeks premature, Stevie was placed in an incubator to help maintain his breathing (Bio, 2015 & Stevie Wonder, 2011). The forced oxygen caused the retinas in the back of his eyes to become unattached, leaving Stevie permanently blind (Bio, 2015). This happened due to the growth of blood vessels in the back of the eyes not fully developing correctly (Wikipedia

NOT WAVING BUT DROWNING BY STEVIE SMITH NOT WAVING BUT DROWNING BY STEVIE SMITH The poem ‘Not Waving But Drowning’, by Stevie Smith, is a poem in which there is a drowning man at sea. In this poem, the poet is talking about the difficulty of communication and the fundamental isolation of the individual in modern society. The title of the poem gives us an immediate indication that the poem will tackle a serious matter. The poem contains three voices; the drowning man, the observers

they have nothing on him. Garland started reading a Sports Illustrated magazine as if he hadn’t a care in the world. Unbeknownst to him, Stevie stands in a corner, watching him like a hawk. Agent Hyun crosses to her. “The last thing in the world, I’d be doing right now was reading a

Influences such as pop music also helped to shape Rumours as a whole. Such music influence was that of “Alt-rock-era embraced via Billy Corgan and Courtney Love, [to the] harmonies and Cho ogling of Bonnie “Prince” Billy and earthier ends of the Beach House” (pitchfork.com). When folks first heard the album they became captivated and inspired by it. Ken Caillat also brought Rumours to the surface as he took lead in co-engineering the album. He provided long hours of labor and experimented with the

Uncle Frankie is a very close person to Jamie due to him helping perfect Jamie’s comedy act and even once went to the yo-yo Olympics where he won gold. Stevie Smiley is the typical bully except that is Jamie’s cousin, but ends up being one of his body guards only for half of the million dollars. Max Weasley is Jamie’s manager that gives him a very vague introduction to the showbiz world and only cares about

Stones, Cream, etc. -Motown/R&B: Mainly consisted on African-American groups, singer, and songwriters -The Marvelettes, Stevie Wonders, The Supremes, etc. -Surf Rock and Psychedelic Rock: Surf Rock was literally about surfing and later became more about girls, cars, and so on. Psychedelic Rock was mostly related to hippie counter-culture and drug use to create music -The Beach Boys, The Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, etc. MUSIC OF THE 60's -Roots Rock and Hard Rock:

in South Los Angeles , bought KFOX-FM from the previous owners. It was then relaunched as KJLH with a Black radio format consisting of smooth R&B, soul, jazz and MOR music. Not long after Hill took ownership, KJLH's tramsitter was moved from Long Beach to its present-location to better serve the growing African American community in Los Angeles (as well as Compton and Inglewood), and the city of license was relocated to Compton.

in suspense to see what will happen next. Movies were enjoyable and left you standing on your feet. Books were filled with thrill ,true stories and imagination. There were so many great artist like Marvin Gaye, Etta James , Bob Dylan , The beach boys and Stevie Wonder. The Sound of music was one of the biggest film’s in the 60’s making over 200 million. Graffiti became known and the internet was launched in 1969. Now sit back and relax while I’ll go in to more detail about the 60’s For starters

the end of their phenomenal run, this unheralded group of musicians had played on more number one hits than The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, Elvis, and The Beatles combined, which makes them the greatest hit machine in the history of pop music.” The funk brother, Including Jamerson, Played on recordings for artists such as The Supremes, The Temptations, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Stevie Wonder, and Marvin Gaye, yet went largely uncredited throughout their career. A great portion of Motown fans