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Stevie Wonder Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Stevie Wonder? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Stevie Wonder signed his first record contract at age 11, before he could legally read the contract.

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He signed with Motown's Tamla label at 11; his mother read the contract to him. He later learned to read Braille as a teenager.

2.

Stevie Wonder helped make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday with his song 'Happy Birthday'.

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His 1980 song 'Happy Birthday' was a key part of the campaign, and he lobbied Congress directly for the holiday, which became official in 1983.

3.

Stevie Wonder has never performed live without a backing band or pre-recorded tracks.

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False; he frequently performs solo on stage with just a keyboard or harmonica, especially during intimate sets and TV appearances.

4.

Stevie Wonder was a professional ice skater before he became a musician.

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This is false; Stevie Wonder has been blind since infancy and never skated professionally. He focused on music from a young age.

5.

Stevie Wonder's real first name is Stevland.

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His birth name is Stevland Hardaway Judkins; he later changed it to Stevland Morris. 'Stevie Wonder' is his stage name.

6.

Stevie Wonder was the first American artist to win a Grammy for Album of the Year with a completely self-produced album.

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His 1973 album 'Innervisions' won Album of the Year and was self-produced, but other U.S. artists had self-produced winners before him, like Paul Simon.

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Stevie Wonder was the youngest artist to ever have a number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100.

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He was close, but not the youngest. At 13, 'Fingertips' made him the youngest solo artist to top the chart, but younger groups have since broken that record.

8.

Stevie Wonder once played drums on a hit song for another artist, but only using his feet.

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On the 1972 hit 'Superstition,' he played the drum part himself, but he used his hands on a drum machine, not his feet. The myth is exaggerated but he is a multi-instrumentalist.

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