1950 Stevie Wonder Image Credit: AP American singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Stevie Wonder, a child wonder who became one of the most respected, admired and successful musicians of the late 20th Century. Wonder was rendered blind due to an overdose of oxygen when he was put in an incubator after being born six weeks premature. However, that did not stop him from chasing his dreams from a young age and he signed with Motown’s iconic Tamla label at the age of eleven and continues to perform and record under their banner to this day. His 1963 album Recorded Live: The 12-Year-Old Genius, shot up the charts in no time.