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Music of My Mind, after more broadly asserting himself on 1971's Where I'm Coming From. The first stirrings of this independent streak, however, trace back several years before to Up-Tight. He'd been in the midst of a dry spell on the charts, after becoming the youngest ever for reach No. 1 with Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius in 1963. By the time this appropriately named LP arrived on May 4, 1966, he was neither 12 nor the same widely acknowledged genius anymore. To a degree, this was a relief. He never liked all of that prodigy-related praise, anyway. "The genius in me is God," Won...

Stevie Wonder released 'Up-Tight,' home to his first-ever original hit single, on May 4, 1966.

Stevie Wonder Fast Facts Here is a look at the life of Stevie Wonder, singer, songwriter, producer and activist. Personal Birth Father: Calvin Judkins Mother: Lula Mae Hardaway Marriages: Tomeeka Robyn Bracy (2017-present); Karen “Kai” Millard Morris (2001-October 5, 2015, divorced); Syreeta Wright (September 14, 1970-1972, divorced) Children: with Tomeeka Robyn Bracy: Nia and Zaiah; with Kai Millard Morris: Mandla Kadjaly and Kailand; with Melody McCulley: Mumtaz; with Yolanda Simmons: Keita and Aisha; Mothers’ names unavailable publicly: Kwame and Sophia Education: Michigan School for...

AS TEMPERATURES plunged below zero a while ago, I lay in bed listening to the rattle of the boiler and thought of the frost scene from Henry Purcell’s King Arthur. This semi-opera — “semi” because the main characters do not sing, that’s left to the show’s supernatural figures or drunks — was premiered at the Queen’s Theatre in London in 1691 during the “little ice age” of the 17th century. The poet John Dryden had written an earlier version of the libretto in 1684 to mark the 25th anniversary of the restoration of Charles II and the 1691 production, with music by Henry Pur...