DEF: Stevie Wonder “I Ain’t Gonna Stand for It”
Stevie Wonder‘s 1980 album Hotter than July produced two Top 20 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this date in 1981, the second of those two songs, “I Ain’t Gonna Stand for It,” climbed to...
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DEF: Stevie Wonder “Send One Your Love”
In late December 1979, the last of Stevie Wonder‘s twelve Top 10 hits from the 1970s, “Send One Your Love,” climbed to a peak position of number 4 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. As the...
DEF: Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder “Ebony and Ivory”
In 1982, pop music superstars Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder teamed up for the duet “Ebony and Ivory,” which appeared on McCartney’s Tug of War album. In advance of the album, the song was released...
DEF: Stevie Wonder “Love Light in Flight”
In 1984 Saginaw, Michigan-born music superstar Stevie Wonder hit number one with his song “I Just Called to Say I Love You” from the film The Woman in Red. Wonder followed that hit up with...
DEF: Stevie Wonder “That Girl”
In 1982, Stevie Wonder released Stevie Wonder’s Original Musiquarium I, a greatest hits compilation covering the early 1970s through early 1980s that included four new tracks, three of which would make Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart. On this...
It Happened 50 Years Ago: Stevie Wonder “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)”
In 1963, Saginaw, Michigan-born musician Stevie Wonder hit number one Billboard‘s Hot 100 with his first charting single, “Fingertips – Pt 2.” It would be nearly three more years before Wonder reached the Top 10...
DEF: Dionne & Friends “That’s What Friends Are For”
New Jersey-born singer Dionne Warwick has hit number one on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart twice. The first time, “Then Came You” by Dionne Warwicke and the Spinners spent one week at the top of the...
DEF: Stevie Wonder “Part-Time Lover”
Saginaw, Michigan-born musician Stevie Wonder has hit number one on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart ten times, including his appearance as one of Dionne Warwick’s “friends” on “That’s What Friends Are For” in 1986. Just a...
DEF: Stevie Wonder “Do I Do”
On this date in 1982, Stevie Wonder‘s fifth Top 40 hit of the 1980s, “Do I Do,” climbed to a peak position of number 13, where it would spend three weeks. The song, which comes...
MOTW: Jenny’s Superstitious
The Killers‘ on their 2003 debut album Hot Fuss recorded the single “Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine” and Stevie Wonder on his 1972 fifteenth effort Talking Book released “Supersititious”. What happens when both...
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