Day 28 – Song 28 By 1976, Stevie Wonder had become one of the - TopicsExpress



          

Day 28 – Song 28 By 1976, Stevie Wonder had become one of the most popular figures in R&B and pop music, not only in the US, but worldwide. Within a short space of time, the albums Talking Book, Innervisions and Fulfillingness’ First Finale were all back-to-back top five successes, with the latter two winning Grammy Award for Album of the Year, in 1974 and ’75, respectively. By the end of 1975, Wonder became serious about quitting the music industry and immigrating to Ghana to work with handicapped children. He had expressed his anger with the way that the U.S. government was running the country. A farewell concert was being considered as the best way to bring down the curtain on his career. Wonder changed his decision, when he signed a new contract with Motown on August 5, 1975, thinking he was better off making the most of his career. The contract was laid out as a seven-year, seven LP, $37 million deal and gave him full artistic control, making this the largest deal made with a recording star up to that point. Almost at the beginning Stevie took a year off from the music market, with a project for a double album to be released in 1976. There was huge anticipation for the new album which was initially scheduled for release around October 1975. It was delayed on short notice when Wonder felt that further remixing was essential. Work on the new album continued into early 1976. A name was finally chosen for the album: Songs in the Key of Life. The title would represent the formula of a complex “key of life” and the proposals for indefinite success. The album was finally released on September 28, 1976 after a two-year wait as a double LP album with a four track seven-inch EP titled A Something’s Extra (“Saturn”, “Ebony Eyes”, “All Day Sucker” and “Easy Goin’ Evening (My Mama’s Call)”) and a 24-page lyric and credit booklet. - Wikipedia This is my number one album of my life. Every phase of it. This is the final 4th song on Soundtrack of My Life… youtu.be/OeAyN35EjQA
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