13 May Stevie is born
1954
1950

  

Discovered by Ronnie White of the Miracles, Stevie was taken for an audition at the Motown Studio (Hitsville USA)
Stevie and Syreeta wrote most of the songs on Signed Sealed Delived album with Stevie playing most of the instruments himself.
singles My Cherie Amour #4R&B,Pop & UK, Yeter-Me Yester-You Yesterday #5R&B #7Pop, #2UK
Singles Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da Day -#1R&B #10Pop, For Once In My Life #2R&B #2Pop, #3UK. Stevie produced 2 tracks on the album- You Met Your Match and I Don't Know Why
The single I Was Made To Love Her reached #1R&B, #3Pop, #5UK
The main single from this album was A Place In The Sun - #3R&B, #9Pop, #20UK
The album "The 12 year old Genius" also peaked at #1. Stevie is still the youngest person to have a #1 album and single.
First of Stevie's single to be co-written by him. And also the first to chart in the UK where it reached '14. The album Uptight peaked at #8 R&B and #35Pop
Over the next few years Stevie collected a host of instrument. The Kiwani Club bought him a set of drums, A fellow tenant gave him her piano.
Stevie signs recording contract with Motown

 

Inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Picks up 2 Grammys for For Your Love. Awarded the NARAS Lifetime Achievement Award
Wins Grammy for That's What Friends Are For with Dionne, Elton and Gladys. Celebrates the first observance of MLK Day in televised event.
Release of  A Time To Love album peaking at  #2 R&B, #5 Pop
Awarded the Songwriters Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award. Honoured with BET Walk Of Fame Award.
Received The NAACP Hall of Fame Award

July, Syreeta dies at age 58.

Stevie receives Billboard Century Award - Lifetime Achievement

Honoured at the 4th Annual Alfred Mann Foundation Gala.
Stevie performs at Detroit's 300th anniversary celebration. Receives Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement Award
Stevie's mother Lula Mae Hardaway passes away age 74. Honoured with the National Artistic Achievement Award
Boxset At The Close Of A Century released. Received 2 Grammys for work on Hancock's album. Received the Polar Music Prize in Sweden and honoured by the Kennedy Center.
Writes a song and performs at Pavrotti's War Child charity concert.
Release of In Square Circle reaching #1 R&B #5 Pop. Receives an Oscar for I Just Called to say. Stevie is arrested for demonstrating against apartheid outside the South African Embassy
Conversation Peace release peaking at  #2 R&B, #16 Pop
Soundtrack to The Woman In Red movie released. I Just To Say I Love You gives Stevie his first UK #1 single.
Release of Characters album peaking at #1 R&B and #17 Pop
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Release of Jungle Fever Motion Picture Soundtrack charting at #1 R&B, 24 Pop.
Bought LA radio station KHLH. Release Original Musiquarium greatest hits. Bill passed declaring MLK birthday a holiday.
1980
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1979
Singles Boogie On Reggae Woman and You Haven't Done Nothing. Wrote song Tell Me Something Good for Rufus.
Work with Paul McCartney (Ebony & Ivory) and Third World (Try Jah Love)
Hotter Than July released peaking at #1 R&B #3 pop and #2 UK. Stevie embarks on campaign to make Martin Luther King's birthday a National Holiday in the US.
Singles included Masterblaster Jamming, I Ain't Gonna Stand For It, Lately and Happy Birthday. Stevie also wrote songs for albums by Roberta Flack, Jermaine Jackson and Quincy Jones.
Writes 3 songs for the Pinocchio movie.
Singles included Gotta Have You and These Three Words
Singles Part Time Lover, Go Home and Overjoyed. Also invlovled in the AIDS fundraiser single, That's What Friends Are For
Contributes to 2 songs on Herbie Hancock's Gershwin tribute album
Contributed to the USA for Africa fund raising song 'We Are The World'
Singles included For Your Love and Tomorrow Robins Will Sing
Singles include So What The Fuss and From The Bottom Of My Heart
Singles included Skeletons, You Will Know and Get It (with Michael Jackson)
Singles include That Girl, Do I Do and Ribbon in the Sky. Hosted US TV show Saturday Night Live.
Singles Send One your Love and Outside My Window
Stevie undertook a project to create music for a documentary film about plants.
Singles I Wish and Sir Duke peak and #1
1977
1976
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1974
Stevie picks up 5 Grammies. April 1975 Yolanda Simmons gives birth to Stevie's first child, Aisha. Stevie signs $13M contract the then largest in music industry history.

Stevie picks up 5 Grammies. Fulfillingness' First Finale album released

Produced albums for Syreeta and Minnie Riperton.

18th Nov declared Stevie Wonder Day in LA

August 6th car accident puts Stevie in Coma for 10 days. Innervisions album release

1973
1972
Singles Higher Gound, Living For The City, Don't You Wory 'Bout A Thing
Using synthesizers Stevie was able to play all the instruments on most of the album tracks. Singles Superwoman, Superstition and You are the Sunshine of My Life released.
Album Produced and arranged by Stevie with all songs written by Stevie and Syreeta

Music of My Mind and Talking Book albums released. Stevie tours US with The Rolling Stones. Produced and arranged album 'Syreeta' for Syreeta. Stevie's marriage to Syreeta ends in Divorce.

Groundbreaking album Where I'm Comin' From, deviates from the Motown standard. Second five year contract with Motown expires, Stevie does not renew immediately. Stevie meets synthesizer engineers Robert Margoulef and Malcolm Cecil in New York.

Marriage to Syreeta. Produced & Arranged the album Signed, Sealed, Delivered, #7R&B, 25Pop

Graduated with honours from the Michigan School for the Blind. Stevie releases four albums: Someday At Christmas, Greatest Hits, Eivets Rednow, For Once In My Life

Received the Distinguished Service Award from President Nixon

My Cherie Amour album peaked #3 R&B 34 Pop

Secret Life of Plants is released peaking at #4 on Pop and R&B charts

Stevie picks up 4 Grammies. Starts work on soundtrack to movie

Songs in the Key of Life debuts at #1 on Pop and R&B charts.

I Was Made To Love Her album #7R&B #45Pop
Down To Earth album #8R&B #72Pop
Uptight album released. Uptight single hit #1 R&B and #3 Pop
Fingertips single reached #1 on Billboard Pop Charts
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Born 2 months premature with sight, Stevie was placed in an incubatory. The excess oxygen supplied resulted in the damage of his retina thus resulting in his blindness.
1961
Steve receives his first instrument a 6-hole Harmonica