Born Steveland Morris, famously known as Stevie Wonder, his versatile career, and his ability to it all blind. At the age of ten he signed with Motown and the beginning of a new star was born and he kept blossoming with every record label, musician, and instrument he encountered. He played around with various genres of music such as funk, jazz, reggae, soul, pop, and many more like any other musician he had his hits and his misses as well. More hits than misses he had 26 number one singles and placed 9 of his albums on the Top 10 list. As a result, he has been awarded 15 Grammy Awards in his career. Not only did Wonder use his music to please the ear but he also played an important role during the Civil Right Movement, he was a humanitarian and his actions displayed how great of a man he is.
Wonder is a charitable man who used his music during the Civil Rights Movement to support the different social causes society was going through. One of his most famous songs “Happy Birthday”, it was created to help celebrate Dr. Marin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. The song became an anthem or as the National
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Her musical career started at a very young age when she began learning to play the piano and singing in her church’s choir group at age 3. She became an astounding musician and a strong supporter for the Civil Rights Movement. During the 1960’s, she used her music to express her views on the movement so much so that she became known as the voice of the movement (Biography.com Editors). Simone’s sang, performed, and spoke for the Civil Right Movement, she became a sort of image of the movement and it became part of her. She spoke at the Selma Montgomery marches and at many other meetings and events she performed. She encouraged a violent revolt during this period, with hopes that with the violence Africans would be freed and equality would be