Hi there!

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I'm a great fan of Stevie Wonder's music. So far, I have listened to all his recording output, but I'd like to ask the Wonder huge fans on the .org for guidance relating his side projects and his unreleased songs. So my question would be: which albums should I get in order to obtain a good knowledge of Stevie's recorded collaborations, songs he has written for others, and outtakes? (Regarding bootlegs, any discussion will be wellcome: if we simply discuss titles and contents, we won't break the .org rules. )

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You know, my question would be similar to the one a Prince fan would ask if he knew all Prince albums but wanted to know The Time, The Family, Jill Jones, "Manic Monday" or the bootlegs like The Work.

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So far, I have only listened to Wonder's albums for Syretta and Minnie Ripperton, and of course his most well-known collaborations with McCartney, Michael Jackson and Prince.

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I guess my question is a BIG one, but I hope it may lead to an interesting discussion.

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Rufus.

Here's an old thread that might be a little help.

MickyDolenz said:

Here's an old thread that might be a little help.

Many thanks, Micky. Awesome thread.

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Regarding unreleased songs, is there any interesting boot?

I don't know about bootlegs, but here's a Youtube channel with unreleased stuff. A lot of it is snippets though.

Rare Wonder Music

A lot of the stuff he's written for others is out of print and can only be purchased used. Some of it has never been released digitally on CD or digital stores like iTunes or Amazon.

iTunes has a really good collection called The Complete Stevie Wonder - it includes all of his studio albums, three live albums, multiple singles, b-sides, remixes, live tracks, duets and rarities. It's a great set, even if you own a lot of the studio albums already.

Hunting and pecking is really the only way to go for finding all the songs he's written with/for other artists. Some of them are big hits you may already have (Tell Me Something Good, Let's Get Serious, I Can't Help It, Until You Come Back To Me, Tears of a Clown, It's A Shame).

Probably wouldn't hurt to find a live recording torrent site because there's a lot of live music of his there as well.

There hasn't been much Stevie Wonder music released the last decade or so. He's put out A Time To Love, and done a LOT of collabs with other artists - both with vocals and harmonica - but hasn't done much as far as releasing older material of his or releasing his own solo material. I record a lot of his appearances on TV myself and listen to the audio. He did a great show last year for the UN in New York with lots of guest artists. He was in really good form.

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List of the songs from the other thread above.

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Quincy Jones ~ The Dude

C.G. Cameron ~ If You Don't Love Me

The Pointer Sisters ~ Bring Your Sweet Stuff Home To Me

Sergio Mendes & The New Brasil '77/Meta Roos ~ The Real Thing

Andrae Crouch ~ I'll Be Thinking Of You

The Trammps ~ Soul Bones

Quincy Jones feat. Patti Austin ~ Betcha' Wouldn't Hurt Me

Carl Anderson/Jackson 5 ~ Buttercup

Third World ~ You're Playing Us Too Close

Third World ~ Try Jah Love

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Gary Byrd & The GB Experience ~ The Crown

Rufus ~ Tell Me Something Good

The Spinners ~ It's A Shame

Minnie Riperton ~ Perfect Angel

Michael Jackson ~ I Can't Help It

Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack ~ You Are My Heaven

Syreeta/B.B. King ~ To Know You Is To Love You

Jermaine Jackson ~ Let's Get Serious / Seamos Serios

Whitney Houston & Stevie Wonder ~ We Didn't Know

The Miracles ~ Tears Of A Clown

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The McCrarys ~ You

Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams ~ Just The Way You Are

Stevie Wonder & Kimberly Brewer ~ I Love You More

Eurythmics ~ There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)

Sting ~ Brand New Day

James Taylor ~ Don't Be Sad 'Cause Your Sun Is Down

Gloria Estefan & Stevie Wonder ~ Into You

The Gap Band ~ Someday

Julio Iglesias ~ My Love

John Denver ~ If Ever

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Jeff Beck Group ~ I Got To Have A Song

Jeff Beck ~ Cause We've Ended As Lovers

Jeff Beck ~ Thelonius

Jeff Beck ~ Superstition

Babyface ~ How Come, How Long

Elton John & Stevie Wonder ~ Bite Your Lip (Get Up And Dance) live version

Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder ~ Ebony And Ivory

Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder ~ What's That You're Doing?

B.J. Thomas ~ Happier Than The Morning Sun

Paul McCartney, John Lennon & others ~ A Toot & Snore In 74 (several oldies songs)

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Jimi Hendrix & Stevie Wonder ~ Live At The BBC jamming

Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross ~ Pops, We Love You

Aretha Franklin/Basia ~ Until You Come Back To Me

DeBarge ~ Love Me In A Special Way

The Williams Brothers & Stevie Wonder ~ I'm Too Close

Dave Mason ~ The Lonely One

Stevie Wonder & Toots Thielemans ~ Bluesette

Julio Iglesias ~ Love Is On Our Side Again

Don Henley ~ Nobody Else In The World But You

Ramsey Lewis ~ Love Notes

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Ramsey Lewis ~ Spring High

Ronnie Foster ~ Happy Song

Michael Sembello ~ Funkabilly Swing

The Temptations ~ I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now

Eddie Murphy ~ Do I

Tyler Collins ~ Two In Love

Musical Youth/Dennis Seaton ~ Whatcha Talkin' 'Bout

Dennis Seaton ~ See U Later

Tyler Collins & Grady Harrell ~ You And Me

Grady Harrell ~ If Ever

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Eddie Murphy ~ Everything's Coming Up Roses

USA For Africa ~ We Are The World

Various ~ Yeah

Jermaine Jackson ~ I Think It's Love

LaToya Jackson ~ My Love Has Passed You By

Neil Diamond ~ Lost In Hollywood

Michael Jackson & Stevie Wonder ~ Just Good Friends

Quincy Jones feat. Stevie Wonder, Bono, Ray Charles ~ Let The Good Times Roll

Coolio feat. L.V. & Stevie Wonder ~ Gangsta's Paradise (live)

*Nsync ~ Something Like You

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George Michael & Mary J. Blige ~ As

Stevie Wonder & Gloria Estefan ~ Superbowl Medley (live)

Celine Dion & Stevie Wonder ~ Overjoyed (live)

Isley Brothers/Stevie Wonder ~ Stay Gold

Luther Vandross ~ Creepin'

Take 6 & Stevie Wonder ~ Why I Feel This Way

The Spinners ~ We'll Have It Made

Dan Hartman ~ Hands Down

Intro ~ Ribbon In The Sky

Omar ft. Stevie Wonder ~ Feeling You

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Tammi Terrell ~ All I Do Is Think About You

The Flying Burrito Brothers ~ She's A Sailor

Aretha Franklin ~ I Love Every Little Thing About You

Aretha Franklin ~ All Is Fair In Love

Howard Jones, Herbie Hancock, Thomas Dolby, Stevie Wonder ~ Synthesizer Medley

98 Degrees & Stevie Wonder ~ True To Your Heart

Rick James ~ Mr. Policeman

Rod Stewart ~ What A Wonderful World

Kenny G & Stevie Wonder ~ Besame Mucho (live)

Jody Watley & Stevie Wonder ~ Some Kind Of Lover

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Charlene & Stevie Wonder ~ Used To Be

Rotary Connection ~ This Town

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ~ We Had A Love So Strong

Syreeta & G.C. Cameron ~ I Wanna Be By Your Side / Universal Sound of The World

Minnie Riperton ~ Take A Little Trip

Minnie Riperton ~ Lover and Friend

Jermaine Jackson ~ You're Supposed To Keep Your Love For Me

Labelle ~ Open Up Your Heart

George Duke ~ Remembering The Sixties

George Benson ~ We All Remember Wes

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The Main Ingredient ~ I Am Yours

Bill Wolfer ~ Soaring

Sheree Brown ~ On My Way Home

Prefab Sprout ~ Nightingales

Pointer Sisters ~ Sleeping Alone

Syreeta ~ Harmour Love

Tony Comer and Crosswinds ~ Strong Foundation

MickyDolenz said:

List of the songs from the other thread above.

I remember, that was a fun thread...

Here's another appearance, just in case it wasn't mentioned....

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Raphael Saadiq, with CJ Hilton and Stevie Wonder - "Never Give You Up"

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Re boots, I have two live performances from 1973 or 74 that are pretty mind blowing. One is a 30 minute TV performance live in studio from the German show Musikladen, the other is I think from the Rainbow Theater in London. Both were easy to find & definitely essential listening.

A few more, some of them fairly recent:

Take 6 / Stevie Wonder - Can't Imagine Love Without You (Cover of Stevie's song from his 2005 album A Time To Love)

Marie Christine (feat. Stevie on Talkbox) - Keep On Running (Cover of Stevie's song from his album Music Of My Mind)

India Arie / Stevie Wonder - The Christmas Song (Duet on India.Arie's Voyage To India album)

Julian Lennon / Stevie Wonder - Time Will Teach Us All (writtien by Dave Clark, from the musical 'Time')

Stevie Wonder - I'm The One Who Loves You (From the Curtis Mayfield tribute album - written by Curtis Mayfield)

Beyonce / Stevie Wonder - So Amazing (From the Luther Vandross tribute album So Amazing - written by Luther Vandross / Benjamin Wright)

Snoop Dogg / Stevie Wonder - Conversations (A rap remix of Stevie Wonder's "Have A Talk With God" featuring new vocals from Stevie)

Dionne Warwick - With A Touch

Minnie Riperton - Stick Together (co-written by Stevie Wonder)

Dave Clark - She's So Beautfiul (Arranged, produced and all instruments played by Stevie. Features Stevie on backing vocals. From the musical 'Time')

Keith John - I Can Only Be Me (written and produced by Stevie Wonder)

Wait - Mao Otayeck (co-written by Stevie Wonder)

Tony Bennett / Stevie Wonder - Everyday (I Have The Blues) - (Popular jazz cover)

Luciano Pavarotti / Stevie Wonder - Peace Just Wanted To Be Free (Written by Stevie Wonder, performed live as a duet and released on a live Pavarotti album)

Dixie Hummingbirds / Stevie Wonder - Have A Talk With God (cover of Stevie's song)

Dixie Hummingbirds / Stevie Wonder / Paul Simon - Loves Me Like A Rock (cover of Paul Simon's song)

Marva Hick / Stevie Wonder - Strong Is Our Love (written by, produced by and featuring Stevie Wonder)

Ali Woodson, Shanice, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Howard Hewett, Trey Harris & System - Kum Ba Ya (from the album Motown Comes Home)

Johnny Gill / Stevie Wonder - Simply Say I Love You (featuring Stevie Wonder singing the chorus)

Don Henley / Stevie Wonder - Nobody Else In The World But You (featuring Stevie Wonder on vocals and keyboard)

Wyclef Jean / Stevie Wonder - Mastablasta 98 (remake of Stevie Wonder's Master Blaster (Jammin') featuring new vocals from Stevie. From the soundtrack to How Stella Got Her Groove Back)

Take 6 / Stevie Wonder - Oh Thou That Tellst Good Tidings To Zion (cover of a popular gospel song)

Diana Ross - The Force Behind The Power (Written and produced by Stevie Wonder)

Certainly an amazing catalogue.

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Let's hope he releases some of the new projects he is said to be working at. This year I've had two huge surprises with the new albums of David Bowie and Prefab Sprout, two of my favourite artists, and it'd be great if Stevie released something new. I'd particularly love to hear the gospel album he projected to release in tribute to his mother.