The Everybody Say YEAH! Edition

Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia

Slate Podcasts

Music, Music History, Music Commentary

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2019

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

When you think of Stevie Wonder’s legendary career, what chart-toppers come to mind? “Superstition,” right? Maybe “I Wish”? Okay, but what about the start of his career, on the Motown of the ’60s? You may not know that Wonder had only one Hot 100 No. 1 in his first decade—as “Little” Stevie Wonder—and it was truly exceptional, as in bizarre: a semi-improvised live recording of a “12 Year-Old Genius” refusing to leave a Chicago stage and say goodnight. Here’s the story of “Fingertips, Part 2,” and the years that launched a true pop icon. Wonder’s imperial run of classic, chart-topping, Grammy-dominating ’70s albums had their seeds in the joyous virtuosity, and fierce independence, on display in his very first hit. Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Just Between Us.
0:02.0	Us.
0:04.0	If you're looking for a new podcast, might I recommend our podcast?
0:09.0	Hi, I'm Gabe Dunn.
0:11.0	And I'm Allison Raskin.
0:12.0	We have a weekly show called Just Between Us where we explore every kind of topic out there.
0:18.0	From mental health to sexuality to animal behavior to science. We love to interview fascinating people about
0:27.0	their various expertise. We also answer listener questions and play a very
0:32.2	silly game called
0:33.2	hypotheticals.
0:34.3	You're not gonna wanna miss it, it's unhinged.
0:37.2	And if you don't wanna trust our word for it
0:39.0	because it's our show, you should know
0:40.9	that the I-Heart Podcast Awards nominated us for Best Ensemble for 2023.
0:46.5	That means that we are good at our jobs.
0:49.2	Or we have good chemistry?
0:51.6	Ooh! So check out just between us every Wednesday. Welcome to Hit Parade, a podcast of Pop Chart History from Slate magazine, about the hits from coast to coast.
1:15.0	I'm Chris Malampi, chart analyst, pop critic, and writer of Slates Why is the song
1:20.6	Number One series. On today today's show when I say the name Stevie Wonder what
1:27.1	songs leap to mind I don't need to tell you that Wonder is a legend and his catalog of hits is vast. Where do you even start?
1:38.0	Well, if you're like me, I'm sure you think of this almost immediately.
1:43.2	If you've been superstitious.
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