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Stevie Wonder · 1984

Stevie Wonder

Historical music event in the Radio Music History database.

October 13, 1984Chart⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Description

Stevie Wonder’s self-produced single “I Just Called to Say I Love You” began a three-week run at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. It became one of his biggest hits; the song also topped the US Adult Contemporary and R&B charts, the UK singles chart, and charts in many other countries. It was written for the film The Woman in Red and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Related events

  1. Stevie WonderAugust 31, 1984
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    Stevie Wonder released "I Just Called to Say I Love You" in the United Kingdom.
  2. Stevie WonderSeptember 7, 1984
    Chart⭐⭐⭐⭐
    Stevie Wonder achieved his first UK No. 1 single with “I Just Called To Say I Love You”, which remained at the top for six weeks.
  3. Stevie WonderOctober 9, 1984
    Chart⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
    I Just Called To Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder was the No.1 Billboard Pop hit. The song came from the Gene Wilder film The Woman in Red and won an Academy Award.
  4. Stevie WonderSeptember 1, 1980
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    Stevie Wonder performed the first of six sold-out concerts at Wembley Arena.
  5. Stevie WonderSeptember 5, 1976
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    Stevie Wonder released the album Songs in the Key of Life, widely regarded as one of his most significant albums.
  6. Stevie WonderOctober 8, 1976
    Album⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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  7. Stevie WonderAugust 5, 1975
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  8. Stevie WonderAugust 3, 1973
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    Tamla Records released Stevie Wonder’s sixteenth studio album, “Innervisions.” The album reached No. 4 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart and No. 1 on the Billboard Soul LPs chart, and later won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
  9. Stevie WonderAugust 6, 1973
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    Stevie Wonder suffered serious injuries in a car accident when the rented car he was riding in crashed from behind into a small logging truck on I-85 near Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and a log struck him in the face. He suffered a severe brain contusion, was in a coma for four days, temporarily lost his sense of smell and taste, and returned to the studio within a few weeks.
  10. Stevie WonderSeptember 3, 1973
    Album⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
    Stevie Wonder released the album Innervisions, which became one of his most significant albums in soul and funk.
  11. Stevie WonderAugust 27, 1966
    Chart⭐⭐⭐
    Stevie Wonder's version of “Blowin' In The Wind” reached No. 1 on the US R&B chart.
  12. Stevie WonderAugust 10, 1963
    Chart⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
    Thirteen-year-old Little Stevie Wonder began a three-week run at No. 1 on the US singles chart with “Fingertips Part II”. It was the first live recording to reach the top of the Billboard Pop Singles chart since Johnny Standley's 1952 comedy monologue “It's in the Book”. Stevie Wonder also became the youngest singer to reach the top of the US chart.