Little Stevie Wonder - 1963 Fingertips Part II

[@misstury606]

The audience didn't know they were watching the beginning of a legend. I love this.

[@denizbluemusic]

they probably did tbh

[@misstury606]

@@denizbluemusic Do you think?

[@funholer305]

I don't blame them! I'm still blown away and I can rewind and re-watch instantly.

[@dora_thedestroyer]

No they probably did.

[@sirsmokeefortwence25]

This song hit #1 on the billboard top 100. I think they did.

[@AlvaSudden]

What a pleasure it is to be alive at the same time as Stevie Wonder. It makes me feel like it's the golden age of music but then it's always the golden age of music when you're in America.

[@maryozee6135]

I was fortunate enough to meet Stevie that year or a couple of years later, when he was attending the Michigan School for the Blind. I was sixteen. My mother was the secretary to the Superintendent, Dr. Robert Thompson. Berry Gordy had appealed to Dr. T. because other schools wouldn't let Stevie go on tour because he'd miss too much school. Dr. T. found a tutor--I can't remember his name--for him so he could go on tour. The tutor was blind himself, but had taught himself tot do almost anything. The tutor taught my mother how to sail! I was so proud of having met Stevie, and loved Motown so much. Truly, they made sure Stevie would be able to pursue his God-given talent.

[@AlexiHolford]

Wow. Thanks for sharing this amazing anecdote.

[@johnyerkov1553]

It is 1963 here and Stevie Wonder is still jamming in 2020. That is 57 years of music of rock and roll baby

[@songwriterfortruth4601]

HE still is The Greatest and I am writing this in January 2022

[@pamelacaldwell6055]

💃🕺😁❤ and here it is 2023 and I am 70 years old and this is Still one of my All Time Favorite Stevie Wonder Songs!

[@ezerlenewatkins9644]

​@@songwriterfortruth4601yes he is, and i'm writing this november 2023!

[@marcelacollazo5026]

Stevie is ETERNAL 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤

[@jaynath8496]

God PLEASE KEEP THIS MAN FOR ANOTHER 200 years so that he can bless us with his presence…..❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@1goldbaby]

His music will live on!! Certainly a classic Legend!!

[@maryjohammons8905]

Yes !!

[@curtisirwin644]

And the world

[@lindawilliams7845]

Yes ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@gilbertmartinez3299]

HELL....TO...THE..YESSSS!!!!!!!!

[@dianeyates9908]

WOW! This was the number 1 song, on the day I was born. 60 years later he's still going strong..

[@josephgonsoulin4744]

WHO WOULD THINK THAT THIS KID WOULD BLESS US WITH “SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE?” AMAZING.

[@JustASliceOfSweetPotatoPie]

OMG! EVERY PIECE ON THAT ALBUM IS PURE GENIUS!!! Every song is a masterpiece that either reveals history or facts of life of which we all can relate. I think the album reveals Stevie's greatest work.

[@jeffryphillipsburns]

Great album, but given this precocious performance at age twelve, I don’t see why we should be surprised.

[@theshrubberer]

@@jeffryphillipsburns exactly

[@davidn.211]

Yes, but you need to pipe down, we are trying to listen to some little Stevie Wonder, Fool.

[@dominiquejones3805]

Talk about a classic run

[@strifelord5239]

The music just flowed right through him. Genius is an understatement

[@buckwheat7811]

Everybody needs a little bit of Stevie Wonder in their day!

[@briannaowusu4548]

Stevie is really real music from a very young man.

[@naomiwilcox5748]

Preach!!

[@jeffrobeauxdean2625]

Absolutely, Chicken soup for the Soul.

[@joshuagibson2032]

FACTS!!!

[@pmar27]

I say that all the time. For whatever mood you're in or the kind of vibe you want to create, there's a Stevie song for it. I never don't want to hear him!

[@gragor11]

I saw young men dressed up in the summer of 1963 in a beach resort we was staying at in Minnesota, waiting for construction to be finished on our house. They were 'interacting with' classic looking' greasers in jeans and white T-shirts and Frats in their Gant Shirts and penny loafers. These guys had iridescent coloured Nehru suits with pant creases one could have cut a finger on. Very slick. So strange to see them get thrown into the lake. That was the summer of my introduction to turf wars and Little Stevie Wonder. Never seen this before. Great catch. Little Stevie Wonder - 1963 Fingertips Part II

[@divamaureen4871]

List of people who were born stars and performers Stevie wonder Ray Charles Michael Jackson There will never be another one of this 3 Straight musical genius

[@Lee-pc8ts]

and james brown today bruno mars is the best start we have now if you ask me

[@ronniemas1]

Prince

[@ashleykirby3227]

Prince too for sure, he's a LEGEND

[@TheVernon8]

I was born star! I was born 1 year ago! I am one! Signed, Joey (age 1)

[@gregoryhyche9498]

prince 23 instruments

[@motomorini3428]

From his first performance as a CHILD until today...unencumbered, raw talent, smiling, exuberant and charismatic. All words sang from his heart. Why has the talent like this gone? This kind of artistry takes hard work and strict dedication. Few are willing to go that route today.

[@jreal215]

They started microwaving music!!!

[@bradenharris8718]

It hasn’t gone- they don’t give people with ACTUAL talent a chance anymore. If you look online you’ll find millions of people who play instruments, sing, arrange music etc but the entertainment industry won’t touch them bc they only want certain people, certain looks and to play certain music because it appeals to the brain dead young population of America who only care about someone’s looks.

[@motomorini3428]

@@bradenharris8718 Excellent point. WOKE music isn't music. It's annoying sound waves.

[@motomorini3428]

@@jreal215 Isn't that the truth. If a musician cannot sing or play an instrument live, without electrical correction, they aren't talented.

[@rubyparchment5523]

Oh, what about Machine Gun Kelly? (joke!)

[@billr5443]

My girlfriend and future wife and I seen little Stevie do this at the Motown Review at the Fox Theater in Detroit around Christmas time when I was a teen. Junior Walker and the All Stars, Marvin Gaye, Miracles, and more. People dancing in the aisles erupted throughout the show. The Supremes (when nobody heard of them) at a high school dance on the east side. Ahhhh, Those were the days.

[@bloomz1]

I saw this revue in Minneapolis when I was 16 - with Little Eva, Stevie, and I think Marvin Gaye - remember Little Eva doing Locomotion and Stevie did Shout and Fingertips

[@michaelsweeney280]

Yes I was there never missed a Motown Review Detroit Michigan home sweet home.

[@AndrewGorny]

yep, I'd marry anyone I went to see this with... if you've seen this with your own eyes and your partner hasn't, well I'm afraid that might be a gap too wide lol

[@michaelsweeney280]

Yes they were

[@Strawberry_pjs]

What a show that must have been. Lucky you!

[@cwlkjez578]

OMG! Look at baby Stevie! There's just no artist better than him! Thank God I was blessed to grow up with his amazing music in the late 60's and 70's.

[@Whatchulookinatson]

michael jackson was....

[@cwlkjez578]

@@Whatchulookinatson well I love him too! Had the hugest crush on him when I was maybe 12? And Off the Wall is still one of my all time favs! So blessed to grow up with all of the amazing music! 💗

[@deefooch]

Stevie Wonder came out of the womb an icon and legend.

[@neilbone9490]

Not many 12 years would have the nerve to get on a stage in that illustrious company let alone have the chutzpah to start free styling on the harmonica with a group of top flight pro musicians and the confidence to know you can get back in the beat and time...absolute genius.

[@shannarahanna7785]

I STG I'm not saying this to be funny but not being able to see your audience definitely helps the fear. I remember I used to stare into the spotlight because 1. It LOOKED like I was singing to the audience 2. It literally blinded me and I wouldn't be nervous cuz I couldn't see the audience. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@poorthing]

I don't think Stevie ever had a lack of confidence. He knew & then we all knew he was extraordinarily special

[@anthonybryant1969]

Yes Sir true genius 🔥

[@suzybottomley2275]

I know I first saw him at a sock hop and it was before 1962 because we moved to Europe in 1962. Fingertips must have been on its way up. Stevie Wonder has been one of musician heros, we're close in age, and life experiences, our girls were born the same year. Ive really admired this man since we were both early teens. .

[@RD-zj6vc]

He'd mastered the harmonica already by 12.

[@IIESPD00DII]

Something I could never do in my lifetime with 5 eyes lol

[@annetteforeman8060]

He could also play drums and piano at this age too,just incredible!

[@ericalbert1374]

For real!! Watched a video of him playing a 50 cent song like man he can do anything

[@dora_thedestroyer]

The harmonica is actually so easy to learn that if you just blow into it you'll figure it out in the next 30 seconds. I know because I played it when I was a kid which was like 4 or 5 years ago.

[@dora_thedestroyer]

@@IIESPD00DII Harmonica is actually extremely easy to learn. Assuming you're an adult with a job, you can just buy one for yourself & teach yourself to play in like 10 seconds.

[@chrisg4584]

So much charisma even as a kid!

[@iancurtis6490]

saw him open for The Stones in SF '72...he blew them away

[@imbees2]

I saw Stevie Wonder do that show at the Uptown in 1963. Lord have mercy!

[@SpeegBJ]

First album I ever bought in my whole life. 15 years old, 1963. Stevie saved my life through his music.

[@sudhakarpolani]

Incredible - to see first performance of Stevie in 1963 on KZbin and finding the one who witnessed the show. Love you all. I might be of 8 years in 1963. The first album I got was 'Superstition', Skeletons, Characters I was a bit late.

[@tikabass]

@Anthony Lynch The problem with younguns nowadays is they can't count for sh*t.

[@danielleadamopoulos1677]

What an honour

[@charityshoptreasures2569]

Lucky you

[@deborahellis9378]

I saw Stevie Wonder do that show at the Uptown too. I was 7 years old

[@keshetmillman]

1962 I was 15, Stevie was born a few miles away from me, Fingertips was on the radio a lot , I would stop everything and dance every time I heard it..still makes me dance when I hear it

[@jackhammer111]

+Keshet Millman So I guess in 1963 when it was actually recorded and released you'd be 16, but you're right it go great airplay. I know it stopped me in my track at age 13. It's about the time it started to piss me off when my stepfather, or even my father, and others would drop the "n" word.

[@keshetmillman]

+Carbon Crank sometimes it is hard to remember whether I was 15 or 16..but you are right it was the summer of 63...I was a wild child and it was a WILD song that gripped my heart forever and changed the musical direction of my life

[@hetverhaalvandewasbeer]

What a wonderful memory, thank you for sharing.

[@johnyerkov1553]

That is because you got soul brother just like me

[@tyliekinc.]

Fingertips was a #1 hit on the pop charts

[@dezzarae8D]

This is beyond remarkable! In all of my fifteen years.........this has to be the best performance I've EVER seen!!! This is why he's one of my biggest inspirations

[@shanteshanel]

I’m just viewing this today and thinking wow you must be at least 24 years old now 😁

[@sunilpatkar9294]

Steve you hv been my inspiration for last 50 years I too play harmonica....

[@junowilliams3778]

My first visit the Apollo Theater, NY What A Great Show !!

[@bhinderbinder]

Oh I just love youtube. Where ELSE can one watch history in action!? Certainly not in the textbooks.

[@allymayful]

Ditto - 3 yrs later. l used to hear about him in Australia as a kid, but never heard his songs. This is a real WOW moment for me.

[@hoomalumalu]

he used to be on local TV in Michigan and all us white folks would run into the room and STAND there watching the little colored boy with our mouths hanging open.

[@timothymclee3220]

Tbis will always be my favorite Stevie performance.

[@JustASliceOfSweetPotatoPie]

AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH!

[@JustASliceOfSweetPotatoPie]

@@hoomalumalu 😂😂😂 LOVE IT!

[@sergemartinez5843]

Wow!! Twelve years old,what Talent.The first time I heard Fingertips I was about 12-13 years old.I was watching a Movie called Cooley High.The opening of the Movie started with Fingertips.I had to buy the Movie DVD decades later of course.Lol!!! Back in the 70s there was no such thing as a VHS or DVD.Thanks for That flashback.☺️☺️☺️🙏🙏🙏

[@devoncoryell7227]

Cooley High had an awesome soundtrack!!

[@amyjr7950]

What a gifted Wonder ❤

[@BH-zx4dm]

Why would anyone give this stellar performance a thumbs down??!!!

[@tashkenty]

I love the last minute, the encore. Shows so much of his soul and personality. GOAT.

[@chiflychick13]

He's still great in 2023. God bless you, Sir, for all you have shared with the world.❤

[@seanmacleod1724]

Bless that dear man. What a musical star, what an inspiration, bringing happiness and fun to a hard world. Love you Stevie 😊🙏

[@nsimmons9427]

OMFG this is sooooooooo EPIC. Speechless. This went on to be Motown's second Billboard #1 Hit. Truly prodigous

[@jerramaurice7836]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVIE!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@imbees2]

I saw this in person in Philadelphia. Little Stevie wonder.

[@davecroston2914]

I was 11 years old when i first heard this, and it totally grabbed me. "Little" Stevie Wonder's performance of this has to go down as one the most defining moments in american pop music history.

[@elrojo1783]

THE BEST performance of all time 🙏🏼 He is blessed with it all!!!

[@Myhiddentalents_64]

He never knew that was just the beginning of his greatness.Still amazing in 2020

[@tyliekinc.]

Yes! The first of 11 #1 singles

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[@songyardbird2513]

Saw him live in like 1964. His manager had to literally pull him off the stage! It was jaw dropping.

[@conniehamilton6088]

I love this he is FABULOUS ❤😊😊🙏🏻

[@poorthing]

Those first few harmonica notes are iconic. . . Not to mention adding 'Mary had a little lamb...'

[@Law-hi8un]

Happy 73rd Birthday Stevie! You are an Icon. Your music and your Beautiful Spirit has made this world a better place. Thank you

[@johnmanrow2667]

It seems like he really got his chance by appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show later in 1963. I believe he had turned 13 by then. I remember watching Ed Sullivan that night, and how I was really impressed with his talent. I was 8 years old that year.

[@jordanrioscreations]

Music courses through his veins, you can see the pure joy he emits, it's this moment of incredible spontaneity, it's like he's tapping into something within himself and being a conduit for this music that was always there but never brought to life. With this performance, I feel like he already earned the genius title. The talent is just off the charts. You see how much people responded to his raw creativity and enthusiasm (part two of this live song somehow became a number one hit), nothing could be more exciting. What an incredible way to start his career.

[@QueenAlexis556]

He's so darn cute! 💚

[@dineeneoconnor7747]

I worked at the record counter of G.C. Murphy co. in the Eastover Shopping center and played this record till the store made me stop and then I played it at home until I drove my parents crazy.

[@jessicawilliams1176]

Amazing, just all around amazing. Amazing voice, amazing artistry, and amazing talent. Happy 73rd Birthday to my favorite male singer of all time, Stevie Wonder! ❤❤🥳🎉🎊5/13/2023

[@o.__felixxx]

Crazy footage, the glasses makes him look like his from the future, amazing talent for a 12 year old... and in the Motown Stage, incredible.

[@imbees2]

This is the best Stevie Wonder song of all time.

[@MeekMink]

I love you Stevie ..you got me through the hard times.Master blaster is my favorite..reggae and you..I can't hardly take it..love and respect.. For Bob Marley and Stevie Wonder..

[@leannbuggs888]

Stevie was smoothe wit it. That harmonica is everything

[@vincentrobinson3078]

Here in Philly back in the late 60’s , my mom would take us to see this same show at the old Uptown Theater which was in walking distance from our house. All I need to say - Oh my goodness WHAT A TREAT !!! Even at 12 , he had the ladies running down the aisles going nuts !!! What a legend !!!

[@lyndachele]

He was an instant hit. We'd change radio stations so we could hear it more often.

[@t.b.a.r.r.o.]

I remember hearing this way back then. He had such natural excitement and energy in his music! Very raw yet refined at the same time.

[@atreyuschronicles8589]

There are in fact angels upon this earth. And we just listened to one!

[@GremlinSkatewear]

This song is so beautiful

[@teachyourkid]

The legend begins...

[@AmyCrumedy-tj8er]

Back when music was music and Talent was natural.

[@rubyparchment5523]

Shivers going up and down my spine.

[@asteverino8569]

Thanks for this. I was 9 when this was on the top ten AM radio. A different recording, but live still. 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Yeah!!!

[@j.r.williams7095]

I was blessed to see Mr. Wonder live in the 80s. One of the most life-changing experiences for me. I couldn't believe that I was actually at a Stevie Wonder concert.

[@billbernhard3582]

An honest to goodness musical genius - a musical marvel ! Limitless imagination, combined with an expansive talent for connecting the dots in song.

[@garrettjohnson127]

Thank God they brought him back!

[@eudoraheath7514]

I remember Fingertips. Stevie is still amazing 👏🏽 It's September 2024 now.

[@anthonybryant1969]

Legendary in the making at 12🔥🔥🔥

[@kjchicago1]

He was A Master On That Harmonica-He Could Really Swing it

[@willfleming4921]

Oh how I remember back in 1963 Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye came down to the Graystone Ballroom in Detroit Michigan and they both gave one hell of a performance I remember for the rest of my life two musical genius

[@Thereal_pompompurinOffical]

We’re doing Motown for a school play and I’m dancing to this song I love it>>>

[@ParisLondonRoma]

Didn't realize Wonder had been around so long. The Beatles hadn't even come to America yet when Stevie performed this

[@ScarlettLaRoux]

To the critics who say this was a bad performance ... whatevs. The size of the stage and the arena make a difference in recording. Doesn't negate the fact that Stevie Wonder is the G.O.A.T! The dude with the trumpet though has the most energy of the band members; he's trying to pull the train along. Anyway, do you know any 12-14 year olds that can throw it down like that? Didn't think so.

[@peacheslovesjesus]

" Anyway, do you know any 12-14 year olds that can throw it down like that? " I hear you but it doesn't mean they don't exist...

[@ScarlettLaRoux]

I know they exist. Was making the point it's not fair to criticize based on *all the other items *listed on my comment and that as a young teen this was an awesome performance.

[@mamajobo1]

ScarlettLa Roux Exactly, Scarlett.

[@helengrigsby4838]

Whaaat. I would like to 👀 the dislikes jam like Mr. Wonder did at 12

[@kieranreynolds5896]

@@ScarlettLaRoux Did you really put 12 and 14 in the same category

[@mzbigbabydeedeesjohnson2617]

My dad brought his first pair shoes to perform at the review.😘 true story Detroit Michigan.

[@clarkewi]

Awesome. Genius. Superstar.

[@DaughterOfChrist1997]

12 y/o and he could play bongos, harmonica, SANG like that?! angelic

[@AlexaZinkhan]

Priceless!!!!!!!!!!!

[@imbees2]

12 years old. Little Stevie wonder.

[@poorthing]

Stevie is my age he was born in May & Me in September. That was In 1950. He topped the singles chart at 13, youngest artist to achieve that with 'Fingertips' 1&2. If he's 12/13 here, it is 1962/63.

[@mjwatts1983]

1. 211 people have zero musical taste 2. 12 years old, following Marvin Gaye, AND it’s at the Apollo?! Amazing

[@SaltyChip]

You’d be surprised how many downvotes, and upvotes for that matter, are hit on accident. ALOT of people use KZbin on their cell phone and it’s not hard to touch something that you didn’t want. But ya, there’s also trolls too and always will be., but figured I’d enlighten ya to the potential of accidental downvotes.

[@SaltyChip]

@@miss2000varietyshow I was born in 84 and grew up at the same time as the internet and learned the trials and tribulations organically; compared to my grandparents who had to learn this new "skill' as a already mentally developed adult. It'd be like learning Spanish as a 30 yr old compared to as a 5 yr old. So to to bring this post back to your post, I believe there are a crapload of older peeps that never learned how to mentally deal with online interactions compared to someone who grew up on the web and take offence to harmless online moments.

[@irisdavis8583]

WoW No words needed !

[@xlprop6687]

Hey, i'm 52, been playing the guitar since the age of 12 and still can't finish one complete song haha

[@jamesalford877]

Are you kidding?! Marvin followed Stevie!

[@dineeneoconnor7747]

When I was 16 I did not have much spending money and I was all over Fingertips part I and II. I loved the motown sound although I wore madras and wejuns (sp) but I wore my shotguns (shoes) too. I worked the record counter at G.C.Murphy in the Eastover shopping center in Oxon Hill Maryland and I don't know how many copies of this record went to friends. It was for real! I also remember when shotgun came on the radio when we were driving we would stop and jump out of the car and dance until it was over. Man, I love those days. When I was 18 I had an apartment on South Capitol Street now Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and guys would sing these great harmonies that would lull me to sleep on hot summer nights. ( old apartments with no ac so windows were open.) forgive this old woman's , memories.

[@davea7602]

Great singer hugely talented despite his blindness plays mouth organ, piano, electric organ, sings and writes songs How many non blind people can do this? And he plays the harmonica too

[@cathawilliams159]

MUSIC is WHAT Mr. WONDER Knows HE Sounds GOOD To ME Whatever He PLAYS!!! Much ❤️

[@cindylequire]

Amazing! Couldn't read music. Just had it in his heart and soul.

[@1goldbaby]

Mary had a little lamb!! Priceless

[@margaretfitzgerald7187]

The trumpeter in the band, back row, is up and dancing!

[@thecinematicmind]

Oh Jordan Peele you excellent great.

[@dominiquejones3805]

Stevie is a treasure

[@christinaw.mcbeth8391]

Yes Stevie!!!

[@dalebaker9109]

Bless him, his voice is not yet changed, what 12 year old, has ever had so much talent.

[@cheeksd.9697]

this is one of the best things I've ever seen

[@debbietoornman5780]

I was too young to remember seeing this. I love this song. Stevie Wonder is so talented.

[@granpamuzic]

Fingertips was the first 45 I ever bought. A dollar was a lot of money back then.It was worth it:)

[@odranoelmusicremixes8453]

as someone who also started makeing music at a young age this was very impressive. it takes guts to get on stage infront of people like that. (even if your blind) and playing multiple intruments at that. its always a pleasure to see how musicians started out and how they evolve over time. and yes, it is harder to physicaly play an intrument if you cant see. the dude is a badass.

[@clipsdaily101]

13 yrs old with a number one hit. NUMBER ONE.

[@sbingham1979]

This is so GREAT. Thank you for posting this priceless footage of musical genius in his early stages.

[@SilverbackSS04]

Genius in the making 😮

[@imbees2]

Yasss Stevie. One more time

[@woojoke]

I never knew Stevie Wonder could play the bongos too:)

[@daviddoyle4516]

Steve could play ANYTHING.Steve could play a cardboard box and make it sound good.

[@ginniekinz5401]

David Doyle haha! True dat

[@woojoke]

@phillydisco Paul McCartney did the same thing on "Maybe I'm Amazed"

[@chrisheard9308]

Me neither

[@emiliaabeyta159]

Listen Aretha Franklin play the piano whild singong Bridge Over Troubled Waters

[@williammitchell1804]

At just twelve years old he was recording, performing, and appearing in a Disney Beach movie. What he did with that harmonica was amazing!.

[@debbietoornman5780]

This is such a cheery song.

[@jacksondoc]

I remember vividly the first timeI heard this on radio - blown away and still am -- a GREAT talent