Stevie Wonder, born May 13, 1950, signed his first recording contract at age eleven. That is not a typo. Motown Records heard him play the harmonica, piano, and drums, and immediately offered him a deal. His real name was Stevland Hardaway Judkins, but the label renamed him "Little Stevie Wonder" because his musical ability seemed almost miraculous. Wonder was born six weeks early, and the high levels of oxygen in his incubator damaged his eyes, leaving him permanently blind. He never let this stop him. Without sight, he developed an extraordinary ear for sound. He could hear differences in pitch and rhythm that other musicians missed. By his early twenties, Wonder had taken complete creative control of his music. He played nearly every instrument on his albums himself, layering keyboards, drums, bass, and harmonica track by track. His 1973-1976 albums -- Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale, and Songs in the Key of Life -- won the Grammy for Album of the Year three times in four years. No artist has matched that achievement. Wonder also used his fame to fight for social justice. His campaign to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday helped convince Congress to pass the law in 1983.