Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius
The live album that took Fingertips to number one.
Stevie Wonder, 1963
- Released
- 21 May 1963
- Recorded
- June 1962
- Studio
- Regal Theater, Chicago
- Label
- Tamla
- Producer
- Berry Gordy
- Type
- live
Recorded at the Regal Theater in Chicago in June 1962 and produced by Berry Gordy, it reached number one on the Billboard Top LPs chart. Fingertips went to number one on both the Hot 100 and the R&B chart, making Wonder a chart-topper at 13. The single's success helped the live album reach number one, which made him the youngest artist to do so.
Beside Fingertips, which Clarence Paul and Henry Cosby wrote, the set includes Soul Bongo, co-written by Paul and Marvin Gaye, and covers of Ray Charles's Hallelujah I Love Her So and Don't You Know.
Track listing
- Fingertips7:00
- Soul Bongo3:00
- La La La La La2:30
- (I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over5:21
- Hallelujah I Love Her So2:35
- Drown in My Own Tears3:00
- Don't You Know3:43
Personnel
- Stevie Wonder vocals, bongos, harmonica
- Berry Gordy producer
- Marvin Gaye drums on Fingertips
- James Jamerson bass on Fingertips
- Larry Moses bass on Fingertips
- Joe Swift bass on Fingertips
- Johnny Allen horn arrangement on Fingertips
- Ron Steele Sr. recording engineer on Fingertips
More from Stevie Wonder
Talking Book (1972), Music of My Mind (1972), Innervisions (1973), Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974), Songs in the Key of Life (1976), Hotter than July (1980), Songs in the Key of Life - The EP (2026)
Sources
- Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius, Wikipedia
- Stevie Wonder, Wikipedia
- The 12 Year Old Genius, Recorded Live (master release), Discogs
- Fingertips, Wikipedia