I never imagined that any Motown artists came to the U.K. prior to 1964.
I know in 1964 the Supremes and Marvin came over - did Ready Steady Go! etc. and of course Mary Wells toured as support for the Beatles.
But I was reading something today written by Bev Bevan of the Move and ELO - about his early days gigging around Birmingham.
He wrote:
In 1963 we opened for an absurdly talented 13 year-old singer, songwriter, pianist and harmonica player who was promoting his big USA hit Fingertips. His name was Little Stevie Wonder.
Does anyone know any more about this?
Who brought him over? When Fingertips came out here the Motown releases were still on the Oriole label.
What venues did he play? Bevan was talking here about places such as the Ritz, Kings Heath and the Plazas, Handsworth and Old Hill.
I never imagined that any Motown artists came to the U.K. prior to 1964.
I know in 1964 the Supremes and Marvin came over - did Ready Steady Go! etc. and of course Mary Wells toured as support for the Beatles.
But I was reading something today written by Bev Bevan of the Move and ELO - about his early days gigging around Birmingham.
He wrote:
In 1963 we opened for an absurdly talented 13 year-old singer, songwriter, pianist and harmonica player who was promoting his big USA hit Fingertips. His name was Little Stevie Wonder.
Does anyone know any more about this?
Who brought him over? When Fingertips came out here the Motown releases were still on the Oriole label.
What venues did he play? Bevan was talking here about places such as the Ritz, Kings Heath and the Plazas, Handsworth and Old Hill.
Or is any part of this story "confused"?
MB