{"product_id":"signed-sealed-and-delivered-mark-ribowsky-9780470481509","title":"Signed, Sealed, and Delivered: The Soulful Journey of Stevie Wonder","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first definitive biography of music legend Stevie Wonder\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eStevie Wonder's achievements as a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer are extraordinary. During a career that has spanned almost fifty years, he has earned more than thirty Top 10 hits, twenty-six Grammy Awards, and a place in both the Rock and Roll and Songwriter Halls of Fame--and he's not finished yet. On the verge of turning sixty, he is still composing, still touring, and still attracting dedicated fans around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the first time, \u003ci\u003eSigned, Sealed, and Delivered\u003c\/i\u003e takes an in-depth look at Stevie Wonder's life and his evolution from kid-soul pop star into a mature artist whose music helped lay the groundwork for the evolution of hip hop and rap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplores the life, achievements, and influence of one of America's biggest musical icons, set against the history of Motown and the last fifty years of popular music\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBased on extensive interviews with Motown producers, music executives, songwriters, and musicians, including founding Temptation Otis Williams, Mickey Stevenson, surviving Funk Brother Eddie Willis, synthesizer genius Malcolm Cecil, guitar legend Michael Sembello, and many others\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTraces Stevie's personal and musical development through the decades, from the early 1960s R\u0026amp;B of \"\"Fingertips\"\" to the social and political themes of \"\"Living for the City\"\" and other 1970s classics, through periods of musical and personal confusion, uncertainty, and, later, renewal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead \u003ci\u003eSigned, Sealed, and Delivered\u003c\/i\u003e to explore the life and work of one of pop music's most compelling masters of invention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Ribowsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0470481501\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780470481509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Trade Paper Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.60h x 1.20w x 9.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/22\/2010 pg. 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2010 pg. 77\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mark Ribowsky","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44048329441535,"sku":"9780470481509","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_32866299-be22-4e52-a524-34f4eefda626.jpg?v=1684995179","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/signed-sealed-and-delivered-mark-ribowsky-9780470481509","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}