As such, on 15 January 1981 Stevie Wonder organized a rally at the National Mall in Washington D.C. King and a call for others to join Stevie in observing 15 January 1981 “as a national holiday” a few years before Martin Luther King Day was officiated. In fact on the B-side of the “Happy Birthday” single were excerpts of speeches by Dr.
This song was actually written in recognition of the birthday of renowned civil rights leader Dr.Wonder also served a number of other roles in the creation of this track, including playing the drums, bass melodeon, ARP synthesizer and keyboard synthesizer. In addition to writing and singing lead vocals on the track, Stevie Wonder also produced it.“Happy Birthday” was released on 29 September 1980 as part of Stevie Wonder’s 19 th album, “Hotter Than July”.Morgan Freeman, Cyndi Lauper, Aretha Franklin, Ringo Starr and Dave Stewart were just some of the many famous faces that surrounded Wonder and sang with him during his performance.
During the performance, Wonder was joined on stage by numerous big names in the world of entertainment.
