Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius

Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius
Live album by Little Stevie Wonder
Released May 21,1963[1]
Recorded June 1962
Venue Regal Theater, Chicago
Genre Soul
Length 23:36
Label Tamla
Producer Berry Gordy[1]
Stevie Wonder chronology
Tribute to Uncle Ray
(1962)Tribute to Uncle Ray1962		 Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius
(1963)		 With a Song in My Heart
(1963)With a Song in My Heart1963
Singles from Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius
  1. "Fingertips"
    Released: May 21, 1963[1]

Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius is the first live album by Stevie Wonder. The album was released on the Tamla record label (catalog #240) in May 1963, the same month as the single release of "Fingertips" (catalog #54080).[1] "Fingertips" topped both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the R&B Singles chart,[2] and Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius topped the Billboard 200,[3] all of which happened in 1963. This is the last album to use the "Little" in Stevie Wonder's name. Starting with the next album, his name goes by just "Stevie Wonder."

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Fingertips" (Henry Cosby, Clarence Paul) – 6:40 (Little Stevie on bongos, harmonica and vocals)
  2. "Soul Bongo" (Marvin Gaye, Paul) – 3:01 (Little Stevie on bongos)
  3. "La La La La La" (Paul) – 2:34 (Little Stevie on drums and vocals)

Side Two

  1. "(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over" (Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 5:13
  2. "Hallelujah I Love Her So" (Ray Charles) – 2:48 (Little Stevie on piano and vocals)
  3. "Drown in My Own Tears" (Henry Glover) – 3:23
  4. "Don't You Know" (Charles, Berry Gordy) – 3:19 (Little Stevie on piano and vocals)

[4]

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1963 Billboard Pop Albums (Billboard 200) 1

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 The Definitive Collection (CD liner). Stevie Wonder. United States: UTV Records/Motown Records. 2002. p. 10. 440 066 164-2.
  2. ↑ "Stevie Wonder - Billboard Singles". Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Stevie Wonder - Billboard Albums". Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
  4. ↑ http://images.45worlds.com/f/ab/little-stevie-wonder-the-12-year-old-genius-recorded-live-2-ab.jpg
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