This post: #18. Continues tomorrow.
Caffè Lattè presents
THE 100 MOST ESSENTIAL SONGS BY
STEVIE WONDER
18
FOR ONCE IN MY ,LIFE
1968
“For Once In My Life” was a song that had been
recorded by a variety of artists, most notably Tony Bennett in 1967. Stevie’s
remake was more upbeat and exciting, but Motown failed to envisage it becoming
a hit single and refused to release it. Finally, in 1968, the label relented
and this became the definitive interpretation, peaking at #2 and #3 in America
and Britain respectively. An album of the same name from Stevie followed in late 1968. The title track earned Stevie a Grammy nomination, losing to
Otis Redding’s posthumous classic “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay”.
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