Stevie Wonder...Stevie At The Beach

[Shelley "SoleMann" King]

Almost a precursor of California Motown in the 70s, given that the young Stevie Wonder spends a day at the beach!

Stevie at the Beach is the fifth album by Motown singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder released on the Tamla (Motown) label in 1964. This album—with the exception of the mild hit—"Hey Harmonica Man", was a concept album of sorts, focusing on beach and surfer anthems as an attempt to get Wonder to now sing surf tunes.

But much like the label's attempts to first make Wonder the teenage version of Ray Charles and then for one album as a lounge singer, it failed to connect with audiences. Wonder wouldn't have another hit until 1965 when he was finally allowed to showcase his musical talents more.


STEVIE WONDER...CASTLES IN THE SAND



STEVIE WONDER...SAD BOY



STEVIE WONDER...BEYOND THE SEA



STEVIE WONDER...HEY HARMONICA MAN

[Edie Antoinette]

This is nice! I love me some Little Stevie Wonder!

[Shelley "SoleMann" King]

Hey Gene, it was this episode of Teen Town and the girl i'm talking about is at the 1:00 part of the video, she is on it several times....LOL

[Shelley "SoleMann" King]

I actually liked Castles In The Sand....LOL. There was a video on Youtube of him singing it on some show, i think it was called Teen Town or something like that, and the camera kept zooming in on this teen-age girl, she was looking all shy and bashful....LOL. Dang, i wish that video was still there....LOL

[KnightD12]

I remember Hey Harmonica Man, it had that Fingertips vibe going on. But who in the world was he trying to reach with the rest of those songs? This one was doomed to fail.