City

Saginaw

USA

Saginaw appears in 1 Songsheets issue: Motown. One artist in the archive came from here: Stevie Wonder.

Saginaw, located 100 miles north of Detroit, served as a crucial talent pipeline for Motown, most notably as the hometown of Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Judkins/Morris in 1950) before his family moved to Detroit. The city's smaller industrial economy and active church music scene mirrored Detroit's cultural landscape on a more intimate scale, producing artists who would migrate southward seeking opportunities in Detroit's burgeoning recording industry.

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Artists from Saginaw

  • Stevie Wonder

    He arrived at Motown as Little Stevie Wonder, an eleven-year-old prodigy, and by 1963 his single "Fingertips" had made him the youngest solo artist ever to top the Billboard Hot 100.

Records made by artists from Saginaw