1977

Bill Withers

“Lovely Day” is a song by American soul and R&B singer Bill Withers. Written by Withers and Skip Scarborough, it was released on December 21, 1977, and appears on Withers’s 1977 album Menagerie.

Marcia Johnsonm. 1976–2020

70 years (13 May 1950)

Deceased (1954–1990)

Ray Charles did not lose his sight until he was about seven years old. Years later, doctors suggested that juvenile glaucoma had caused his blindness. But Charles always maintained that his visual impairment never hindered his career in any way. I lost my sight when I was seven.

Michigan School For The Blind1968

He was born six weeks premature which, along with the oxygen-rich atmosphere in the hospital incubator, resulted in retinopathy of prematurity, a condition in which the growth of the eyes is aborted and causes the retinas to detach, so he became blind.

Stevie Wonder, original name Steveland Judkins or Steveland Morris, (born May 13, 1950, Saginaw, Michigan, U.S.), American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, a child prodigy who developed into one of the most creative musical figures of the late 20th century.

four Grammys

Georg Solti

Billie Eilish won record of the year for “Everything I Wanted,” H.E.R.’s “I Can’t Breathe” was named song of the year.

At the time, it was the biggest recording deal in history. Songs in the Key of Life was released as a double LP with a four-song bonus EP….Track listing.