Stevie Wonder: London
Richard Williams, Times, The, 2 July 1984
PERHAPS ONE DAY Stevie Wonder will recognize that inviting a British audience to sing along with him does not evoke the kind of ready response with which the same tactic is presumably welcomed in Detroit or Altanta; his music is loved by Britons, but en masse they cannot be expected to unbutton themselves – never mind get the hang of the syncopated handclap patterns which he patiently tried to teach to a few thousands of us at the weekend.
Total word count of piece: 390
Best Databases: RBP is Runner-up in Best Niche category
Video: Johnny Marr talks about Rock's Backpages
RBP on Spotify: The Very Best of 40-year-old Virgin
RBP Album Club, June 13th: Miki Berenyi and Lucy O'Brien celebrate a Blondie classic
Essential Listening: Green Day grilled by Roy Trakin
RBP Album Club, July 11th: Nick Hornby and Nick Coleman celebrate Southside Johnny's debut
Essential Reading: Bud Scoppa's 1971 Byrds classic