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Stevie Wonder Returns With a Synthesized Howl

Paul Gambaccini, Rolling Stone, 28 February 1974

LONDON — IT HAD been five months since his auto accident, five months since he had done a complete show onstage, and it was clear that Stevie Wonder didn't want to stop. His second show of the night had long passed the 90-minute mark, yet Wonder was still entreating the Rainbow Theater audience to party. They responded dramatically with two standing ovations and Stevie did two encores.

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