Little Stevie Wonder - 1963 Fingertips Part II video free download

Jahlani J.

From 4:54 to 5:00 sounds a lot like Janelle Monae to me. "Tightrope" by her comes to mind lol.

Steven Gournay

This was my teenage awakening song. Dancing was the reason I got up in the morning and I played this sucker every day til the damn grooves wore out.

woojoke

I never knew Stevie Wonder could play the bongos too:)

Nicole Jenean

The key to this song is playing on the up beat! It is not about the notes. He plays this very well and any critic who can attempt please step forward!! No takers! Okay just as I thought! In reality this is about the groove being blind and 12 years old should give him some accolades but not from the penny ante sentiments of the journalism field.UUUMMM He did write this! Okay now lets put the critics back in the bottle and float them off to another continent please!!

anthrosoulogic_

OMFG this is sooooooooo EPIC. Speechless. This went on to be Motown's second Billboard #1 Hit. Truly prodigous

beth nolan

Wow! Thank you for posting!

Tenzin Thinley

letterman got me here...wow. great stuff. 

Paul Quirk

The performance is at the Apollo, Harlem, 1963. The whole show is posted. "The Complete Motortown Revue.." BTW, the name "Apollo Theatre" is all over the bandstand.

Marsalis Chism

The Greatest !

JohnBindon

This was recorded at The Regal in Chicago in June 1963 ! Stevie just turned 12 yrs old a month earlier !I see some critics have made their way into the comments - there is nothing wrong with this performance at all - nothing wrong with Stevie, nor the band at all! If you're looking for a perfect sounding recording of this - you'll have to look elsewhere !The recording isn't all that great, but the performance is fine - the bongos weren't miked up at the beginning ! Thank goodness someone found this footage & shared it with us !

ekts1957

Incomparable. 

RIFICA777

Excellent.

loveyouall66

WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS FOOTAGE? FANTASTIC. I BELIEVE THIS CONCERT WAS AT THE REGAL IN CHICAGO. SOMEONE LET ME KNOW IF I'M CORRECT OR NOT.

Grace B

He did more with LESS...more than these celebrities who have so much more resources and technology.

ScarlettLa Roux

To the critics who say this was a bad performance ... whatevs. The size of the stage and the arena make a difference in recording. Doesn't negate the fact that Stevie Wonder is the G.O.A.T! The dude with the trumpet though has the most energy of the band members; he's trying to pull the train along. Anyway, do you know any 12-14 year olds that can throw it down like that? Didn't think so. 

Dineene OConnor

When I was 16 I did not have much spending money and I was all over Fingertips part I and II. I loved the motown sound although I wore madras and wejuns (sp) but I wore my shotguns (shoes) too. I worked the record counter at G.C.Murphy in the Eastover shopping center in Oxon Hill Maryland and I don't know how many copies of this record went to friends. It was for real! I also remember when shotgun came on the radio when we were driving we would stop and jump out of the car and dance until it was over. Man, I love those days. When I was 18 I had an apartment on South Capitol Street now Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and guys would sing these great harmonies that would lull me to sleep on hot summer nights. ( old apartments with no ac so windows were open.) forgive this old woman's , memories.

T-Bone Boy

As others here say, there's energy and tightness lacking in this performance......I think more in the band than Stevie? But heck..........12 years old rapping on bongos, singing, harmonica, writing songs...............some say he's the best musician alive today in 2014.....

clarkewi

Mind boggling.

Beth Heinecamp

Oh I just love youtube. Where ELSE can one watch history in action!? Certainly not in the textbooks.

imbees2

Stevie was 12 years old on this video

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