Fingertips (Part 2)

Because of Part 2's success, it would later feature on various compilation albums just as the full recording.

Fingertips (Part 2)

Both the studio and live versions of the song featured drumming by Marvin Gaye , who had been playing drums for Wonder and other Motown artists in before becoming a famous hitmaker in his own right. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the song by Stevie Wonder.

For other uses, see Fingertips disambiguation.

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Music, Money, Sex, and Power. Retrieved November 9, — via Google Books. Retrieved from " https: Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from July Articles needing additional references from July All articles needing additional references. Views Read Edit View history. On the night of the recording, Wonder, as usual started to leave the stage and the band went into the exit music, as comedian Bill Murray known professionally as Winehead Willie [2] exhorted the crowd to "give him a hand"; however, Stevie unexpectedly changed his mind, returning to sing the "goodbye" encore.

The other musicians were caught out, and the bass players had changed over to prepare for the next act on the bill, usually slated as The Marvelettes.

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As Wonder moves into his impromptu encore, the new bass player, Joe Swift, having replaced Larry Moses, can be heard on the recording, yelling out, "What key? The live version of "Fingertips" was released on May 21, as a two-part single, with Part 2 with the encore as the B-side.

The mono features "Sunset" and "Contract on Love". Postman " , and launched the then year-old Wonder into the pop music stratosphere. The single's success helped Wonder's live album, Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius , reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, making him the youngest artist to accomplish that feat.

Because of Part 2's success, it would later feature on various compilation albums just as the full recording. Both the studio and live versions of the song featured drumming by Marvin Gaye , who had been playing drums for Wonder and other Motown artists in before becoming a famous hitmaker in his own right.

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