Hey Harmonica Man

Hey Harmonica Man
Single van: Stevie Wonder
Van het album: Stevie at the Beach
B-kant(en)	"This Little Girl"
Uitgebracht	21 mei 1964
Soort drager	7"-single
Genre	rhythm-and-blues, soul
Duur	2:38
Label	Tamla 54096 Stateside 323
Schrijver(s)	Lou Josie en Marty Cooper
Producent(en)	Hal Davis en Marc Gordon
Stevie Wonder
1964 "Castles in the Sand"   1964 "Hey Harmonica Man"   1964 "Happy Street"
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"Hey Harmonica Man" is een liedje van Stevie Wonder. Het werd geschreven door Marty Cooper (van The Shacklefords) en Lou Josie. Tamla Records gaf het op 21 mei 1964 als single uit,^[1] met op de B-kant het door Edward Holland, Henry Cosby en Norman Whitfield geschreven "This Little Girl". Wonder bereikte met deze single de 29ste plaats in de Amerikaanse hitlijst.^[2]

Voor de hoes werd gebruikgemaakt van een foto van Wonder die op het strand de mondharmonica bespeelt. Dezelfde foto maakt deel uit van de albumhoes van Stevie at the Beach, waar "Hey Harmonica Man" ook op staat.^[3] De single en het album waren pogingen van Motown om mee te liften op het succes van surf. Wonder zei later dat hij het liedje gênant vond en het beschouwde als een dieptepunt van zijn carrière.^[4]

Bronnen, noten en/of referenties

• Ribowsky, Mark (2010). Signed, Sealed, and Delivered: The Soulful Journey of Stevie Wonder. Uitg.: John Wiley and Sons, ISBN 9780470481509.

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1. Ruhlmann, William. Hey Harmonica Man → Song review. Allmusic. Geraadpleegd op 6 december 2011.
2. Ribowsky 2010, p. 312.
3. Ribowsky 2010, p. 107.
4. Swenson, John (1986). Stevie Wonder, p. 45. Uitg.: Perennial Library, ISBN 9780060970673.

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Stevie Wonder

Studioalbums:	The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie (1962) · Tribute to Uncle Ray (1962) · With a Song in My Heart (1963) · Stevie at the Beach (1964) · Up-Tight (1966) · Down to Earth (1966) · I Was Made to Love Her (1967) · Someday at Christmas (1967) · Eivets Rednow (1968) · For Once in My Life (1968) · My Cherie Amour (1969) · Signed, Sealed & Delivered (1970) · Where I'm Coming From (1971) · Music of My Mind (1972) · Talking Book (1972) · Innervisions (1973) · Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974) · Songs in the Key of Life (1976) · Hotter than July (1980) · In Square Circle (1985) · Characters (1987) · Conversation Peace (1995) · A Time to Love (2005)
Livealbums:	The 12 Year Old Genius (1963) · Stevie Wonder Live (1970) · Live at the Talk of Town (1970) · Natural Wonder (1995)
Soundtracks:	Journey Through The Secret Life of Plants (1979) · The Woman in Red (1984) · Jungle Fever (1991)
Compilaties:	Looking Back (1977) · Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium (1982) · At the Close of a Century (1999) · The Definitive Collection (2002) · The Complete Stevie Wonder (2005) · Number Ones (2007)
Singles:	"I Call It Pretty Music, but the Old People Call It the Blues" (1962) · "Little Water Boy" (1962) · "Contract on Love" (1962) · "Fingertips" (1963) · "Workout Stevie, Workout" (1963) · "Castles in the Sand" (1964) · "Hey Harmonica Man" (1964) · "Happy Street" (1964) · "Kiss Me Baby" (1965) · "High Heel Sneakers" (1965) · "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (1965) · "Nothing's Too Good for My Baby" (1966) · "Blowin' in the Wind" (1966) · "A Place in the Sun" (1966) · "Someday at Christmas" (1966) · "Travelin' Man" (1967) · "I Was Made to Love Her" (1967) · "I'm Wondering" (1967) · "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" (1968) · "You Met Your Match" (1968) · "Alfie" (1968) · "For Once in My Life" (1968) · "I Don't Know Why" (1969) · "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" (1969) · "Never Had a Dream Come True" (1970) · "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" (1970) · "Heaven Help Us All" (1970) · "We Can Work It Out" (1971) · "If You Really Love Me" (1971) · "What Christmas Means to Me" (1971) · "Superwoman (Where Were You)" (1972) · "Keep On Running" (1972) · "Superstition" (1972) · "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (1973) · "Higher Ground" (1973) · "Living for the City" (1973) · "Don't you worry 'bout a thing" (1974) · "You Haven't Done Nothin'" (1974) · "Boogie on Reggae Woman" (1974) · "I Wish" (1976) · "Sir Duke" (1977) · "Another Star" (1977) · "As" (1977) · "Pops, We Love You" (1978) · "Send One Your Love" (1979) · "Outside My Window" (1980) · "Master Blaster (Jammin')" (1980) · "I Ain't Gonna Stand for It" (1980) · "Lately" (1981) · "Did I Hear You Say You Love Me" (1981) · "That Girl" (1981) · "Ebony and Ivory" (1982) · "Do I Do" (1982) · "Ribbon in the Sky" (1982) · "Used to Be" (1982) · "I Just Called to Say I Love You" (1984) · "Love Light in Flight" (1984) · "Don't Drive Drunk" (1984) · "We Are the World" (1985) · "Part-Time Lover" (1985) · "That's What Friends Are For" (1985) · "Go Home" (1985) · "Overjoyed" (1986) · "Land of La La" (1986) · "Skeletons" (1987) · "You Will Know" (1987) · "Get It" (1988) · "My Love" (1988) · "My Eyes Don't Cry" (1988) · "With Each Beat of My Heart" (1989) · "Keep Our Love Alive" (1990) · "Gotta Have You" (1991) · "Fun Day" (1991) · "These Three Words" (1991) · "We Didn't Know" (1992) · "For Your Love" (1995) · "Tomorrow Robins Will Sing" (1995) · "Treat Myself" (1995) · "Kiss Lonely Goodbye" (1996) · "How Come, How Long" (1996) · "From the Bottom of My Heart" (2005) · "So What the Fuss" (2005) · "Shelter in the Rain" (2005) · "Positivity" (2005)
Zie ook:	Discografie van Stevie Wonder · "My Cherie Amour"