Superstition is a song by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder. It was released on October 24, 1972, as the lead single from his fifteenth studio album, Talking Book (1972), the lyrics describe popular superstitions and their negative effects. It reached number one in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
5 Part Pops for Brass is part of a new collection of Pop inspired arrangements for Brass Quintet arranged by Chris Wilcox.
We hope this repertoire will prompt a growing inquisitiveness for young brass players, and was created with a brass club or gathering in mind.
All transposed parts are included.
The Rock guitarist Jeff Beck was an admirer of Wonder's music, and Wonder was informed of this prior to the Talking Book album sessions. Though at this point he was playing virtually all of the instruments on his songs by himself, Wonder preferred to let other guitarists play on his records, and he liked the idea of a collaboration with Beck. An agreement was quickly made for Beck to become involved in the sessions that became the Talking Book album, in return for Wonder writing him a song. Stevland Hardaway Morris, known professionally as Stevie Wonder is an American singer and musician, who is credited as being an influence and pioneer across a range of genres that includes rhythm and blues, pop, soul, gospel, funk and jazz. A virtual one-man band, Wonder's use of synthesizers and other electronic musical instruments during the 1970s, reshaped the conventions of R&B. He also helped drive the genre into the album era, crafting his LPs as cohesive, consistent socially conscious statements with complex compositions. Blind since shortly after his birth, Wonder was a child prodigy who signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of 11, where he was given the professional name Little Stevie Wonder. Wonder's single Fingertips was a No. 1 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1963, at the age of 13, making him the youngest artist ever to top the chart. Wonder's critical success was at its peak in the 1970s. This classic period began with the releases of Music of My Mind and Talking Book, the latter featuring Superstition, which is still one of the most distinctive and famous examples of the Hohner Clavinet keyboard sound. His works Innervisions (1973), Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974) and Songs in the Key of Life (1976) all won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, he is also the only artist to have won the award with three consecutive album releases. Wonder began his commercial period in the 1980s and achieved his biggest hits and highest level of fame, gaining increased album sales and high-profile collaborations with Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with sales of over 100 million records worldwide and has won 25 Grammy Awards. Along with his political impact and television appearances, Wonder has continued to remain active in music and political causes. He is particularly noted for his work as a political activist due to his campaign to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday in the USA. Another Star is a song both written and performed by Wonder from his 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life. It is the final track on side four of the double LP. Described as being a joyous song about heartbreak, this foot-tapping and Latin-influenced work with an unforgettable La La La chorus went on to reach the upper echelons of the pop and R&B charts worldwide.
