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5 unusual facts about Talking Book


American Printing House for the Blind

In 1936, the APH recording studio and record production department were established and production of Talking Books began.

Talking Book

Wonder won three awards for Talking Book at the 1974 Grammys: Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "You Are the Sunshine of My Life", and both Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song for "Superstition".

His use of the Hohner clavinet model C on "Superstition" is widely regarded as one of the definitive tracks featuring the instrument.

Incidentally, at the same ceremony, Wonder's next album, Innervisions, won Album of the Year and Talking Books producers Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff won the Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical award for their work on that album.

You've Got It Bad, Girl

The title track is a song written by Stevie Wonder and originally released on his 1972 triple grammy winning album Talking Book.



see also

Lennie Weinrib

H.R. Pufnstuf - Voices of H.R. Pufnstuf, Bela Lugosi Tree, Dr. Blinky's Talking Book, Orson Vulture, Polka Dotted Horse, Stupid Bat, Pop Lolly, West Wind

Northwest Public Radio

KFAE also broadcasts the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library's Evergreen Radio Reading Service to blind and handicapped listeners on its 67kHz subcarrier.