For Once in My Life (Stevie Wonder)

For Once in My Life is het elfde studioalbum van Stevie Wonder. Het werd voor het eerst uitgebracht op 6 december 1968 door Tamla Motown.

For Once in My Life
Studioalbum van Stevie Wonder
(Albumhoes op en.wikipedia.org)
Uitgebracht	6 december 1968
Opgenomen	1967
Genre	R&B, soul
Duur	35:15
Label(s)	Tamla Motown (TS 291)
Producent(en)	Henry Cosby, Don Hunter, Stevie Wonder
Professionele recensie
Allmusic link
Chronologie
Eivets Rednow (1968)   1968 For Once in My Life   My Cherie Amour (1968)
Singles van For Once in My Life
Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day For Once in My Life I Don't Know Why
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Geschiedenis

Het gelijknamige nummer werd in 1966 voor het eerst opgenomen door Jean DuShon, maar deze single bleek geen succes. Berry Gordy, de oprichter van Motown, zorgde ervoor dat "For Once in My Life" door Barbara McNair werd opgenomen voor het album Here I Am. Een jaar later liet Gordy het nummer opnemen door The Temptations. In dezelfde periode werd het zowel door Tony Bennett als door Stevie Wonder opgenomen. Wonder had met nummers als "Fingertips" en "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" al enige hits gescoord had, en zijn versie werd in oktober 1968 uitgebracht.

In 1999 verscheen een livealbum van de Nederlandse zangeres Trijntje Oosterhuis, For Once in My Life (Songs of Stevie Wonder - Live). Op dit album staan covers van verscheidene nummers van Wonder, waaronder "Higher Ground", "Living for the City" en "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours".

Composities

Op For Once in My Life staan de volgende twaalf nummers. Tussen haakjes staan de componisten aangegeven.

Kant A

Nr.	Titel	Schrijver(s)	Duur
1.	For Once in My Life	Ron Miller, Orlando Murden	2:48
2.	Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day	Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder	2:45
3.	You Met Your Match	Lula Mae Hardaway, Don Hunter, Wonder	2:37
4.	I Wanna Make Her Love Me	Cosby, Hardaway, Moy, Wonder	2:52
5.	I'm More than Happy (I'm Satisfied)	Cosby, Cornelius Grant, Moy, Wonder	2:56
6.	I Don't Know Why"	Hunter, Hardaway, Paul Riser, Wonder	2:46

Kant B

Nr.	Titel	Schrijver(s)	Duur
1.	Sunny (Bobby Hebb)"	Bobby Hebb	4:00
2.	I'd Be a Fool Right Now	Cosby, Wonder, Moy	2:54
3.	Ain't No Lovin'	Hunter, Hardaway, Riser, Wonder	2:36
4.	God Bless the Child	Arthur Herzog, Billie Holiday	3:27
5.	Do I Love Her	Wonder, Moy	2:58
6.	The House on the Hill	Allen Story, Lawrence Brown, George Gordy	2:36

Bezetting

• Benny Benjamin - drums
• Henry Cosby - productie
• Don Hunter - productie
• James Jamerson - basgitaar
• Stevie Wonder - mondharmonica, keyboards, zang

Bronvermelding

• For Once in My Life in de All Music Guide.
• For Once In My Life (LP, Album) in de database van Discogs.

Referenties

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"