Happy Birthday Stevie Wonder ~ My Sweet Memory
Ms. goclark picked up her phone one afternoon and it was my friend Gloria on the other end.
We were two young ladies that had loads of thrilling times in our close to Hollywood home town -- Los Angeles.
That day, in the mid 70's, “Halle Berry Looking” Gloria called to ask me if I would go with her to meet Stevie Wonder.
I instantly believed she was kidding ~ to my surprise, she was not.
She came to pick me up and soon we arrived at a small recording studio not far from the Sunset Strip.
We entered the studio and there he was ~ my all time favorite singer was being introduced to me!
He walked as if he could see and took us over to a small piano and he started playing "Isn't She Lovely, Isn't She Wonderful"... My feet felt like they had left this earth.
We were mesmerized as we watched him record, not realizing that we were witnessing magical musical moments that people would have given their eye tooth to see.
We met the other musicians and we stayed until they wrapped up the session for the evening. Goclark and Gloria drove home on a cloud.
About two weeks later, Gloria called to tell me that Stevie was giving her a Birthday Party - I laughed until I cried. I thought she was playing but she was not....
Stevie had told her to prepare a list of about 50 friends and he would give her the location address closer to the date.
We made the calls, not telling the guests about the Wonder Part and on her Summer Birthday evening,with Gloria's Boyfriend as our driver, we arrived at a charming Beach House in Malibu.
The stars sprinkled the sky - the scene reminded me of a chapter in Cinderella. We parked the car and our wide eyes saw a wooden dance floor on the beach, a table covered with luscious delicacies, a Combo ready to play the latest hits and fancy dressed waiters preparing to serve us.
We were Dancing With the Stars that night!
That was way before cell phones so we took turns serving as look outs for Stevie.
About an hour into the party, Gloria came over to whisper to me that Stevie had arrived! She had me walk over to the Limo to see him. He was excited like a kid when we described the setting.
He did not get out of the car, he gave Gloria a kiss on the cheek, sang the first four lines of the traditional Happy Birthday Song and using that famous smile, he was gone into the night.
We both stood there in shock because we didn't think that he would leave that way. We thought he would want to meet our friends and maybe sing for all of us.
It was several years later that the memory knocked me off my feet! I finally realized that he must enjoy making people feel terrific. It must be awesome to have enough money to do EXTRA SPECIAL ACTS OF KINDNESS for your family and friends.
One thing for sure ~ he made both of us have a Cinderella Evening that we will never forget.
Happy Birthday to Stevie Wonder!!
Happy Birthday, Happy birthday
Happy Birthday To Ya ~ Happy Birthday!
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