Stevie Wonder Thought Shares

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Object Details

Manufactured by

Jobete Music Co., Inc., American, founded 1959

Black Bull Music, American

Published by

Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919

Subject of

Stevie Wonder, American, born 1950

Quincy Jones, American, 1933 - 2024

The Pointer Sisters, American, founded 1969

Michael Jackson, American, 1958 - 2009

Spinners, American, founded 1954

Aretha Franklin, American, 1942 - 2018

Sir Paul McCartney, British, born 1942

Jermaine Jackson, American, born 1954

Dionne Warwick, American, born 1940

Jeff Beck, English, born 1944

Description

A songbook with a re-violet cover. Along the top fourth is the title in yellow letters: [Stevie Wonder / Thought Shares]. On the left side, above the center but below the title, is a list of songs included in the book: [Piano" / "Vocal" / "Chords / WITH SONGS RECORDED BY / QUINCY JONES / POINTER SISTERS / MICHAEL JACKSON / THE SPINNERS / JEFF BECK / ARETHA FRANKLIN / THE SPINNERS / PAUL McCARTNEY /JERMAINE JACKSON / DIONNE WARWICK / ...AND MORE]. On the right side of the front, centered, is an image of Stevie Wonder in front of a dark background, wearing a flamboyantly colored sweater and large aviator sunglasses.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Date

1984

Object number

2014.71

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

record covers

songbooks

45 rpm records

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W x D: 11 15/16 x 8 15/16 x 1/2 in. (30.3 x 22.7 x 1.3 cm)

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Written Music

Record Albums

Exhibition

Musical Crossroads

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Funk (Music)

Instrumentalists (Musicians)

Jazz (Music)

Motown (Music)

Popular music

Rhythm and blues (Music)

Singers (Musicians)

Soul (Music)

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd562b71370-6098-4e36-8c39-9403a6cb32c1

Record ID

nmaahc_2014.71