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Coffee Break: One-person bands

Stevie Wonder performs in 2017.
Stevie Wonder performs in 2017.LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images

by Anna Weggel

August 03, 2020

Today in 1973, Stevie Wonder released his 16th studio album Innervisions, and he played nearly all instruments on six of the album's nine tracks.

Let's listen to more artists this morning that do practically everything - produce, arrange, compose, and perform their whole albums.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what one-person bands do you want to hear?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Prince - Uptown
Todd Rundgren - I Saw the Light
St. Vincent - New York
D'Angelo - Brown Sugar
Grimes - Oblivion
Jack White - That Black Bat Licorice
Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
Stevie Wonder - Living For The City