Following yesterday's moving memorial to Michael Jackson - I've had time to reflect. Putting aside, for a moment , all the hyperbole of the moment, I was struck by the poignancy of Stevie Wonder's performance. Here is a performer who has a much stronger body of work than Jackson...has remained at the top for longer and despite what Al Sharpton and even Berry Gordy said, Motown, led by Little Stevie, Diana Ross and Smokey had already crossed over before the Jackson Five came along. While I appreciate Michael's amazing exploitation of the video revolution that propelled his music into the global stratosphere; every artist stands upon the shoulders of those who preceeded them. So it was that I felt that if Stevie Wonder had passed, it would have been Michael Jackson AND Berry Gordy giving similar props to him!
