Question

This musician claims to have been to “Paris, Beirut, you know, Iraq, Iran, Eurasia” in one song's spoken intro. The chorus of a song by this musician uses the chord progression [read slowly] B major, F minor 11, E major 7, C sharp minor 7, to F sharp sus. A song by this musician depicts a boy “born in hard-time Mississippi” who moves to New York and is imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. This musician played drums and the room-sized TONTO synth for his albums (*) Innervisions and (-5[1])Talking Book. This musician played an extended harmonica solo in a song dedicated to his daughter Aisha, “Isn't She Lovely,” which appears on Songs in the Key of Life. A song by this musician includes the lyric “When you believe in things / That you don't understand / Then you suffer.” For 10 points, name this Motown artist of “Sir Duke” and “Superstition.” (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Stevie Wonder [or Stevland Hardaway Morris; or Stevland Hardaway Judkins]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Caleb OttWaterloo BustToronto Penguin World War89-5
Raymond ChenToronto Penguin World WarWaterloo Bust15210

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