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<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">'''''Stevie at the Beach''''' is the fourth album by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motown Motown] singer-songwriter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder Stevie Wonder] released on the Tamla (Motown) label on June 23, 1964. With the exception of the mild hit, "Hey Harmonica Man", it was a concept album of sorts, focusing on beach and surfer anthems as an attempt to get Wonder to now sing surf tunes. However, much like the label's attempts to first make him the teenage version of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles Ray Charles] and then for one album as a lounge singer, it failed to connect with audiences. Wonder would not have another hit until 1965 when he was finally allowed to showcase his musical talents more.</p>

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'''Stevie at the Beach''' is the fourth album by [[Motown]] singer-songwriter [[Stevie Wonder]] released on the Tamla (Motown) label on June 23, 1964. With the exception of the mild hit, "Hey Harmonica Man", it was a concept album of sorts, focusing on beach and surfer anthems as an attempt to get Wonder to now sing surf tunes. However, much like the label's attempts to first make him the teenage version of [[Ray Charles]] and then for one album as a lounge singer, it failed to connect with audiences. Wonder would not have another hit until 1965 when he was finally allowed to showcase his musical talents more.

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==Track listing<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[</span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stevie_at_the_Beach&action=edit&section=1 edit]<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">]</span></span>==

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#"Castles in the Sand" ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Davis Hal Davis], Marc Gordon, Mary O'Brien, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wilson_(musician) Frank Wilson]) - 2:11

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#"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebb_Tide_(song) Ebb Tide]" ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Maxwell_(songwriter) Robert Maxwell], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sigman Carl Sigman]) - 1:45

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#"Castles in the Sand" ([[Hal Davis]], Marc Gordon, Mary O'Brien, [[Frank Wilson]]) - 2:11

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#"[[Ebb Tide (song)|Ebb Tide]]" ([[Robert Maxwell (songwriter)|Robert Maxwell]], [[Carl Sigman]]) - 1:45

#"Sad Boy" - 2:28

#"Sad Boy" - 2:28

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#"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sails_in_the_Sunset_(song) Red Sails in the Sunset]" ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Grosz Hugh Williams]) - 2:01

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#"[[Red Sails in the Sunset]]" ([[Hugh Williams]]) - 2:01

#"The Beachcomber" - 1:46

#"The Beachcomber" - 1:46

#"Castles in the Sand (Instrumental)" (Davis, Gordon, O'Brien, Wilson) - 1:52

#"Castles in the Sand (Instrumental)" (Davis, Gordon, O'Brien, Wilson) - 1:52

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#"Hey Harmonica Man" (Marty Cooper, Lou Josie) - 2:38

#"Hey Harmonica Man" (Marty Cooper, Lou Josie) - 2:38

#"Beachstomp" - 2:38

#"Beachstomp" - 2:38

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#"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Sea_(song) Beyond the Sea]" ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Trenet Charles Trenet], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Lawrence Jack Lawrence]) - 2:46

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#"[[Beyond the Sea (song)|Beyond the Sea]]" ([[Charles Trenet]], [[Jack Lawrence]]) - 2:46

[[Category:1964 albums]]

[[Category:1964 albums]]