50 years later, Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life remains one of the most ambitious and enduring albums in music history — a deeply human collection of songs about love, family, joy, spirituality, community, and the world around us. Released on September 28, 1976, Songs in the Key of Life followed a remarkable run of albums — Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions, and Fulfillingness’ First Finale — that saw Wonder continually push the boundaries of his artistry and songwriting. Across two LPs and an accompanying EP, he brought together soul, funk, jazz, pop, and classical influences, creating a musical world as expansive as the subjects he explored. From the celebration of music itself in “Sir Duke,” to the tenderness of “Isn’t She Lovely,” the social commentary of “Village Ghetto Land,” “Pastime Paradise,” and “Black Man,” and the universal hope of “As” and “Love’s in Need of Love Today,” Wonder moved effortlessly between the deeply personal and the profoundly universa...