Home / Music / Stevie Wonder wrote 'Happy Birthday' to make MLK Day a national holidayMusic linernotes album music stevie-wonderStevie Wonder wrote 'Happy Birthday' to make MLK Day a national holidayWonder wrote ‘Happy Birthday’ to campaign for Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday to become a national holiday, which was declared a federal holiday in 1983. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesTalking Book reached No. 3 while spawning two No. 1 singles — Superstition and You Are the Sunshine of My LifeSongs in the Key of Life took Stevie Wonder two and a half years and four studiosInnervisions won Stevie Wonder Album of the Year and moreStevie Wonder spent ten days in a coma after InnervisionsStevie Wonder met Bob Marley and wrote 'Master Blaster'ExploreThe Tutti! Orchestral Sampler catalog number is RR-906This Hyperion release is catalog number CDA67691/2Burial's Rival Dealer is Hyperdub HDB080The Antlers' Hospice tells a story of love and loss in a hospiceSampha's Process mourns his motherPrevious Stevie Wonder wrote, arranged, and produced Hotter Than July himselfNext Stevie Wonder recorded Hotter Than July at his newly acquired Wonderland Studios