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Steve Knopper

Steve Knopper is a Billboard editor at large and former Rolling Stone contributing editor.

Stories from this author

One of the most versatile harmonica players in pop history is Stevie Wonder, shown here in Paris in 1963 at age 13.

A Brief History of the Harmonica

How the world’s handiest instrument took over American music