"It’s a great symbol of having arrived. You have the key, you have the necklace, but it’s a little culty. It’s a little like wearing a cross, like a religion," she said in her Variety interview.

A look back at an iconic album.In October 1976, "Songs in the Key of Life" shot to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and spent a total of 82 weeks on the chart. The album won two Grammy Awards in 1977 ...

Stevie Wonder (Wireimage-Getty) *On September 28, 1976, Stevie Wonder released his 18th studio album, Songs In The Key of Life, which would go on to become his most important and influential work.

In the late 1950s, Kathryn Burden went to the Newport News, Va., schools system and demanded an education for her special-needs daughter. When school officials asked, "But who will teach her ...