“I just signed five guys all claiming to be the next Lionel Richie.” And he said, “I just thought for a minute I‘ve got Lionel Richie already. Would you give me a Lionel Richie album?” ...

Hello country music — is it Lionel Richie ... his first-ever country album — decades after scoring his first hit in the genre with Kenny Rogers' "Lady," written by Richie, 73.

Lionel Richie (born ... a degree in economics in 1974. Richie first rose to fame in the late 1960s as a member of the funk and soul band Commodores, which signed with Motown and produced hits ...