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The funk-soul Commodores met at Tuskegee Institute in 1968, signed to Motown ... the vocals, and Richie plays saxophone. If the lyrics seem offensive, don’t blame the Commodores. The band needed ...

"I signed, 'Love to Sarah, from Lionel Richie!'" Robinson replied while he ... Robinson released a new album on April 25 titled, "What the World Needs Now," featuring Robinson's covers of ...

Richie: We kept hearing ... but that’s why it worked. Bryan: When Lionel and I came in, we remembered the years where some of the show’s identity may have gotten lost a little bit.

Poor misguided Lionel!’ ” In the end, his musical ambitions worked out. The Commodores signed a record deal with Atlantic Records in 1968 and later supported The Jackson 5. Richie wrote the ...

Lionel Richie is ready to say "hello" to his new American Idol colleague: Carrie Underwood. Days after the "Before He Cheats" singer—who won season four of the ABC competition series in 2005 ...

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 ...

He convinced her to come to Nashville, where she quickly signed ... His sixth album in the genre, “Carolyn’s Boy,” came out in 2023. Kenny Rogers, left, with Lionel Richie in 1980, as ...

Hailing from Tuskegee, Alabama, the Commodores met at Tuskegee Institute in 1968, and signed to Motown in 1972 ... released in 1979 as a single from their album Midnight Magic. The song was written by ...

They didn’t speak a lot of English, but they had Lionel Richie albums, Kenny Rogers albums, and they were always playing “We Are the World.” I had personal connections to it, but I wasn’t ...

(Learn about baby boomers still making great albums.) To compile a list of the ... No doubt, one of the biggest musicians from Alabama is Lionel Richie. Born Lionel Brockman Richie Jr., Lionel ...