I am not the show,” Lionel Richie declared to the O2 Arena. “The show is the audience.” That might have sounded a tad rich ...

He had a flush of ideas. Lionel Richie revealed Thursday that he wrote the second verse of his hit “Lady” while sitting on the toilet. Richie, 73, made the unsanitary claim while appearing on ...

Is it Lionel Richie you're looking for ... I think I want to do 'Lady' first,'" Richie recalled. "Now, what he didn't know was I only had written the first verse of 'Lady.'" ...

Poor misguided Lionel!’ ” In the end ... Richie's father and mother inspired “Three Times a Lady” Richie wrote the Commodores’ 1978 breakthrough hit, “Three Times a Lady,” after ...

But the toilet? Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Lionel Richie finally confirmed a long-running story about the latrine-spiration for the second verse of “Lady,” the hit 1980 song he wrote for pal ...

But, turning 75 next week, Lionel Richie is, to steal the title of one his many global hits, a man who inspires ‘endless love.’ From Hello to Three Times a Lady, his repertoire of beautifully ...

it’s hard to do much better than “Three Times a Lady” by The Commodores. The song became the band’s first No. 1 pop hit, and was one of the biggest songs of 1978. While Lionel Richie ...

Poor misguided Lionel!’ ” In the end ... rest of [his] life trying to pay him off for ‘Three Times a Lady.’ ” When Richie’s father became ill, the singer took time off to take care ...

Lionel Richie’s late parents ... including “Three Times a Lady” and “Goodbye." Richie always had a special relationship with his late folks. Speaking to PEOPLE in February 2022, the ...