Lionel Richie, pop music artist from Tuskegee, Alabama, USA
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About · Lionel Richie

Born 1949 · Tuskegee, Alabama, USA · pop music, soul · Motown

Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and television personality. He rose to fame in the 1970s as a songwriter and the co-lead singer of the Motown group Commodores; writing and recording the hit singles "Easy", "Sail On", "Three Times a Lady", and "Still" with the group before his departure. In 1980, he wrote and produced the US Billboard Hot 100 number one single "Lady" for Kenny Rogers. In 1981, Richie wrote and produced the single "Endless Love", which he recorded as a duet with Diana Ross; it remains among the top 20… via Wikipedia

Awards: Humanitarian of the Year; Johnny Mercer Award; star on Hollywood Walk of Fame; Grammy Award for Album of the Year for “Can't Slow Down”; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Say You, Say Me”

Discography

Lionel Richie’s studio albums / EPs · 11

Influenced by

Artists who shaped Lionel Richie’s sound