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"Endless Love": Lionel Richie
distinguished singer-songwrit^-instrumentalist-producers in contemporary
music and an artist whose extraordinary success prompted Rotting Stone to
headline an article, “ Lionel Richie: King o f the Pop Charts.
Given the influence Richie exerts on the contemporary music scene and
his stylistic adventurousness— he moves easily from rhythm A blues to pop
to country— the making o f a solo album which fully underlined his talents
and personal vision was inevitable.
As a member o f the platinum group the Commodores. Richie has com
posed and sung the band's biggest hits— "Easy,
Three Times A Lady,
"S a il O n ," and “ S till." Stephen Holden, w riting in Rotting Stone, called
these songs "flow ing ballads that have made him the contemporary equiv
alent of Nat King C o le." Richie's first assignment as a record producer out
side the Commodores was Kenny Rogers’ m u lti-m illio n single. Lady.
W ritten by Richie, the song achieved the Number One position on the pop,
soul, country and adult contemporary charts. Richie’s first film credit was
as composer and producer o f two songs sung by Diana Ross and himself as
duets in Franco Z e ffire lli's Endless Love. Significantly. "Endless Love
holds the longest Number One positin on Billboard's pop charts in Motown
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Lionel Richie was born on June 20. 1949 on the campus o f Tuskegee In
stitute near Montgomery, Alabama Lionel was asked to join a band called
the Jays while he was in his freshman year at Tuskegee and considered be
coming either a marketing executive, fighter pilot or Episcopal priest
During summer vacations, the group worked in Canada and Europe and
recorded one album for Atlantic Records. They were signed as opening act
for a series o f Jackson J concerts and toured w ith the Jacksons fo r 2 Vi
years M otow n Records, then the Jackson 5's label, eventually signed the
group, later renamed the Commodores. Lionel became a protege of M o
town songwriters N orm an W h itfie ld and H a l Davis and by the tim e the
Commodores were ready to record, they were equipped to cut hits.
As Richie’s success as a composer won extensive recognition and other
artists began covering songs like "Sail O n " and “ S till," he received numer
ous offers to produce outside acts. Perhaps the most surprising one came
from Kenny Rogers. " Y o u d o n 't think o f someone who's that successful
keeping track o f who's making hit records, and who's writing them ." says
Lionel. "B ut Kenny follows that very carefully and really knows and cares
"Lionel Richie." the singer's Istest elbum . cen be purchased now
et the House of Sound. MKM N W lllletps Ave. The elbum is on sels
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“ I must keep moving 'til I find m e ," sings Lionel Richie in "W andering
Stranger,” one o f the pivotal songs from his long-awaited debut album as a
solo artist, Lionet Richie, on M otow n Records. It's a powerful moment—
Richie doesn't simply sing the lyric but caresses it and the song moves be
yond its own territory and acquires a compelling mythic quality. W ithout a
doubt the new
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Well-prepared to cope with the never-ending pressures which come with
stardom, Richie was recently described by the Los Angeles Times as "gener
ous, bright, compassionate, modest, mild mannered, dedicated and an un
wavering positive thinker." W ith his wife Brenda. Lionel spends part of the
year in Tuskegee and the rest in their Beverly Hills home
W ith the arrival o f his debut solo album, Lionel Richie has begun an ex
citing new chapter in his musical journal. “ I used to think I knew this guy
called Lionel Richie. Now I think I'm going to sit back and figure out who
he is all over again because he's surprising me now. 1 thought I used to
know my limitations. It's one thing to own a Ferrari and it's another to take
it as fast as it can go. I've found that I've had this Ferrari for a long time,
but I've only been going 60 miles per hour in it. I ’ m testing it now— to see
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