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"Easy" is a song by American band Commodores from their fifth studio album, Commodores (1977), released on the Motown label. Group member Lionel Richie wrote "Easy" with the intention of it becoming another crossover hit for the group given the success of a previous single, "Just to Be Close to You", which spent two weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart (now known as ...
American vocalist Oleta Adams covered and released the song in 1990, reaching the top five in both the US and the UK with her version. Adams's version of "Get Here", co-produced by Roland Orzabal from the band Tears for Fears (for whom she had performed the female vocals on the hit single "Woman in Chains" a year earlier), became her signature ...
Lionel Richie/Commodores Gold is a two disc compilation album by American R&B singer Lionel Richie and American Funk and soul band Commodores, released on January 10, 2006. [2] It contains songs from both his successful solo career and as part of the band the Commodores .
Richie was born on June 20, 1949, in Tuskegee, Alabama, the son of Lionel Brockman Richie (1915–1990), [11] a U.S. Army systems analyst, and Alberta R. Foster (1917–2001), [12] a teacher and school principal. His grandmother Adelaide Mary Brown was a pianist who played classical music.
Lionel Richie is the debut solo studio album by American singer Lionel Richie, released on October 6, 1982, on Motown Records. Originally intended as a side project at the suggestion of Motown, it was recorded and released while Richie was still a member of the Commodores ; he left the group shortly after the album's release.
The Definitive Collection is a greatest hits album by American pop musician Lionel Richie. The album was initially released in the US as a one-disc compilation in February 2003. A limited edition release of the US version included a bonus disc with rare extra tracks. [ 2 ]
Lionel Richie’s eldest child, daughter Nicole Richie, was born on Sept. 21, 1981, to Karen Moss and Peter Michael Escovedo (who was in Lionel’s band at the time).
"Get Here" - 4:35 "I've Got To Sing My Song" - 4:02 "You've Got To Give Me Room" - 5:15 "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" - 5:54 "I Just Had To Hear Your Voice" - 3:39 "Hold Me For A While" - 5:09 "The Day I Stop Loving You" - 5:02 "My Heart Won't Lie" - 4:41 "When Love Comes To The Rescue" - 5:14 "Window Of Hope" - 4:21