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Ingram, older than the rest of the band, left to serve in Vietnam, and was later replaced by drummer Walter "Clyde" Orange, who wrote or co-wrote many of their hits. [7] Lionel Richie and Orange alternated as lead singers. Orange was the lead singer on the Top 10 hits "Brick House" (1977) and "Nightshift" (1985).
Lead vocals were handled by drummer/percussionist Walter "Clyde" Orange and pianist/saxophonist Lionel Richie. The third track on Caught In The Act , "The Bump", composed by group keyboardist Milan Williams , is an edited version of the fourth track in their preceding hit album, Machine Gun .
The second single to be released, "I Feel Sanctified", reached number 12 on the R&B charts, and concerns a man spiritually blessed by his girlfriend's love. The song has Ronald LaPread on bass guitar, Walter "Clyde" Orange on drums, while Lionel Richie and William King contributed horn arrangements.
The album reached number 29 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and number seven on the R&B albums chart. The only single released from the album, "Sweet Love", a mid-tempo ballad about "the virtues of peace and harmony during troubled times," [2] reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1976, making it the group's first top ten hit on the chart.
"Too Hot ta Trot" is a song by R&B/funk band, the Commodores. The song is written in E major.. The track on their 1977 live album Commodores Live!, and it spent a week at number one on the R&B singles chart and peaked at number twenty-four on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1978.
William King, Ronald LaPread, Thomas McClary, Walter Orange, Lionel Richie, Milan Williams 4:13 4 "Living on the Edge" Betty Reynolds, Sheldon Reynolds 4:16 5 "Let's Get Busy" Willie Hutch, J.D. Nicholas, Tyron Stanton 3:40 6 "Everything Reminds Me of You" Jimmy George, Lou Pardini 4:28 7 "Missing You" Chuck Cymone, J.D. Nicholas, Sheldon Reynolds
Commodores 13 is the tenth studio album (and thirteenth overall, including two greatest-hits compilations and a live album) by the Commodores, released in 1983 on Motown Records. [3]
A musical version, written, produced, and recorded by Walter "Clyde" Orange, a founding member, lead vocalist, and principal lyricist of the musical group The Commodores, and Lucas and Adrian Rezza of 80Empire and was officially recognized as one of the official state songs of Florida by the Florida Senate in 2013. [1] [2]