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"Hello" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lionel Richie. Taken as the third single from his second solo album, Can't Slow Down (1983), the song was released in 1984 and reached number one on three Billboard music charts: the pop chart (for two weeks), the R&B chart (for three weeks), [4] and the Adult Contemporary chart (for six weeks).
Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, 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.
Can't Slow Down is the second solo studio album by American recording artist Lionel Richie.It was released on October 14, 1983, by Motown Records. [5]Can't Slow Down has been certified Diamond by the RIAA, selling over 10 million copies [6] in the United States and over 20 million copies worldwide, making it Richie's best-selling album, and one of the best-selling albums of the 1980s.
Lionel Richie fans have long wondered about that clay sculpture in the “Hello” video. The musician revealed he reason it doesn't quite capture his likeness.
Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind & Fire in Memphis: Sing A Song All Night Long Tour Wednesday, May 29, at FedExForum, 191 Beale St. Tickets: $25-$127; available at Ticketmaster.com
Written by Commodores lead singer Lionel Richie, the song is a slow ballad expressing a man's relief as a relationship ends. Rather than being depressed about the break-up, he states that he is instead "easy like Sunday morning"—something that Richie described as evocative of "small Southern towns that die at 11:30pm" on a Saturday night, such as his hometown Tuskegee, Alabama. [6]
Her dad, Lionel Richie, included the song on 1986’s Dancing on the Ceiling. But the screen name did lead to a funny misunderstanding. “One day, we were exchanging, screen names or whatever ...
Tuskegee is the tenth studio album by American singer Lionel Richie, released on March 5, 2012, by Mercury Records.The album consists entirely of reinterpretations of previously released songs by Richie, each performed with a different guest artist, all of which are stars in the country music genre.