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"Nightshift" is a 1985 song by the Commodores and the title track from their album of the same name. The song was written by lead singer Walter Orange in collaboration with Dennis Lambert and Franne Golde as a tribute to soul/R&B singers Jackie Wilson and Marvin Gaye , both of whom died in 1984.
Nightshift is the Commodores' second studio album without Lionel Richie, who left the band in 1982, and their last studio album with their original bass guitarist Ronald LaPread. Their previous album Commodores 13 (1983) had featured interim lead vocalist Harold Hudson of Mean Machine. [ 9 ]
The Very Best of Commodores is an album by Commodores, released in November 1985 by Telstar Records. [1] The album peaked at No. 25 on the UK Top Albums chart and has been certified Gold in the UK by the BPI. [2] [3]
Commodores, often billed as The Commodores, is an American funk and soul group. The group's most successful period was in the late 1970s and early 1980s when Lionel Richie was the co-lead singer. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University ) in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972 ...
In the United States, it peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 5 on the Billboard R&B singles chart. It reached No. 56 on the UK Singles Chart. It reached No. 56 on the UK Singles Chart. It was written by Commodores member William King , his wife, Shirley, and Harold Hudson, a member of the Commodores' backing group, The Mean Machine.
In 1972, the Commodores signed with Berry Gordy and Motown Records. McClary spent 15 years as the lead guitarist for the Commodores. His guitar solo in the Commodores song "Easy" earned him his first write-up in Rolling Stone and was called "one of the best solo guitar performances of all time" by writer Dave Thompson. [ 1 ]
5 — 2 — — 16 — — — 16 32 Movin' On: 1976 "Just to Be Close to You" 7 — 1 94 — 19 — — — — 62 Hot on the Tracks: 1977 "Fancy Dancer" 39 — 9 — — 65 — — — — — "Easy" 4 14 1 75 — 12 — — 24 9 9 UK: Platinum [25] Commodores "Brick House" A: 5 — 4 — 30 24 — — 15 2 32 US: Gold [26] 1978 "Too Hot ta ...
"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 ...