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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).
The concept for the video was created by Keith Williams, a Welsh-born writer who had already worked with Abelson on the video for "Dancin' With Myself" , and who would go on to also create concepts for "Holding Out for a Hero" (Bonnie Tyler) and "Ghostbusters" (Ray Parker Jr.) for the same producer as well as "Say You Say Me" (Lionel Richie ...
Next up was making the first music video to ever feature dialogue, as Giraldi directed Pat Benatar's "Love Is a Battlefield" soon after, before directing Lionel Richie's "Hello". He directed Michael Jackson again, this time with Paul McCartney, for their song Say Say Say. [12]
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 Diana Ross had originally recorded "Endless Love" in 1981, and the song spent nine weeks at number 1. Although Luther's album was already set to contain one Lionel Richie composition, "Hello", it was obvious that having the most-popular female artist on the Sony label singing on the album would be a benefit. [39]
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
"All Night Long (All Night)" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lionel Richie from his second solo album, Can't Slow Down (1983). The song combined Richie's Commodores style with Caribbean influences. The single reached number one on three Billboard charts (pop, R&B and adult contemporary). [5]
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.