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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 ...
"Lady (You Bring Me Up)" is a 1981 hit single by the Commodores. In the United States, it peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 5 on the Billboard R&B singles chart.
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]
"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.
It was produced by James Anthony Carmichael and Commodores. It was Commodores' first number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100, topping the chart for two weeks on August 12, 1978, and also reached number one on the soul chart for two weeks. [6] It was the only Motown song to reach the top 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 that year.
"Brick House" is a song from the Commodores' 1977 self-titled album (released as Zoom in the UK). The single peaked at number 5 in the U.S. and number 32 in the UK Singles Chart . [ 3 ]
Live!, or Commodores Live!, is a live album by the American band Commodores, released in 1977. The album reached number 3 on the Billboard 200 chart. [2] The album was recorded during the Commodores' 1976–1977 coast-to-coast US tour, primarily during their Atlanta and Washington D.C. shows. The last track, "Too Hot ta Trot", is a studio ...
"Oh No" is an R&B ballad from the 1981 Commodores album In the Pocket. Written by Lionel Richie , the song was released as a single in 1981, being his last hit with the Commodores before going solo. Similarities of the song's opening bars can be heard in Richie's 1981 duet " Endless Love " with Diana Ross .