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"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 ...
American vocalist Oleta Adams covered and released the song in 1990, reaching the top five in both the US and the UK with her version. Adams's version of "Get Here", co-produced by Roland Orzabal from the band Tears for Fears (for whom she had performed the female vocals on the hit single "Woman in Chains" a year earlier), became her signature ...
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.
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.
Oleta Angela Adams (born May 4, 1953) is an American singer, pianist, and songwriter. She found limited success during the early 1980s, before gaining fame via her contributions to Tears for Fears ' international chart-topping album The Seeds of Love (1989).
The Definitive Collection is a greatest hits album by American pop musician Lionel Richie. The album was initially released in the US as a one-disc compilation in February 2003. A limited edition release of the US version included a bonus disc with rare extra tracks. [ 2 ]
Lionel Richie’s eldest child, daughter Nicole Richie, was born on Sept. 21, 1981, to Karen Moss and Peter Michael Escovedo (who was in Lionel’s band at the time).
Lionel Richie/Commodores Gold is a two disc compilation album by American R&B singer Lionel Richie and American Funk and soul band Commodores, released on January 10, 2006. [2] It contains songs from both his successful solo career and as part of the band the Commodores .