this singer is once twice three times
the Entertainer yes you once twice three
times leave welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re taking a look at the life
and career of Lionel Richie Lionel
Richie was born June 20th 1949 in
Tuskegee Alabama he grew up on the
campus of the historically black
Tuskegee Institute where he was
introduced to a melting pot of musical
influences like gospel country pop soul
and classical his family later relocated
to Joliet Illinois where the soon to be
hit composer graduated from high school
Richie then returned to the Tuskegee
Institute on a tennis scholarship and
studied economics while attending
University Ritchie joined several
students in a soul group that eventually
became known as the Commodores
at first they played small club shows
but struggle to break into the
mainstream but soon an opening gig for
the Jackson 5 led to a contract with
Motown Records where the Commodores
really began to flourish the group’s
first few albums were funky upbeat dance
oriented efforts that featured hit
singles like 1974’s machine gun and 1977
s brick house
as time went on the Commodore is adopted
a softer more romantic ballad type sound
which is where they found their groove
some of their most memorable ballads
were written and performed by Richie
himself most notably the number-one
single still and three times a lady in
1980 Ritchie’s career as a songwriter
and producer was given a boost when he
wrote Kenny Rogers number one hit lady
his 1981 duet with Diana Ross for the
film endless love proved to be another
milestone in Richie’s career outside of
the Commodores as it topped the US
charts and was eventually named the
number one duet of all time with
momentum in his corner
Richie released his first solo album the
next year the self title R&B release
climbed to number three on the charts
and produced the Grammy winning number
one track truly
he quickly followed that with two
top-five singles you are and my love
Ritchie’s second album 1983’s can’t slow
down was an even bigger triumph as it
topped the Billboard charts and stayed
in the top 10 for all of 1984 it also
won the Grammy for album of the year and
contained two of Ritchie’s biggest hits
the Caribbean tinged all night long all
night and the love ballad hello
is me
the BlackBerry Manilow continued
thriving through the rest of the 80s he
won an Oscar for the number-one pop song
say you say me from the 1985 film white
knights and co-wrote the chart-topping
charity single we are the world with
Michael Jackson
Richi released his third album dancing
on the ceiling in 1986
despite reaching the number one spot on
the Billboard charts the effort left
critics less than thrilled
however Ritchie did find some country
success with the single deep river woman
featuring country group Alabama
with his work schedule beginning to take
its toll
Ritchie took a break from music to look
after his dying father in the late 1980s
he returned to recording in 1992 with
the greatest hits collection back to
front which contained three new songs
unfortunately Ricci was unable to
reclaim his former glory in the 1990s
with the album’s louder than words and
time the next decade also saw Ricci
achieve only modest commercial sales in
the US with the discs Rena sauce just
for you coming home and just go he did
however find some European success with
these records and even saw a surge in
the popularity of his older work in
several Arab states where he also made
performances after years of recording
pop soul and R&B music Ritchie took the
country route in 2012
named after his hometown the album
tuskegee offered recordings of his
classic songs performed with various
country stars with respect to his
personal life Ritchie’s two marriages
produced three children including
adopted daughter and television
personality Nicole Richie Lionel Richie
is a talented singer songwriter and
composer who has given the musical world
some of the greatest love songs of all
time while continuing to be a pioneer in
contemporary R&B with his boundless
energy
Richie shows he can truly entertain his
fans all night long
the Entertainer yes you once twice three
times leave welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re taking a look at the life
and career of Lionel Richie Lionel
Richie was born June 20th 1949 in
Tuskegee Alabama he grew up on the
campus of the historically black
Tuskegee Institute where he was
introduced to a melting pot of musical
influences like gospel country pop soul
and classical his family later relocated
to Joliet Illinois where the soon to be
hit composer graduated from high school
Richie then returned to the Tuskegee
Institute on a tennis scholarship and
studied economics while attending
University Ritchie joined several
students in a soul group that eventually
became known as the Commodores
at first they played small club shows
but struggle to break into the
mainstream but soon an opening gig for
the Jackson 5 led to a contract with
Motown Records where the Commodores
really began to flourish the group’s
first few albums were funky upbeat dance
oriented efforts that featured hit
singles like 1974’s machine gun and 1977
s brick house
as time went on the Commodore is adopted
a softer more romantic ballad type sound
which is where they found their groove
some of their most memorable ballads
were written and performed by Richie
himself most notably the number-one
single still and three times a lady in
1980 Ritchie’s career as a songwriter
and producer was given a boost when he
wrote Kenny Rogers number one hit lady
his 1981 duet with Diana Ross for the
film endless love proved to be another
milestone in Richie’s career outside of
the Commodores as it topped the US
charts and was eventually named the
number one duet of all time with
momentum in his corner
Richie released his first solo album the
next year the self title R&B release
climbed to number three on the charts
and produced the Grammy winning number
one track truly
he quickly followed that with two
top-five singles you are and my love
Ritchie’s second album 1983’s can’t slow
down was an even bigger triumph as it
topped the Billboard charts and stayed
in the top 10 for all of 1984 it also
won the Grammy for album of the year and
contained two of Ritchie’s biggest hits
the Caribbean tinged all night long all
night and the love ballad hello
is me
the BlackBerry Manilow continued
thriving through the rest of the 80s he
won an Oscar for the number-one pop song
say you say me from the 1985 film white
knights and co-wrote the chart-topping
charity single we are the world with
Michael Jackson
Richi released his third album dancing
on the ceiling in 1986
despite reaching the number one spot on
the Billboard charts the effort left
critics less than thrilled
however Ritchie did find some country
success with the single deep river woman
featuring country group Alabama
with his work schedule beginning to take
its toll
Ritchie took a break from music to look
after his dying father in the late 1980s
he returned to recording in 1992 with
the greatest hits collection back to
front which contained three new songs
unfortunately Ricci was unable to
reclaim his former glory in the 1990s
with the album’s louder than words and
time the next decade also saw Ricci
achieve only modest commercial sales in
the US with the discs Rena sauce just
for you coming home and just go he did
however find some European success with
these records and even saw a surge in
the popularity of his older work in
several Arab states where he also made
performances after years of recording
pop soul and R&B music Ritchie took the
country route in 2012
named after his hometown the album
tuskegee offered recordings of his
classic songs performed with various
country stars with respect to his
personal life Ritchie’s two marriages
produced three children including
adopted daughter and television
personality Nicole Richie Lionel Richie
is a talented singer songwriter and
composer who has given the musical world
some of the greatest love songs of all
time while continuing to be a pioneer in
contemporary R&B with his boundless
energy
Richie shows he can truly entertain his
fans all night long
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