Lionel Richie

By Nishan

Lionel Richie was born on June 20 1949 as Lionel Brockman Richie Junior. He is a well know songwriter, American singer and a producer. To date Lionel Richie has sold more than 100 million records. You will have heard his songs on many different singles, albums and even on movie tracks. The radio is another medium where you can hear some of his soulful music being played when you are looking for soul soothing music.

During the early days of Lionel Richie’s career he was part of a group that was known as the Commodores. They are popular for songs like “Night Shift”,” Brick House” and “Machine Gun”. Later on Lionel Richie separated from the group and began a solo career for himself. He sang well known easy listening songs like “Three Times a Lady”, “Still” and “Easy”. This was only the beginnings of his musical career. Soon after this Lionel was asked if he would compose songs for other singers like Kenny Rodgers.

You will also find that in 1981 Diana Ross together with Lionel released a hugely popular theme song from the movie “Endless Love”. This song top the music charts in both the UK and the US. It became one of Motown’s biggest hits. On the heels of this success Lionel Richie seriously embarked on his solo career. From this point on you could hear songs like “All Night Long”, “Hello”, and “Dancing on the Ceiling”.

Lionel Richie is one of the music world success stories. Today you can hear people in various parts of the world listening to and singing his songs even if they don’t know a word of English. As a famous singer, songwriter and producer Lionel Richie has touched our lives with his fantastic music. No matter what your age you will love listening to his easy going ballads and letting them stir your soul with stunning harmonies.

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