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Lionel Richie
For nearly thirty years Lionel Richie has never looked back as a performer. From fronting his group the Commodores - the premier R&B pop unit of the seventies - he became the most popular singer/songwriter in the world by the eighties. A decade later he was the ultimate star entertainer with a 'nice... Read more
Published: 2009
Pages: 200
eBook: 9781845531850
For nearly thirty years Lionel Richie has never looked back as a performer. From fronting his group the Commodores - the premier R&B pop unit of the seventies - he became the most popular singer/songwriter in the world by the eighties. A decade later he was the ultimate star entertainer with a 'nice guy' image. The Lionel Richie story is about a five-time Grammy winner who has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide. For nine consecutive years he had no 1 singles in America, a feat matched only by Irving Berlin. It is also the story of two broken marriages, personal insecurities, near-death experiences and an insight into the man behind a success story that broke the rules. Lionel Richie is the first book written about Lionel Richie and the Commodores and draws on Sharon Davis' unique access to the Motown archive, her numerous in depth interviews with Richie, as well as her time as the Comodores' publicist.
| Cover | Cover | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Contents | v | ||
| Preface | vii | ||
| 1 Keep on Dancing | 2 | ||
| 2 Machine Gun | 16 | ||
| 3 Three Times a Lady | 27 | ||
| 4 Endless Love | 45 | ||
| 5 Truly | 63 | ||
| 6 Hello | 76 | ||
| 7 We are the World | 92 | ||
| 8 Dancing on the Ceiling | 103 | ||
| 9 Don’t Wanna Lose You | 115 | ||
| 10 Angel | 135 | ||
| 11 Just for You | 149 | ||
| Discography | 166 | ||
| Bibliography | 169 | ||
| Index | 172 | ||
| Index of Songs and Albums | 188 |