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Commodores
Commodores
American funk/soul band
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Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers
American country singer and songwriter (1938-2020)
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Richard Marx
Richard Marx
American singer and songwriter
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Sheila E.
Sheila E.
American singer and percussionist
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Jeffrey Osborne
Jeffrey Osborne
American singer
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Natalie Cole
Natalie Cole
American singer and songwriter
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Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias
Spanish singer
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James Ingram
James Ingram
American singer–songwriter and record producer
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RedOne
RedOne
Moroccan–Swedish singer, songwriter, record producer and record executive
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Luther Vandross
Luther Vandross
American singer, songwriter, and record producer (1951-2005)
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Milan Williams
Milan Williams
American musician
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John Robinson
John Robinson
American drummer (*1954)
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Tamia
Tamia
Canadian musician and singer
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Diana Ross
Diana Ross
American vocalist, music artist and actress
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Greg Phillinganes
Greg Phillinganes
American keyboardist
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Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan
American singer-songwriter
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Patti LaBelle
Patti LaBelle
American singer-songwriter and actress
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Betty Wright
Betty Wright
American singer
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Dean Pitchford
Dean Pitchford
American songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, and novelist
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Donna Summer
Donna Summer
American singer and songwriter
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Billy Ocean
Billy Ocean
singer-songwriter
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Steve Hurley
Steve Hurley
American DJ
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Daryl Hall & John Oates
Daryl Hall & John Oates
American musical duo composed of Daryl Hall and John Oates
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Leo Sayer
Leo Sayer
British singer-songwriter, musician, and entertainer
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Lemar
Lemar
English R&B singer–songwriter
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Don Schlitz
Don Schlitz
American country singer-songwriter
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Jerry Ragovoy
Jerry Ragovoy
American songwriter and record producer
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Tina Turner
Tina Turner
American-born singer, dancer, actress, and author; naturalized Swiss citizen
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Gladys Knight & the Pips
Gladys Knight & the Pips
American R&B/soul band
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Keith Urban
Keith Urban
New Zealand-born Australian country music singer
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Ronnie Milsap
Ronnie Milsap
American recording artist; country music singer and pianist
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Boyz II Men
Boyz II Men
American rhythm & blues vocal group
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CeCe Peniston
CeCe Peniston
American singer
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Rodney Crowell
Rodney Crowell
American musician
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Blue Magic
Blue Magic
American R&B and soul group
Intro
American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor
Record Labels
Awards Received
Humanitarian of the Year
Johnny Mercer Award
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Nominated For
Grammy Award for Song of the Year
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Member of, past and present
Alpha Phi Alpha

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Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and television personality. During the 1970s, he recorded with the funk band the Commodores, and his solo career made him one of the most successful balladeers of the 1980s.

Beginning in 1968, Richie was a member of the Commodores. The Commodores became established as a popular soul group; their first several albums had a danceable, funky sound, as in such tracks as "Machine Gun" and "Brick House". Over time, Richie wrote and sang more romantic, easy-listening ballads such as "Easy", "Three Times a Lady", "Still", and the breakup ballad "Sail On". Richie launched a solo career in 1982 and his 1982 debut solo album, Lionel Richie, contained three hit singles: the U.S. number-one song "Truly", and the top five hits "You Are" and "My Love". The album hit No. 3 on the music charts and sold over four million copies. His 1983 follow-up album, Can't Slow Down, sold over twice as many copies, propelling him into the first rank of international superstars. He also co-wrote the 1985 charity single "We Are the World" with Michael Jackson, which sold over 20 million copies.

Over the course of his career, Richie has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. He won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for Can't Slow Down, and his other Grammy Awards include Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) in 1985 and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Truly" in 1983. Richie has also been nominated for two Golden Globe awards and won one. In 1982, he was nominated for Best Original Song for the film Endless Love. In 1986, he won the Golden Globe award for Best Original Song for "Say You, Say Me", featured in the film White Nights. The song also won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. In 2016, Richie received the Songwriters Hall of Fame's highest honor, the Johnny Mercer Award. He has served with Luke Bryan and Katy Perry as a judge for the singing competition American Idol since its move to ABC from the Fox network, since 2018.