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Commodores
The Commodores came together as students at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, and for a while they were two bands at once: a hard-hitting funk outfit behind instrumentals like "Machine Gun" and a smooth soul group that could stop a room with a ballad. Lionel Richie's songwriting tilted them toward the ballads, and "Easy," "Three Times a Lady," and "Sail On" made them one of the biggest R&B acts of the late seventies. Even after Richie left in the early eighties, they carried on and found another hit with "Nightshift," their warm tribute to Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson.
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Commodores (1977). It captures both sides of the band at their peak: the slow, easy sway of "Easy" on one hand and the hard funk of "Brick House" on the other.
Biography
Commodores, often billed as the Commodores, are an American funk and soul group. The group's most successful period was in the late 1970s and early 1980s when Lionel Richie was the co-lead singer.
The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972, having first caught the public eye opening for the Jackson 5 while on tour.
The band's biggest hit singles are ballads such as "Easy", "Three Times a Lady", and "Nightshift"; and funk-influenced dance songs, including "Brick House", "Fancy Dancer", "Lady (You Bring Me Up)", and "Too Hot ta Trot".
Commodores were inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame and Vocal Group Hall of Fame. The band has also won one Grammy Award out of nine nominations. The Commodores have sold over 70 million albums worldwide.
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Studio albums
Discography
Official studio albums and EPs.
- 1993XX No TricksAlbum
- 1992ChristmasAlbum
- 1988Rock SolidAlbum
- 1986UnitedAlbum
- 1985NightshiftAlbum
- 1983Commodores 13Album
- 1983UprisingAlbum
- 1981In the PocketAlbum
- 1980HeroesAlbum
- 1979Midnight MagicAlbum
- 1978Natural HighAlbum
- 1977CommodoresAlbum
- 1976Hot on the TracksAlbum
- 1975Movin’ OnAlbum
- 1975Caught in the ActAlbum
- 1974Machine GunAlbum
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