Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on 20 June 1949; Lionel Richie is a singer, songwriter and producer. As a student in Tuskegee he joined the Commodores in 1968, for whom he wrote among others “Still”, “Sail On”, “Easy” and their first number-one hit “Three Times a Lady”. For “Say You, Say Me” from the film “White Nights” he received the 1986 Academy Award for Best Original Song. In 2016 the Songwriters Hall of Fame gave him the Johnny Mercer Award, in 2017 he received the Kennedy Center Honors, and in 2022 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On the gala recording Doc Heilein and Friends Gala 2021 – Joyful (2022) he is represented with “We Are the World”, which he wrote with Michael Jackson in 1985 for the USA for Africa project and which won the Grammy for Song of the Year in 1986.
Lionel Richie
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