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RICHIE Lionel
(voc)

Personal Data:

Born:

20.06.1949

(Tuskegee, Alabama, USA)

Appearances:

1969-82

The Commodores

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Lionel Richie	10/1982	Motown		9	1
2.	Can't Slow Down produced by: Lionel Richie/James Anthony Carmichael	11.10.1983	Motown		1	1
3.	Dancin' On The Ceiling	8/1986	Motown		2	1
4.	Composer	1989
5.	Back To Front	4/1992	Motown		1	19
6.	Louder Than Words	01.04.1996	Mercury		11	28
7.	Truly - The Love Songs	08.12.1997	Motor		7
8.	Time	29.06.1998	Mercury		31
9.	Renaissance	22.11.2000	Mercury		6	62
10.	Encore! Live at Wembley Arena (in the USA 28.9.2004, Island)	25.11.2002	Mercury		8
11.	The Definitive Collection	04.02.2003	UTV
12.	Outrageous Tour Live	04.02.2003	Northern Blues
13.	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection	07.10.2003	Motown			63
14.	The Definitive Collection & The Commodores	11/2003	Motown/UMTV		1	19
15.	Just For You produced by: Mark Taylor	3/2004	Island		5	47
16.	Gold & The Commodores (2CD)	10.01.2006	Hip-O
17.	Soul Legends & The Commodores	12.09.2006	Universal International
18.	Coming Home	12.09.2006	Def Jam/Island		15	6
19.	Live - His Greatest Hits And More	11.09.2007	Island		91
20.	Definitive Collection	11.12.2007	Motown			60
21.	Best of Lionel Richie: Green Series	29.04.2008	Universal
22.	Symphonica in Rosso	11/2008	Universal
23.	Collection & The Commodores	17.02.2009	Universal
24.	Just Go	17.02.2009	Island		10	24
25.	The Best Collection	24.11.2009
26.	Tuskegee	02.03.2012	Mercury		7	1
27.	Icon	25.09.2012	Motown
28.	The Ultimate Collection	05.08.2016	Motown
29.	Hello From Las Vegas	23.08.2019	Capitol			2

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Endless Love & Diana Ross	7/1981	Motown	7	1
2.	Truly	9/1982	Motown	5	1
3.	You Are	21.01.1983	Motown	43	2
4.	My Love	22.04.1983	Motown	70	5
5.	All Night Long / Wandering Stranger	23.09.1983	Motown	1	1
6.	Running With The Night	11/1983	Motown	9	7
7.	Hello	2/1984	Motown	1	1
8.	Stuck On You	6/1984	Motown	8	3
9.	Penny Lover	9/1984	Motown	14	8
10.	Say You, Say Me	10/1985	Motown	8	1
11.	Dancing On The Ceiling	7/1986	Motown	2	2
12.	Love Will Conquer All	9/1986	Motown	45	9
13.	Ballerina Girl	11/1986	Motown	10	7
14.	Deep River Woman	1/1987			71
15.	Se La	3/1987	Motown	38	20
16.	Do It To Me	21.04.1992	Motown	28	21
17.	My Destiny	28.07.1992	Motown	7
18.	Love Oh Love	16.11.1992		52
19.	Don't Wanna Lose You	11.03.1996	Mercury	17	39
20.	Ordinary Girl	01.07.1996	Mercury
21.	Still In Love	18.11.1996	Mercury	66
22.	Climbing	12/1996
23.	The Closest Thing To Heaven	22.06.1998	Mercury	26
24.	Angel	02.10.2000	Island	18	70
25.	Don't Stop The Music	12/2000	Mercury	34
26.	Tender Heart	3/2001	Mercury	29
27.	Cinderella	5/2001
28.	I Forgot	6/2001	Mercury	34
29.	Drive	6/2001
30.	All Night Long & The Summerheadz	22.07.2002
31.	To Love A Woman & Enrique Iglesias	4/2003	Mercury	19
32.	Club Culture Club Compilation (Vinyl Pack Volume Four Of Four) (Ain't Nobody / All Night Long / Don't Stop The Music / Brazillian Rhyme / All Night Long / Back 2 Life / Outstanding / Don't Look) & Chaka Khan & Rufus & Yarbrough & Peoples & Earth Wind & Fire & Mary Jane Girls & Soul 2 Soul & Gap Band & Dennis Edwards	27.10.2003	NEWS
33.	Just For You	12.04.2004	Island	20	92
	Just For You (Pound Boys club mix)	12.04.2004	Urban
34.	Long Long Way To Go	6/2004
35.	All Night Long & The Summerheadz, (repress)	13.09.2004	Headz
36.	Club Cuts 265 (Free To Believe / Their Perogative / Gold) & Britney Spears & Kylie Minogue & Spandau Ballet & Bobby Brown (vs Ultra Nate)	07.02.2005	DMC
37.	I Call It Love (v GB 25.9.06, Mercury)	7/2006	Island	45	62
38.	Why / Little Drummer Boy	11.12.2006	Mercury
39.	Reason To Believe	2/2007
40.	All Around The World	21.05.2007
41.	Face In The Crowd & Trijntje Oosterhuis	7/2008	Universal
42.	Good Morning	2/2009
43.	Just Go feat. Akon	3/2009		52
44.	Endless Love & Diana Ross	06.08.2012	Motown
45.	Angel feat. Natalia	9/2012	Universal

Awards:

1982 Grammy Awards - Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male (SP "Truly")
1984 Grammy Awards

- Album Of The Year ("Can't Slow Down")
- Producer Of The Year (& James Anthony Carmichael)

1985 Grammy Awards - Song Of The Year ("USA For Africa: We Are The World", & Michael Jackson)
1999 RIAA Diamond Award (LP "Can't Slow Down", 10 mil. copies)
2014 BET Awards - Lifetime Achievement Award
2022 Gershwin Prize
2022 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame

WWW Links:

http://www.lionelrichie.com

Various:

produced by SP:

Kenny Rogers: Lady (10/80, Liberty)

produced by LP:

Kenny Rogers: Share Your Love (6/81, Liberty)

appeared on the LP:

Donna Summer: Donna Summer (7/82, Warner Bros)
Barbra Streisand: Partners (16.9.14, Columbia)

Press References:

Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1983	3		75	Ze světa
1993	5		35	Recenze	album review
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1981	36	05.09.1981	13	Singles	single review
1983	3	15.01.1983	4	Fast Forward
1983	17	23.04.1983	24	Singles	single review
1983	45	05.11.1983	18	Albums	album review
1984	12	24.03.1984	5	Fast Forward
1984	12	24.03.1984	8	Talk Talk Talk
1984	36	20.10.1984	26	Singles	single review
1996	13	30.03.1996	36	Singles	single review
1996	46	16.11.1996	46	Singles	single review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1992	22	08.11.1992	28	Recenze	album review
1997	12		106	Recenze - Novinky	album review
1999	8		107	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2001	1		107	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2004	1		79	Recenze+	album review
2004	5		73	Recenze	album review
2006	11		63	Recenze	album review