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- In 1967, Richie and several other Tuskegee Institute freshmen formed the Commodores. The original lineup was Milan Williams (keyboards), William King (trumpet), Walter “Clyde” Orange (drums), Ronald LaPread (bass), Thomas McClary (guitar), and Richie (saxophone, keyboards, vocals).
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Lionel Richie and Orange alternated as lead singers. Orange was the lead singer on the Top 10 hits " Brick House " (1977) and " Nightshift " (1985). The early band was managed by Benny Ashburn, [ 7 ] who brought them to his family's vacation lodge on Martha's Vineyard in 1971 and 1972.
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The college graduates from Tuskegee, Alabama, educated millions worldwide with compelling hits, peerless musicianship and – step forward, Lionel Richie – classic American songwriting. Moreover, they are the only Motown act to place three consecutive albums into the Top 3 of the Billboard pop charts. Three times a charm!
Lionel Richie and Orange alternated as lead singers. (Orange was the lead singer on the Top 10 hits " Brick House " and " Nightshift ".) The Commodores made a brief appearance in the 1978 film Thank God It's Friday .
Formed by a bunch of funk-loving friends at Alabama’s Tuskegee Institute, The Commodores became one of the major crossover acts of the 70s and early 80s, with one monster hit after another. But when lead singer Lionel Richie left the group after 1982’s In the Pocket album, The Commodores were given up for dead by much of the music world ...
Mar 31, 2016 · Orange admits that Lionel Richie’s departure in 1982 was cause for concern, especially as far as he was concerned. “It was scary, especially for me,” he says in retrospect. “I was playing drums and singing and playing right there with him. We had our routines and dance steps.
The original members of the Commodores were William King on trumpet, Thomas McClary on guitar, Ronald LaPread on bass, Walter “Clyde” Orange on drums, Lionel Richie on saxophone and Milan Williams on keyboards. All of them attended Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama.
In contrast to "Brick House", "Easy" is a pop ballad with mellow vocals by Lionel Richie. "Zoom" is one of the Commodores' best known tunes, despite not being released as a single in the US. It reached #38 on the UK singles chart .
