He arranged the song ‘Lady’ for Kenny Rodgers which made it to the top in the 80’s. The following year he sang a song for a movie by the name Endless Love with Diana Ross. The song reached the highest ratings in United States and United Kingdom. The popularity of this song encouraged Richie to pursue his solo career in 1982.
He came out with his debut self-titled solo-album, Lionel Richie blessing the industry with yet another spectacular hit, ‘Truly’. The other two songs to make to Top 5 were ‘My Love’ and ‘You Are’. The album itself scored number three position on top charts and marketed 4 million plus records. His second solo release, Can’t Slow Down got him two Grammy Awards consisting of Album of the Year Award. The album sold above eight million copies in the market ranking Lionel Richie at number one in the list of International Stars. The Caribbean style up-beat song of the album ‘All Night Long’ was advertised with colorful video and the song went up to number one position in no time.
Numerous more top ten songs were released by Richie including ‘Hero’ – the emotional love message that swept the hearts of the masses. Other hits of 1984 included ‘Stuck on You’ gaining position number three, ‘Running with the Nights’ on number seven and at number eight was ‘Penny Lover’.
Lionel Richie received Oscar Award for his hard work and dedication in producing the song ‘Say You, Say Me’ for the movie White Nights. Very much expectedly, the song stayed at the top position for several weeks getting it the status of number one song of the year 1985 by Billboard’s Hot 100 charts at the end of the year. Lionel produced yet another record breaking number in collaboration with Michael Jackson to collect charity for Africa. The song was called ‘We Are the World’.
Dancing on the Ceiling was another of his super duper hits of the year. It turned out to be the album that produced a line of successful songs – ‘Say You, Say Me’ at number one, ‘Dancing on the Ceiling’ at number two, ‘Ballerina’ staying at number seven and finally ‘Se La’ maintaining its position at number twenty. After laying a little low due to his father’s death, Richie came out with a greatest-hit collection in 1992 by the title Back To Front. He struck the music scene once again in 1996 with Louder than words still maintaining his musical inclination towards soul music.
Lionel’s releases in the 90’s did not reach the success heights as before. However, his recent work is picking up pace. Renaissance gained remarkable success in Europe whereas stayed at the average in United States. 2004 onwards, Richie came up with six Top 40 songs. In 2010 he created a remix version of ‘We are the World’ with Justin Bieber singing Richie’s original vocals. Richie is also known for his active participation in creating awareness for breast cancer activities. He raised 3.1 million dollars of donations for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
Lionel Richie is all set for his upcoming promotional tours. Here is your opportunity to catch your beloved pop and rock star performing live in your city. Buy your Lionel Richie Tickets right away and sing along the legend himself.
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Lionel Richie’s recent Instagram post has his fans excited. It read “see you on the road my friends…” The 67-year old has been working tirelessly to prepare for his upcoming 2017 tour which is set to kick off in March at the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore. It will travel through North America and is scheduled to wrap up in July at The California Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles. The much celebrated music artist has sold a hundred million album copies around the world. His concerts are anxiously awaited by music lovers. Now that he is on tour make sure you don’t miss the opportunity to watch him live in concert.
Lionel Richie is setting out on tour with Mariah Carey
The five time Grammy winner, Lionel Richie is making his return to the concert stage and this time he will be touring with none other than the multi-platinum recording artist, Mariah Carey. The duo is scheduled to start the road trip on July 19th and will be performing the first show at The California Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles. They will then be taking the stage in cities like, San Diego, Oakland, Los Angeles and Philadelphia before both Richie and Mariah play their last show on September 5 at Seattle’s KeyArena. If you want to attend the concert then grab a pair of Lionel Richie tickets as they are in high demand.
Lionel Richie Profession
Singer-songwriter
Albums
- The Definitive Collection
- Louder Than Words
- Can't Slow Down
- Back to Front
- Tuskegee
Lionel Richie Music group
Commodores (1968 – 1982)
Lionel Richie At Winstar Casino Resort
Lionel Richie Songs
Lionel Richie Winstar Casino
- Hello
- All Night Long
- Endless Love
- Say You Say Me
- Stuck on You
- Dancing on the Ceiling
- Truly
- Penny Lover
- Three Times a Lady
- You Are
- Running With the Night
- Easy
- I Call It Love
- Endless Love Theme
- My Destiny
- My Love
- Do It to Me
- Sail On
- Deep River Woman
- Love Will Conquer All
- To Love a Woman
- Lady
- Just Go
- Brick House
- Why
- Still
- Just for You
- Tender Heart
- Se La
- Love Oh Love
- Love Will Find a Way
- You Mean More to Me