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Lionel Richie
American singer, songwriter, and producer
Also known as: Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr.
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Who is Lionel Richie?
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Where was Lionel Richie born?
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Why did Lionel Richie leave the Commodores?
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Lionel Richie (born June 20, 1949, Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S.) is an American popular singer, songwriter, and producer most admired for his smooth and soulful love ballads of the 1970s and ’80s. A highly versatile musician, he is able to perform—and skillfully blend—multiple musical styles, most notably funk, soul, rhythm and blues, and country. Richie was born into a well-educated musical family. His father was a U.S. Army systems analyst, and his mother was a teacher who later became a school principal. For most of his childhood, Richie lived in the home of his maternal grandparents, virtually on the campus of ...(100 of 873 words)