Say you say me - Lionel Richie - 1986

Lionel Richie

Say you say me

Lionel Richie

Source: biography.com

Lionel Richie is an American singer-songwriter known for creating numerous hits, both with band the Commodores and on his own. Born in 1949, singer-songwriter Lionel Richiegrew up in Tuskegee, Alabama. He was a founding member of the Commodores, a top R&B act 

of the 1970s. In 1982, Richie's self-titled solo debut album was a hit. "Truly," a ballad from that album, reached No. 1 and earned him a Grammy Award. More hits soon followed, including "Hello" and "Dancing on the Ceiling." In 1985, he co-wrote the famine relief song 

"We Are the World" with Michael Jackson. Richie's later albums include Louder than Words (1996) and Coming Home (2006). More recently, he has enjoyed renewed chart success with his 2012 country album, Tuskegee. Singer-songwriter Lionel Brockman Richie was 

born on June 20, 1949, in Tuskegee, Alabama. He grew up at the Tuskegee Institute, where two generations of his family worked (including his grandfather, who worked with Booker T. Washington). As he explained to Esquire magazine, the school and surrounding community 

provided a warm and supportive environment for the young Richie: "I was born and raised in a community where if somebody can't eat, the whole town goes to feed him," he said.

Early on, Richie toyed with the idea of becoming a priest, but music proved to be his true calling. A founding member of the Commodores—one of the most popular R&B acts of the late 1970s—Richie played saxophone, performed some vocals and wrote songs for the 

group; he contributed to such hits as "Easy," "Brick House" and "Three Times a Lady." Singer-songwriter Lionel Brockman Richie was born on June 20, 1949, in Tuskegee, Alabama. He grew up at the Tuskegee Institute, where two generations of his family worked 

(including his grandfather, who worked with Booker T. Washington). As he explained to Esquire magazine, the school and surrounding community provided a warm and supportive environment for the young Richie: "I was born and raised in a community where if somebody can't eat, the whole town goes to feed him," he said.

Early on, Richie toyed with the idea of becoming a priest, but music proved to be his true calling. A founding member of the Commodores—one of the most popular R&B acts of the late 1970s—Richie played saxophone, performed some vocals and wrote songs for the group; he contributed to such hits as "Easy," "Brick House" and "Three Times a Lady."