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Lionel Richie
American singer, songwriter and actor
browse: singers, singer-songwriters, pianists
alive
- born
- 1949
- died
- no date on record
- age
- 77
- known for
- singer, singer-songwriter, pianist
born 1949
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who lionel richie is
Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and television personality. He rose to fame in the 1970s as a songwriter and the co-lead singer of the Motown group Commodores; writing and recording the hit singles "Easy", "Sail On", "Three Times a Lady", and "Still" with the group before his departure. In 1980, he wrote and produced the US Billboard Hot 100 number one single "Lady" for Kenny Rogers.
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