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Lionel Richie
By
Cayla
Walton
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5EmnQp3V48
1:26
Accomplishments
• Singer• Songwriter• Instrumentalist• Record producer• Actor
Childhood
• June 20th, 1949• Birth name• Tuskegee, Alabama• Parents• Grandparents• Siblings
The Commodores
• First main band• Band names• Funk/pop• Formed in 1968• Original members• 1982• Newest members
The One Man Richie Band
• Very successful• Wrote mostly love songs• #1 on pop charts with many songs including:
Endless Love, You Are, My Love, Stuck on You, Dancing on the Ceiling, My Destiny, Just Go
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSCRumqmdQg
USA for Africa
• Benefit• Co-wrote with Michael Jackson• #1 on pop charts for a while• Recorded with over eighty well-known artists:
Justin Bieber, Josh Groban, Miley Cyrus, Enrique Iglesias, Pink, Usher, Celine Dion, Fergie, Jonas Brothers, Lil’ Wayne, Akon, T-Pain, Kanye West, Jason Mraz, and Jordin Sparks
Inspiration
• R&B and love songs• Surprise• No specific sound in mind• Imagines how a song will play when finished• Imagines fans’ reactions
First Wife
• Brenda Harvey• College sweetheart• October 18, 1975• Nicole Richie in 1983• Affair• Divorce• 17 years
Second Wife
• Diane Alexander• December 21, 1995• Miles Brockman: May 27, 1994.• Sofia Brockman: August 24, 1998• Divorce 2004
Academy Awards
• 1982 nomination-Endless Love• 1986 nomination-The Color Purple• 1986 win-White Nights• Best Music, Original Song
Golden Globes
• 1982 nomination-Endless Love• 1986 win-White Nights• Best Original Song• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP7m5Vq
Q6f8&feature=related1:18
ASCAP and Image Awards
• 1991 won-Endless Love• Most Performed Feature Film Standards• 1989 win-Special Award• Entertainer of the Year
The Grammys and TV Land Awards
• 1982 nomination-The Elephant Man• Best Album of Original Score Written for a
Motion Picture or Television Special• 2008 win-Icon Award
Bibliography
• Youtube • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4weG1B
SDtA 1:14
• http://www.lionelrichie.com/• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005360/• http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/lionel-richi
e/484896• http://www.amazon.com/Lionel-Richie/dp/B0
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