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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

684-Lionel Richie-Truly.

1982-Number 6 single.

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Lionel Richie was born Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. on June 20th, 1949, in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States, he is one of the worlds best selling artists, with sales in excess of 90 million records.Before going solo in 1982 Lionel Richie was a member of the Tamla Motown R&B, and Funk band The Commodores. Richie would share the songwriting with the other band members, and lead vocals with Walter Orange, who joined the band in 1972. Initially The Commodores were known for uptempo Funk songs such as ‘Machine Gun,’ and ‘Brick House,’but would change style for many of their later releases, finding greater success with the Richie written, and sung ballads, including ‘Three Times a Lady.’ and ‘Easy.’

After leaving The Commodores after 14 years, Richie kept on with the same theme, with the release of ‘Truly,’ from his self titled debut Album. The song went to Number 1 on Billboard, and his debut Album provided him with a further two top five singles, in the shape of ‘My Love,’ and ‘You Are.’ As with The Commodores, all the early solo Albums of Lionel Richie were produced by James Anthony Carmichael.Aside from his hits with The Commodores, and as a solo artist, other notable songs he has written include the charity single ‘We Are the World,’ with Michael Jackson, ‘Lady’ which provided Kenny Rogers with a Billboard Number 1 in 1980, and ‘Endless Love,’ the duet with Diana Ross.

‘Because I’m truly, truly in love with you girl, I’m truly head over heels with your love.’