AP - Jul 6, 2009
Lionel Richie got a little help from his former bandmates to close out the weekend s Essence Music Festival: Members of The Commodores joined him on stage to sing several of their hits, including Brick...
More »Reuters - May 18, 2009
After letting others guide his creative direction on two albums, Lionel Richie plans to take control again on his next recording project. Producers and writers including StarGate, The-Dream, Christopher...
More »AP - Jun 14, 2008
Grammy award-winning pop singer Lionel Richie said Saturday that he and the Commodores will reunite soon for a tour. Richie said a reunion could happen in the next two years. We better do it now, or...
More »Reuters - Apr 10, 2008
Lionel Richie didn't dance on the ceiling, and Steve Miller didn't fly like an eagle, but both veterans seemed pretty thrilled to pick up lifetime achievement honors at a music industry awards...
More »E! Online - Mar 6, 2008
Like any new grandfather, Lionel Richie can't stop gushing. "G-Pa is right here," Richie announced to E! News anchor Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS-FM radio show Thursday morning, before launching...
More »AP - Dec 6, 2007
Nominees announced Thursday in top categories for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards: Record of the Year: Irreplaceable, Beyonce; The Pretender, Foo Fighters; Umbrella, Rihanna featuring Jay-Z; What Goes...
More »E! Online - Jul 9, 2007
If Nicole Richie is indeed in the family way, there's one member of her family she apparently hasn't informed. After performing at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans Saturday, Lionel...
More »Reuters - Apr 11, 2007
Island Def Jam is reviving the legendary Mercury Records imprint in the United States, eight years after it was mothballed in the wake of a corporate merger. The label continues to operate overseas,...
More »Reuters - Mar 9, 2007
Jamie Foxx is quietly enjoying one of the most successful concert tours of the year, even if raw numbers indicate otherwise. The Oscar-winning actor/comedian/singer s Unpredictable tour, which began...
More »AP - Feb 11, 2007
LOS ANGELES (AP) Lionel Richie summed up the appeal of the swag suite at the Grammy Awards pretty succinctly as he strode through: Free! Free, free, free! Richie was among the stars who were...
More »AP - Feb 7, 2007
Mary J. Blige has a leading eight Grammy nominations and her triumphant comeback was the feel-good story of the 2006. So it seems as if her coronation on Grammy night is all but assured. But as another...
More »AP - Jan 19, 2007
Barry Manilow became one of the world s best-selling artists by making timeless classics out of unknown songs. But these days, he s more likely to rely on other people s classics than interpret new material...
More »E! Online - Dec 8, 2006
Scorned by country music radio, the Dixie Chicks are all right by the Grammys. The finger-pickin trio, just about nixed from Nashville for lead singer Natalie Maines off-handed insult of President Bush...
More »E! Online - Dec 7, 2006
Here s the complete list of nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The awards will be presented Feb. 11 in Los Angeles: Album Of The Year Taking the Long Way, Dixie ChicksSt. Elsewhere, Gnarls...
More »Reuters - Nov 26, 2006
Tuesday s American Music Awards featured a flashback segment with Lionel Richie in a heavily sequined jacket from his trophy-winning peak in the mid-1980s. There were no trophies to be had Friday at...
More »Reuters - Nov 21, 2006
Pop diva Mariah Carey, whose commercial success has not translated into awards show acclaim, was snubbed at the American Music Awards on Tuesday, despite scoring three nominations. The big winners this...
More »Reuters - Oct 30, 2006
Two lovers of R&B/hip-hop working in a rock-oriented world: That was the situation facing Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel S. Eriksen nine years ago when the pair established a production partnership in...
More »Reuters - Oct 25, 2006
On Monday I celebrated the fifth anniversary of the iPod s introduction at the Laundromat, listening to a recent Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan on my own iPod and reading a new book about...
More »AP - Sep 21, 2006
NEW YORK (AP) Everything `80s is in vogue again. Skinny jeans. Oversized striped shirts. And Lionel Richie. With his new album, Coming Home, which debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard top albums...
More »Reuters - Sep 10, 2006
Lionel Richie, one-time member of 70s soul group the Commodores, is back on the R&B charts for the first time in 10 years. His single I Call It Love is No. 23 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Also claiming...
More »Reuters - Aug 28, 2006
You may have seen the recent photos of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his 44th album, Modern Times, shares a title with Chaplin s 1936 classic about automation, big business and...
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