Biography
Commodores, often billed as the Commodores, are an American funk and soul group. The group's most successful period was in the late 1970s and early 1980s when Lionel Richie was the co-lead singer. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972, having first caught the public eye opening for the Jackson 5 while on tour. The band's biggest hit singles are ballads such as "Easy", "Three Times a Lady", and "Nightshift"; and funk-influenced dance songs, including "Brick House", "Fancy Dancer", "Lady (You Bring Me Up)", and "Too Hot ta Trot". Commodores were inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame and Vocal Group Hall of Fame. The band has also won one Grammy Award out of nine nominations. The Commodores have sold over 70 million albums worldwide.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
3 Feet High And Rising
1989
Can't Slow Down
1983
Stakes Is High
1996
Greatest Hits
1978
Midnight Magic
1979
Natural High
1978
Baby Driver (Music From The Motion Picture)
2017
The Dutchess
2006
Commodores
1977
Motown 1*s
2004
Wild Cherry
1976
Pre-Millennium Tension
1996
All The Great Hits
1982
Back To Front
1992
Thank God It's Friday (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1978
Live!
1977
Caught In The Act
1975
Come Home With Me
2002
25 #1 Hits From 25 Years
1983
20/20 Twenty No.1 Hits From Twenty Years At Motown
1980
Hot On The Tracks
1976
Movin' On
1975
Machine Gun
1974
Rottin Ta Da Core
1995
Credited work
1,805 releases · 194 albums · active 1972–2025
- Production · 2,290
- Performance · 2,074
- Other credits · 55
- Engineering · 16
Studios: Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios · A&M Studios · Conway Studios · Devonshire Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Lionel Richie
- De La Soul
- Down Low
- Roupa Nova
- Dobby Dobson
- Tricky
- Jazzkantine