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The song was written by lead singer Walter Orange in collaboration with Dennis Lambert and Franne Golde as a tribute to soul/R&B singers Jackie Wilson and Marvin Gaye, both of whom died in 1984. The song was released as the album's first single in January 1985 by Motown Records. [ 2] ". Nightshift" was recorded in 1984 and became the Commodores ...
Nightshift is the Commodores' second studio album without Lionel Richie, who left the band in 1982, and their last studio album with their original bass guitarist Ronald LaPread. Their previous album Commodores 13 (1983) had featured interim lead vocalist Harold Hudson of Mean Machine. [7] For Nightshift the Commodores permanently replaced ...
Greatest Hits is an album by the Commodores, released on Motown Records in 1978. [4] [5] The album peaked at No. 19 on the UK Pop Albums chart. As well Greatest Hits has been certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry. [6] [7]
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 ...
Commodores discography. The discography of American soul band the Commodores includes 15 studio albums and 39 singles spanning three decades, from 1974 to 1993. The band reached the top of the Billboard charts twice with their international smash hit singles "Three Times a Lady" and "Still". They also topped the US R&B singles chart on seven ...
In between albums, the band appeared on soundtracks of two of 1982's biggest films, charting the theme to Ron Howard's Night Shift up to No. 60 on the Billboard Hot 100, and landing one of their B-sides, "Don't Be Lonely", in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Quarterflash released their second album, Take Another Picture, in 1983.
All the Great Hits. (Commodores album) All the Great Hits is a compilation album by the Commodores, released in 1982 by Motown Records. [2] It consisted of Commodores hit singles, including the number-one hits "Three Times a Lady" and "Still", [3] along with two new songs, "Painted Picture" and "Reach High". The record was certified RIAA gold ...
Allmusic. [1] The Very Best of The Commodores is the seventh compilation album by American funk / soul band Commodores, released in 1995 on Motown Records. [2] The album charted at No. 26 on the UK Pop Albums chart and at No. 39 on the New Zealand Pop Albums chart. [3] [4] The album has been certified Silver in the UK by the BPI.