Alright, get this. So in an effort to perfect today’s featured song All Night Long (All Night), Lionel Richie stalked his wife’s gynecologist. That’s right, you heard me. Lionel repeatedly called up his wife’s doctor because he wanted to learn how to emulate a Jamaican accent for All Night Long. Finally, this doctor had to tell Lionel to stop calling because it was interfering with his work. But that’s not the only crazy piece of trivia connected to this track. All Night Long (All Night) also includes a completely made-up language that sounds like it's real… but it's 100% gibberish. Later on, All Night Long would also headline on one of the world’s biggest stages, with over 2 and a half billion people tuning in to catch the performance. All these stories and more are coming up. So get ready to raise the roof and have some fun… NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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Today, we’ve got a good one for you. He’s one of the all-time biggest-selling artists who cut his teeth with the premier Soul band of the 70s, and then took the world by storm as a balladeer in the early 80s. But by 1983, he was ready to speed things up. In fact, he just couldn’t slow down. He’s a legend who’s antics have included everything from finishing Kenny Rogers’ biggest hit while going to the bathroom to writing or singing a #1 hit for 9 consecutive years… Not even the Beatles did that.
I’m talking about a man that doesn’t get the credit he so richly deserves for being every bit the hitmaker that Michael Jackson and prince were in the 80s. Mr. Lionel Richie. Today we discuss a #1 smash from him. From his juggernaut sophomore LP, Can’t Slow Down, it’s Lionel Richie and All Night Long (All Night)… parenthesis song.Lead singer Lionel Richie co-founded the Commodores in Tuskegee, Alabama in 1967. After signing with Motown in 1972 the group began stacking up Top 10 hits over the next decade… The Commodores established themselves as America’s most popular soul group of the 70s, thanks in part to Richie’s knack for writing and singing romantic, piano ballads like ‘Easy,’ ‘Three Times A Lady,’ and ‘Still.’
But Lionel would also prove his songwriting capabilities outside the confines of the Commodores… for instance, penning Kenny Rogers’ 1980 #1 hit Lady.. Apparently, Kenny was recording it and noticed that the song was missing a verse and was too short. Lionel Richie finished the song while on the toilet. True story: Then in 1981, Richie duetted with Diana Ross on the theme song for the movie Endless Love. Released as a single, Endless Love topped both the US and UK charts, becoming one of Motown’s all-time biggest hits.
Yeah, this man definitely knew his way around a ballad. Or should I say a #1 ballad. Cuz that’s all he wrote. #1 hits.
26 июн 2024