false 3387278 1 For nearly thirty years Lionel Richie has never looked back as a performer. From fronting his group the Commodores - the premier R&B pop unit of the seventies - he became the most popular singer/songwriter in the world by the eighties. A decade later he was the ultimate star entertainer with a 'nice guy' image. The Lionel Richie story is about a five-time Grammy winner who has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide. For nine consecutive years he had no 1 singles in America, a feat matched only by Irving Berlin. It is also the story of two broken marriages, personal insecurities, near-death experiences and an insight into the man behind a success story that broke the rules. Lionel Richie is the first book written about Lionel Richie and the Commodores and draws on Sharon Davis' unique access to the Motown archive, her numerous in depth interviews with Richie, as well as her time as the Comodores' publicist. 3427048 14 11 2008 Lionel Richie: Hello (Popular Music History) total:1|2:1| 1 2 2 1 2 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 04:37:50 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 04:44:03 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Jun 21 22:16:47 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 22:16:47 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3387278