Commodores (Commodors) - American funk - soul group. The peak of Commodores popularity came in the late 70s - early 80s, when the band's lead singer was Lionel Richie .
| Commodores | |
|---|---|
 Group at Hallandale Beach, Florida, 2006. | |
| basic information | |
| Genre | R&B , funk , soul , pop |
| Years | 1968 - present vr. |
| A country |  USA |
| City | Taskigi , Alabama |
| Where from | |
| Label | Motown , Polydor |
| Structure | Walter Orange William king JD Nicholas Thomas Dawson Jr. |
| Former the participants | Lionel Richie Thomas Mccleury Mylan Williams Ronald laprade Charles Dean Eugene Ward |
| Other projects | Lionel Richie |
| CommodoresLive.com | |
Content
Composition
Current
- Walter Orange ( English Walter Orange ) - lead vocals, drums, keyboards
- William "WAK" King - thrompet , rhythm guitar, synthesizer
- James Dean "JD" Nicholas ( born James Dean "JD" Nicholas ') - lead vocals, keyboards
Former members
- Lionel Richie ( eng. Lionel Richie ) - lead vocals, saxophone, piano, drums
- Thomas McClary ( solo guitar)
- Milan Williams - keyboards, trombone , rhythm guitar (died of cancer July 9, 2006)
- Ronald Lapred ( English Ronald LaPread ) - bass, trompet
Awards and Titles
In 2003, the group was admitted to the Vocal Group Hall of Fame [1] . Nominated for a Grammy many times, but won only one - in 1986 for the song “Nightshift”.
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | Chart Positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | UK | US R&B | ||
| 1974 | Machine gun | 138 | - | 22 |
| 1975 | Caught in the act | 26 | - | 7 |
| Movin 'on | 29th | - | 7 | |
| 1976 | Hot on the tracks | 12 | - | one |
| 1976 | Rise up | - | - | - |
| 1977 | Commodores (aka Zoom in the UK) | 3 | - | one |
| Commodores Live! | 3 | 60 | 2 | |
| 1978 | Natural high | 3 | 8 | one |
| 1979 | Greatest hits | 23 | - | 24 |
| Midnight magic | 3 | fifteen | one | |
| 1980 | Heroes | 7 | fifty | 3 |
| 1981 | In the pocket | 13 | 70 | four |
| 1982 | All the great hits | - | - | - |
| 1983 | Commodores 13 | 103 | - | 26 |
| 1984 | All the great love songs | - | - | - |
| 1985 | Nightshift | 12 | 13 | one |
| 1986 | United | 101 | - | 17 |
| 1988 | Rock solid | 101 | - | - |
| 1992 | Commodores Christmas | - | - | - |
| 1993 | No tricks | - | - | - |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart Positions [2] [3] | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | US dance | US AC | UK | |||
| 1974 | "Machine Gun" | 22 | 7 | - | - | twenty | Machine gun |
| "The Zoo (The Human Zoo)" | - | - | - | - | 44 | ||
| "I Feel Sanctified" | 75 | 12 | - | - | - | ||
| 1975 | "Slippery When Wet" | 19 | one | - | - | - | Caught in the act |
| "This Is Your Life" | - | 13 | - | - | - | ||
| 1976 | Sweet Love | 5 | 2 | - | - | 32 | Movin 'on |
| "Just to Be Close to You" | 7 | one | - | - | 62 | Hot on the tracks | |
| 1977 | "Fancy Dancer" | 39 | 9 | 33 | - | - | |
| " Easy " | four | one | - | - | 9 | The commodores | |
| Brick House | 5 | four | 34 | - | 32 | ||
| 1978 | "Too Hot ta Trot" | 24 | one | - | - | 38 | The Commodores Live! |
| "Three Times a Lady" | one | one | - | one | one | Natural high | |
| Flying High | 38 | 21 | - | - | 37 | ||
| 1979 | "Sail On" | four | 8 | - | 9 | 8 | Midnight Magic » |
| "Still" | one | one | - | 6 | four | ||
| 1980 | "Wonderland" | 25 | 21 | - | - | 40 | |
| "Old-Fashion Love" | twenty | 8 | - | - | - | Heroes | |
| "Heroes" | 54 | 27 | - | - | - | ||
| "Jesus Is Love" | - | 34 | - | - | - | ||
| 1981 | Lady (You Bring Me Up) | 8 | 5 | - | - | 56 | In the pocket |
| "Oh No" | four | 5 | - | 5 | 44 | ||
| 1982 | "Why You Wanna Try Me" | 66 | 42 | - | - | - | |
| "Lucy" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Painted Picture" | 70 | 19 | - | - | - | All the great hits | |
| 1983 | Reach High | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "Only you" | 54 | twenty | - | 8 | - | Commodores 13 | |
| 1984 | "Turn Off the Lights" | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1985 | "Nightshift" | 3 | one | 6 | 2 | 3 | Nightshift |
| "Animal Instinct" | 43 | 22 | 9 | - | 74 | ||
| "Janet" | 87 | 65 | - | 8 | - | ||
| 1986 | "Goin to the Bank" | 65 | 2 | - | - | 43 | United |
| 1987 | "Take It from Me" | - | 38 | - | - | - | |
| "United in Love" | - | - | - | 22 | - | ||
| 1988 | "Solitaire" | - | 51 | - | - | - | Rock solid |
Notes
- ↑ The Commodores - Inductees . The Vocal Group Hall of Fame Foundation. Date of treatment December 16, 2014. Archived March 12, 2007.
- ↑ Commodores on the AllMusic website (Commodores> Charts & Awards> Billboard Singles)
- ↑ Chart Stats - The Commodores . chartstats.com. Date of treatment January 19, 2010.
Links
- commodoreslive.com - Commodores official site
- CommodoresVEVO on YouTube
- The Commodores on Yandex.Music
- Commodores - Lady (You Bring Me Up) (1981) on YouTube
- Commodores - Nightshift (1985) on YouTube