Before Lionel Ritchie broke away for a solo career, he helped The Commodores deliver a number of their greatest hits like Just to Be Close to You and Three Times a Lady. Arguably the band's biggest ...

Easy (On a Sunday Morning) was one of their biggest hits, but things are decidedly uneasy in the world of the Commodores, the US funk-soul group that launched the career of Lionel Richie. TONY WALL ...

Neil J. Rosini and Michael I. Rudell[/caption] Nostalgia-soaked fans who crave to hear performances of silver-maned musicians on tour or on public television during pledge week prove that the names of ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When discussing the great architects of modern R&B, funk, and soul, The Commodores deserve a place near the top of the conversation. Emerging in the early 1970s from Tuskegee, ...

Ronald LaPread, who has died aged 75, was the bass guitarist with the Commodores, who sold more than 70 million records with ...

Many bands look back on their first single with a bit of embarrassment. The Commodores, however, had no reason to regret their initial release. That song became an immediate Top 40 hit, and it has ...

The Commodores are a famous American funk and soul band formed in 1968 in Tuskegee, Alabama. They became well-known in the 1970s and 1980s with hits like Easy and Brick House. Their music blends funk, ...

For Thomas McClary, guitarist, singer and songwriter, who is probably best known as the co-founder and lead guitarist of the Commodores, practice makes perfect. “We actually enjoy practicing,” said ...

"Take your eyes off The Commodores!" That's what Walter "Clyde" Orange, vocalist, percussionist and founding member of The Commodores, told his audience halfway through the legendary funk-soul band's ...