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Written by Commodores lead singer Lionel Richie, the song is a slow ballad expressing a man's relief as a relationship ends. Rather than being depressed about the break-up, he states that he is instead "easy like Sunday morning"—something that Richie described as evocative of "small Southern towns that die at 11:30pm" on a Saturday night, such as his hometown Tuskegee, Alabama. [6]
The Very Best of Commodores is an album by Commodores, released in November 1985 by Telstar Records. [1] The album peaked at No. 25 on the UK Top Albums chart and has been certified Gold in the UK by the BPI .
Commodores is the fifth studio album by the Commodores, released in 1977. The album spent eight weeks at the top of the R&B/soul albums chart, the second of their albums to do so, and was their first Top 5 pop album. There is also a previously released extended version. The band employed a variety of musical styles for the album, highlighted by ...
Commodores, often billed as The Commodores, is 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 ...
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".
"Three Times a Lady" (The Commodores) "Don't Wanna Lose You" "Hello" "Sail On" (The Commodores) "Easy" (The Commodores) "Say You, Say Me" "Do It to Me" "Penny Lover" "Truly" "Still" (The Commodores) "Love Will Conquer All" "Sweet Love" (The Commodores) "Ballerina Girl" "Still in Love" "Oh No" (The Commodores) "Just to Be Close to You" (The ...
[6] [7] The Commodores acknowledged Carmichael's crucial role in their success. [1] When Richie left the Commodores in 1982 for a solo career, Carmichael went with him. The pair co-produced all Richie's albums and singles over the next few years, including the albums Lionel Richie (1982), Can't Slow Down (1983), and Dancing on the Ceiling (1986).
In 1972, the Commodores signed with Berry Gordy and Motown Records. McClary spent 15 years as the lead guitarist for the Commodores. His guitar solo in the Commodores song "Easy" earned him his first write-up in Rolling Stone and was called "one of the best solo guitar performances of all time" by writer Dave Thompson. [ 1 ]