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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]
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Richie was born on June 20, 1949, in Tuskegee, Alabama, the son of Lionel Brockman Richie (1915–1990), [11] a U.S. Army systems analyst, and Alberta R. Foster (1917–2001), [12] a teacher and school principal. His grandmother Adelaide Mary Brown was a pianist who played classical music.
They performed the song "Too Hot ta Trot" during the dance contest; the songs "Brick House" and "Easy" were also played in the movie In 1982, the group decided to take a hiatus from touring and recording, during which time Lionel Richie recorded a solo album at the suggestion of Motown and the other group members.
Tuskegee is the tenth studio album by American singer Lionel Richie, released on March 5, 2012, by Mercury Records.The album consists entirely of reinterpretations of previously released songs by Richie, each performed with a different guest artist, all of which are stars in the country music genre.
Lionel Richie had many hits over his decades in music. In terms of earning power, his biggest hit was the song “We Are the World,” which he co-wrote with Michael Jackson for charity in 1985 ...
In contrast to "Brick House", "Easy" is a pop ballad with mellow vocals by Lionel Richie. "Zoom" is one of the Commodores' best known tunes, despite not being released as a single in the US. It reached #38 on the UK singles chart. Fergie sampled "Zoom" in her song "All That I Got (The Make-Up Song)" on the album The Dutchess.
Lionel Richie married his second wife, Diane Alexander, on Dec. 21, 1995. They began dating in 1986 after Diane appeared as a dancer in Lionel’s music video for “Dancing on the Ceiling.”