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Commodores

US funk/soul band with Lionel Richie

United States • b. 1968-01-01

Commodores is credited on 1,296 releases across 194 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1972–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,296

Pressings credited

194

Albums

6

Decades active

579

In collections

Biography

Commodores, often billed as the Commodores, are 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, having first caught the public eye opening for the Jackson 5 while on tour. The band's biggest hit singles are ballads such as "Easy", "Three Times a Lady", and "Nightshift"; and funk-influenced dance songs, including "Brick House", "Fancy Dancer", "Lady (You Bring Me Up)", and "Too Hot ta Trot". Commodores were inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame and Vocal Group Hall of Fame. The band has also won one Grammy Award out of nine nominations. The Commodores have sold over 70 million albums worldwide.

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Credited work

1,296 releases · 194 albums · active 1972–2024

  • Production · 1,651
  • Performance · 1,523
  • Engineering · 16
  • Other credits · 11

Studios: Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios · Cleveland Recording Company · A&M Studios · The Hit Factory

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