Lionel Richie
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Lionel Richie (Born June 20, 1949) is a popular American pop singer, most famous for his 1980s songs. Richie started his career with The Commodores; between him and the band, Three Times a Lady is their best remembered effort.
His self-titled debut album was one of the biggest music successes of 1982. More successful was its follow-up, Can't Slow Down.
In 1984, as a surprise guest, he sang All Night Long to a worldwide audience of over two billion at the Los Angeles Summer Olympics.
In 1990, three years after he retired, Richie adopted Nicole Escovedo. Now Nicole Richie, she has recently appeared on Fox's The Simple Life along with Paris Hilton.
The singer returned to the music industry in 1996 with Louder than Words. Another album of his, Renaissance, came out four years later.
