40 years ago this week, "Nightshift" by #Commodores entered the #Top10 at 10. It peaked at 3 on 20 Apr 1985. This was their first hit after Lionel Richie left the group. The song pays tribute to Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson, who had both died the previous year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrkEDe6Ljqs #1980s #MusicHistory #MusicVideo
Morning
-in - The great Lionel Richie / Commodores!
Easy - The Commodores
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XcTyEKSnYg
[live] The Commodores - "Easy" (1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saaLW0jiiUE
Great remake:
Faith No More - Easy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPzDTfIb0DU
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Namaste
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"Still" is a 1979 song by the #soulMusic group the #Commodores. It was released as a #single on #MotownRecords with "Such a Woman" as the #Bside. The song appears on their 1979 hit album #MidnightMagic. This was their last No. 1 hit in the United States. #CashBox said it was a "tender, lilting #ballad" with "a soft, building piano figure" and "expressive, plaintive lead vocal." #Billboard praised the " poignant lyric and slow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIWJtPR_BEg
Just To Be Close To You
#Commodores
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKSCUG2YqTM
Commodores - Janet (1985)
#45vinyl #commodores #janet #1985 #1980s #80smusic #randb #soul #7inch #gxml
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Just To Be Close To You
#Commodores
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvvmcxEeqwg
"Easy" is a song by American band #Commodores from their fifth studio album, Commodores (1977), released on the #Motown label. Group member #LionelRichie wrote #Easy with the intention of it becoming another crossover hit for the group given the success of a previous single, "#JustToBeCloseToYou", which spent two weeks at number one on the US #Billboard #HotSoulSingles chart (now known as the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efFZElVBzLo
Lady (You Bring Me Up)
#Commodores
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phNLASyPsUU
Lady (You Bring Me Up)
#Commodores
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VnGpBwOtPE
40 years ago today, The Commodores released “Nightshift” (1985), the title track to their 11th studio album. This song is featured in Episode 24 of our podcast. #80s #80smusic #Commodores
Just To Be Close To You
#Commodores
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIQsLxD1klI
"Three Times a Lady" is a 1978 song by American #soul group #Commodores for their album #NaturalHigh, written by lead singer #LionelRichie. It was produced by #JamesAnthonyCarmichael and Commodores. It was Commodores' first number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100, topping the chart for two weeks on August 12, 1978, and also reached number one on the soul chart for two weeks. It was the only #Motown song to reach the top 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 that year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKaaPNlsbyQ