What is Lionel Richie?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Lionel Richie | image = Lionel Richie 2017.jpg | caption = Lionel Richie in December 2017 | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|6|20}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Monitor|newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=March 28, 2013|issue=1212|pages=24}}</ref> |birth_place = [[Tuskegee, Alabama]], United States | instrument = Vocals, piano/keyboards, saxophone | genre = {{flat list| *[[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] *[[Soul music|soul]] *[[funk]] *[[disco]] }} | occupation = Singer-songwriter, [[musician|instrumentalist]], record producer, actor | years_active = 1967–present | label = [[Island Records|Island]], [[MCA Records|MCA]], [[Motown]] | associated_acts = [[Diana Ross]], [[Commodores]], [[Nicole Richie]], [[Alabama (band)]], [[Marvin Gaye]], [[Stevie Wonder]], [[Luther Vandross]], [[Michael Jackson]], [[Janet Jackson]], [[Patti Labelle]], [[USA for Africa]], [[Live Aid]], [[Jason Derulo]], [[Natasha Bedingfield]], [[Kenny Rogers]], [[Akon]], [[Trijntje Oosterhuis]], [[Good Charlotte]] | website = {{Url|lionelrichie.com}} }} '''Lionel Brockman Richie Jr.''' (born June 20, 1949) is an [[Americans|American]] [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] [[singer]]-[[songwriter]]. He is best known for his 1980s [[song]]s. ==Early life== Richie was born in [[Tuskegee, Alabama]]. His family is of African American, Cherokee Native American, English, French-Canadian and Scottish descent. He spent his childhood there. He spent his teenage years in [[Joliet, Illinois]]. ==Career== He started his career with [[The Commodores]]; between him and the band, ''[[Three Times a Lady]]'' is their best remembered song. 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 [[wikt:guest|guest]], he sang ''[[All Night Long]]'' to a worldwide [[audience]] of over two billi