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Commodores - Sail On

Lionel Richie
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg-ivWxy5KE&fmt=18 to watch with better quality 1979 Motown single, featuring Lionel Richie on lead vocal.

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Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and television personality. He rose to fame in the 1970s as a songwriter and the co-lead singer of the Motown group Commodores; writing and recording the hit singles "Easy", "Sail On", "Three Times a Lady", and "Still" with the group before his departure. In 1980, he wrote and produced the US Billboard Hot 100 number one single "Lady" for Kenny Rogers. In 1981, Richie wrote and produced ...

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