'We lucked out,' he remarked with a laugh when telling this story to People magazine. To choose their name, William King opened a dictionary and randomly picked a word. Richie described some members of the Mystics as 'jazz buffs.' The new six-man band featured Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary, and William King from the Mystics, and Andre Callahan, Michael Gilbert, and Milan Williams from the Jays. History Ĭommodores formed from two former student groups, the Mystics and the Jays. As well the Commodores have sold over 70 million albums worldwide. The band has also won one Grammy Award out of nine nominations. The Commodores were inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame and Vocal Group Hall of Fame. The band's biggest hit singles are ballads such as 'Easy', 'Three Times a Lady', and 'Nightshift' and funky dance hits which include 'Brick House', 'Fancy Dancer', 'Lady (You Bring Me Up)', and 'Too Hot ta Trot'. 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 Commodores in Hallandale, Florida in the 1990sĬommodores is an American funk and soul band, which was at its peak in the late 1970s through the mid 1980s.

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