What started as a 'joke' became one of the defining classics of the '80s, still holding up more than 40 years later.

After a nearly 10-year hiatus from recording, Lionel Richie returns to a music marketplace that has changed dramatically. Hip-hop has replaced dance music as pop's primary creative influence, a string ...

It all began with his debut solo single, “Truly”, released in 1982 - the first of many Lionel Richie ballads that would become the soundtrack to countless lives. Decades later, the man behind the ...