The best offer came from Polydor, which was in the process of forming itвЂ™s own Black Music department.

The Commodores has silenced the critics and climbed to the top of the pop charts once again.ДЄfter the release of 'Night Shift', the term of the Commodores recording agreement with Motown came to an end and the band entertained offers from every major record label in the business. The tour had sold out shows with both new and old fans on their feet, singing and dancing to new Commodores songs and classic hits. Rounded out by the world-renowned rhythm section the 'mean Machine', the Commodores hit the road in support of their new record. JD was the led vocalist for Heat Wave, the Commodores opening act on their previous European tour. After interviewing over fifty candidates, the Commodores decided on JD Nicholas. In 1894, before recording 'Night Shift', the Commodores decided to re-establish the co-lead vocal formula that had catapulted them to the top of the R&B and Pop Charts in the past. The Commodores continued onward, and entered the studio to begin recording 'Commodores 13'. The departure in 1983 of Lionel Richie, co-lead vocalist along with Walter 'Clyde' Orange, might have sunk a lesser group. Success, however was not enough to save them from the changes in the music scene, or most especially, the music business. The Commodores racked up a string of hits like 'Machine Gun', 'Brick House', 'Easy', 'Three Times A Lady', 'Sail On', 'Oh No', 'Slippery When Wet', 'To Hot To Trot', and many others that literally moved an entire generation. They were its largest selling act for two decades, the 70вЂ™s and 80вЂ™s. Smart and funky enough to open for the Jackson 5, to be discovered by Berry Gordy in the process, and to sell more than 60 million records for Motown. Most of all, they want you to know that the Commodores are alive and well in the 90вЂ™s, with their own label, and five new albums in stores.ДЇrom the beginning at Tuskegee Institute in 1968, the Commodores were known as 'smart guys'. They want you to know that the Commodores, despite a string of monster hits and massive tours in the late 70вЂ™s and early 80вЂ™s, won their first Grammy Award for the multi-platinum smash single and LP 'Night Shift' in 1986. The Commodores want you to know that their friend and comrade, Lionel Richie left the band seventeen years in 1983. Nicholas was with the Commodores for 5 years and then they stopped producing albums. Their biggest hit was 'Nightshift' in 1985. Nicholas: After Lionel Richie left the Commodores in 1981, The Commodores released 3 more studio albums between 19 and they scored 8 more hits with drummer Walter Clyde Orange singing lead along with Lionel Richie's replacement J.D. It's been over 25 years since he joined the group.Д 2. Taylor joined the group in 1978 and sang lead on all the groups hits from that point on, which included Celebration, Too Hot, Get Down On It, Cherish, Joanna and others.

Taylor: Kool & the Gang first charted in 1969. He was with Van Halen for 22 years when they got inducted. Sammy Hagar: Inducted with Van Halen in 2007. He sang the Eagles hit, 'I Can't Tell You Why' from 1980 and 'Love Will Keep Us Alive' from 1994.Д 2. He was with the Eagles for only 17 years when they were inducted. Schmidt: Inducted with the Eagles in 1997. How many bands can you name that had a major hit being sung by a member who was not an original member of the group and when the group was inducted, the singer who sung the major hit wasn't included as an inductee?Д 1.

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