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Lionel Richie has never been one to play it safe. "Making a new record is always a mystery.For him It's a journey into the unknown. Lionel Richie recalls the singers that were straight-ahead R&B.

But just because Mr.Richie present life is so vibrant and exciting, one must not forget Lionel Richie's painful past. During his career he has sold 70 million albums - which puts him in very select company. He has won five Grammies, an Oscar, a Golden Globe and countless American Music Awards.

In 1984 he performed All Night Long during the closing ceremony for the Los Angeles Olympics to a world-wide audience of over 2.3 billion people. Not bad for a country boy from Tuskegee, Alabama.

Lionel's original plans was to be an Episcopal priest ended when he was spotted touting a saxophone at his college freshman show. Originally called the Mystics the band were renamed the Commodores in 1969 and after three years playing the “chitlin” circuit of the...