1982 studio album by Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie studio album by American singer Lionel Richie , released on October 6, 1982, on Motown Records . Originally intended as a side project at the suggestion of Motown, it was recorded and released while Richie was still a member of the Commodores ; he left the group shortly after the album's release. The first single from the album, "Truly ", topped the Billboard Hot 100Cashbox [5]
In 2003, Lionel Richie was re-released as part of a remaster series that saw two additional tracks added: a solo version of "Endless Love " and an instrumental version of "You Are".
Eagles member Joe Walsh provided the guitar solo for the song "Wandering Stranger".
Personnel
Musicians
Lionel Richie – lead vocals, vocal arrangements, backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 5-8), acoustic piano (4, 6, 8), Fender Rhodes (7), rhythm arrangements (7)Greg Phillinganes – Fender Rhodes (1), Roland Jupiter 8 (1), Minimoog (1), arrangements (1)Clarence McDonald – Fender Rhodes (2)Michael Lang – acoustic piano (2, 9), Fender Rhodes (9)David Cochrane – Prophet-5 (3), electric guitar (3, 7), synthesizer bass (3, 7), backing vocals (3, 7), arrangements (3, 5), acoustic piano (5), bass guitar (5), saxophone solo (5)
Michael Boddicker – synthesizers (3, 5, 8), vocoder (3, 5, 8)Bill Payne – Fender Rhodes (6)Thomas Dolby [uncredited] – synthesizer programming (7), backing vocals (7)Paul Jackson Jr. – electric guitar (1, 2, 6)Fred Tackett – acoustic guitar (2)Joe Walsh – guitar solo (2)Richie Zito – guitar solo (3)Darrell Jones – electric guitar (4, 5, 7), acoustic guitar (8)
Tim May – acoustic guitar (6)
Nathan Watts – bass guitar (1)Joe Chemay – bass guitar (2, 6, 8)Nathan East – bass guitar (4)John Robinson – drums (1, 5, 7)Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums (2, 4)Paul Leim – drums (3, 6, 8)Lenny Castro – percussion (1)Paulinho da Costa – percussion (2, 5, 7)Rick Shlosser – percussion (5)Gene Page – arrangements (2, 6, 9)Harry Bluestone – concertmaster (2-9)James Anthony Carmichael – arrangements (3, 4, 5, 8), string arrangements (3, 7), horn arrangements (7), rhythm arrangements (7), celeste (8)Howard Kenney – backing vocals (1, 5, 7)
Richard Marx – backing vocals (1, 2, 7, 8)Deborah Thomas – backing vocals (2, 3, 5, 7)
Jimmy Connors – backing vocals (3)Kenny Rogers – backing vocals (4), BGV arrangement (4)Kin Vassy – backing vocals (4)Terry Williams – backing vocals (4) Horns, strings and woodwinds
Louise Di Tullo – flute (3, 6, 9)
Art Maebe – French horn (3, 4, 6, 8, 9)
Richard Perissi – French horn (3, 6, 9)
Henry Sigismonti – French horn (3, 6, 9)
Jim Atkinson – French horn (4, 8)
David Duke – French horn (4, 8)
Brian O'Connor – French horn (4, 8)
William Green – saxophone (5, 7)
Ernie Watts – saxophone (5, 7)Lew McCreary – trombone (4, 5, 7, 8)
Bill Reichenbach, Jr. – trombone (4, 5, 7, 8)Gary Grant – trumpet (4, 5, 7, 8)Jerry Hey – trumpet (4, 5, 7, 8)Walter Johnson – trumpet (4, 5, 7, 8)
Warren Luening – trumpet (4, 5, 7, 8)
Bob Findley – trumpet (5, 7)
Don Ashworth – woodwinds (4, 8)
Gene Cipriano – woodwinds (4, 8)Gary Herbig – woodwinds (4, 8), saxophone (5, 7)
Larry Williams – woodwinds (4, 8)Jesse Ehrlich – cello (2, 3, 6, 9)
Armand Kaproff – cello (2, 3, 6, 9)
Paula Hochhalter – cello (2, 6, 9)
Dennis Karmazyn – cello (2, 6, 9)
Arni Egilsson – double bass (2, 6, 9)
Buell Neidlinger – double bass (2, 6, 9)Ray Brown – double bass (4, 5, 7, 8)
Morty Corb – double bass (4, 5, 7, 8)Gayle Levant – harp (2, 4-9)
Alan DeVeritch – viola (2, 3, 6, 9)
Allan Harshman – viola (2, 3, 6, 9)
Virginia Majewski – viola (2, 3, 6, 9)
Gareth Nuttycombe – viola (2, 3, 6, 9)
Bonnie Douglas – violin (2, 3, 6, 9)
Assa Drori – violin (2, 3, 6, 9)
Endre Granat – violin (2, 3, 6, 9)
Joy Lyle – violin (2, 3, 6, 9)
Donald Palmer – violin (2, 3, 6, 9)
Henry Roth – violin (2, 3, 6, 9)
Sheldon Sanov – violin (2, 3, 6, 9)
Jack Shulman – violin (2, 3, 6, 9)
Paul Shure – violin (2, 3, 6, 9)
Mari Tsumura-Botnick – violin (2, 3, 6, 9), strings (4, 5, 7, 8)
Charles Veal, Jr. – violin (2, 3, 6, 9)
Rollice Dale – strings (4, 5, 7, 8)
Henry Ferber – strings (4, 5, 7, 8)
Ronald Folsom – strings (4, 5, 7, 8)
William Henderson – strings (4, 5, 7, 8)
William Kurasch – strings (4, 5, 7, 8)
Erno Neufeld – strings (4, 5, 7, 8)
Nathan Ross - strings (4, 5, 7, 8)
Myron Sandler – strings (4, 5, 7, 8)
David Schwartz – strings (4, 5, 7, 8)
Fred Seykora – strings (4, 5, 7, 8)
David Speltz – strings (4, 5, 7, 8)
Tibor Zelig – strings (4, 5, 7, 8) .jpg)
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