"versions. Featuring Vandross' versions of songs like Stephen Stills' ""Love the One You're With"", Heatwave's ""Always and Forever"", and Roberta Flack's ""Killing Me Softly"", the album was shaping up to be a major career accomplishment. To give the album a bigger boost, Mottola's then-wife, Mariah Carey, came up with the idea to remake ""Endless Love"" as a duet with her. Lionel Richie and Diana Ross had originally recorded ""Endless Love"" in 1981, and the song spent nine weeks at number 1. Although Luther's album was already set to contain one Lionel Richie composition, ""Hello"", it was obvious that having the"
"Ross' final single with Motown during her initial run with the company achieved her sixth and final US number-one Pop hit, the duet ""Endless Love"", composed for Brooke Shields' film of the same name, by and performed with Commodores front man, Lionel Richie. Ross and Richie performed the song on the telecast for the 54th Academy Awards, where the song was nominated in the category of ""Best Song"". The success of the single launched Richie's successful solo career. Ross has also ventured into acting, with a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award-nominated performance for her performance in the film ""Lady"
"Endless Love (1981 film) Endless Love is a 1981 American romantic drama film based on Scott Spencer's 1979 novel of the same name. The film is directed by Franco Zeffirelli, and stars Brooke Shields and Martin Hewitt. The screenplay was written by Judith Rascoe. The original music score was composed by Jonathan Tunick. The film was released in July 1981 and received negative reviews, with critics comparing it unfavorably to the novel. Spencer disliked it, believing the filmmakers to have missed the point of the book which showcased the dangers of obsessive love. The film was a moderate box-office success,"
"""Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer"", became a major hit. Earlier that year, he sang a duet of ""You and Me"" with Lynda Carter in her television music special ""Lynda Carter Special"" (Rogers originally recorded this with Dottie West for the Every Time Two Fools Collide album). Later in 1980 came his partnership with Lionel Richie who wrote and produced Rogers' No. 1 hit ""Lady"". Richie went on to produce Rogers's 1981 album ""Share Your Love,"" a chart topper and commercial favorite featuring hits such as ""I Don't Need You"" (Pop No. 3), ""Through the Years"" (Pop No. 13),"
"became a new beginning in his career both as a composer, producer and an artist in his own right. The ""Endless Love"" single was released while he still officially was a member of the Commodores. The success of the duet encouraged Richie to branch out into a full-fledged solo career, releasing his debut album ""Lionel Richie"" in 1982 which produced another chart-topping single, ""Truly"", continuing the style of his ballads with the Commodores, like ""Easy"", ""Three Times a Lady"" and ""Still"", ""Lady"" composed and produced for Kenny Rogers which hit #1 in 1980, and also the two duets with Ross"
"solo album, ""Never Too Much"", in 1981. His hit songs include ""Never Too Much"", ""Here and Now"", ""Any Love"", ""Power of Love/Love Power"", ""I Can Make It Better"" and ""For You to Love"". Many of his songs were covers of original music by other artists such as ""If This World Were Mine"" (duet with Cheryl Lynn), ""Since I Lost My Baby"", ""Superstar"" and ""Always and Forever"". Duets such as ""The Closer I Get to You"" with Beyoncé, ""Endless Love"" with Mariah Carey and ""The Best Things in Life Are Free"" with Janet Jackson were all hit songs in his career."
"many critics' ""worst ever"" lists, however the soundtrack album sold well in some parts of the world; disco music had peaked in major territories such as the USA. Also in 1980, Wooten and Mason-Jacks sang background vocals on John Lennon's final album, ""Double Fantasy"". After deciding to split, when group owner Jacques Morali discovered he had AIDS, the group continued as Vera Brown and the Rich Girls for one song called ""Too Much Too Fast"" that failed completely. Vera Brown has reformed The Ritchie Family, with Dodie Draher and Jacqui Smith-Lee, but without further releases. With original members Wooten, Mason-Jacks"
"Carey or Vandross sings solo. Lionel Richie re-recorded the song in 2011 as a duet with Canadian country pop singer Shania Twain. It was released as the lead single from his album ""Tuskegee"" on February 7, 2012. The recording process of song was documented in the final episode of Twain's reality docudrama series, ""Why Not? with Shania Twain"", which aired on June 12, 2011. A music video for the song was recorded in The Bahamas in February 2012. The video, directed by Paul Boyd, was released to country music channels CMT and GAC on March 23, 2012. Endless Love (song)"
"topped the Billboard R&B chart and the Adult Contemporary chart, and reached number 7 in the UK. It also became the most successful duet of the rock era, surpassing the Everly Brothers' 1957 hit ""Wake Up Little Susie,"" which spent four weeks at number one. Both songs spent six months on the chart, with ""Endless Love"" eclipsing the Everly's hit by one week. The soulful composition became the biggest-selling single of Ross' career, and her 18th and final career number-one single (including her work with The Supremes). It also was Richie's highest charting single, and the first of several hits"
"""Let's Get Started"", ""Time"", ""Captured"", ""Celebrate"" (with Larry Davis and Harold Hudson), ""Saturday Night"" and ""Keep On Taking Me Higher"" (with Harold Hudson).[1]established The Commodores as an act that fans would put the album on and just let it play the entire album McClary's musical influence then moved outside of just The Commodores. From the ""Endless Love"" soundtrack, he co-wrote (with Lionel Richie) ""Dreaming of You"" which was performed by Richie and Diana Ross as well as Kenny Rogers' ""Without You In My Life"". Another was the track ""Steam Room"" off of ""Jayne Kennedy's"" ""Complete Exercise Program"". McClary co-wrote and"
"leaving Motown, Ross recorded the duet ballad ""Endless Love"", with Lionel Richie. The song would become her sixth and final single to reach number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Ross began negotiations to leave Motown at the end of 1980. After over 20 years with the label, Ross received US$250,000 as severance. RCA Records offered Ross a $20 million, seven-year recording contract, which gave her complete production control of her albums. Allegedly, before signing onto the label, Ross asked Berry Gordy if he could match RCA's offer. Gordy stated that doing so was ""impossible"". Ross then signed with RCA"
"1999. This edgier version can also be found on the 1998 international pressing of her third album, ""Faith"" (re-titled ""Love Will Always Win"" outside the U.S.) and 2001 international greatest hits album ""There You'll Be"". Her original version was included in her 2007 greatest hits album ""The Hits"". A live medley of this song with Janis Joplin and the Full Tilt Boogie Band's 1971 song ""Cry Baby"" became a hit duet for American rock singer Melissa Etheridge and English soul singer Joss Stone when it was released to iTunes Store after they performed it at the 47th Grammy Awards on"
"Ridge Boys)"", ""Still Doin' Time"", ""Tennessee Whiskey"", ""We Didn't See a Thing"" (a duet with Ray Charles), and ""I Always Get Lucky with You"", which was Jones' last number one in 1984. In 1981, Jones met Nancy Sepulvado, a 34-year-old divorcée from Mansfield, Louisiana. Sepulvado's positive impact on Jones' life and career cannot be overstated; she eventually cleaned up his finances, kept him away from his drug dealers (who reportedly kidnapped her daughter in retaliation), and managed his career. Jones always gave her complete credit for saving his life. Nancy, who did not drink, explained to Nick Tosches in 1994,"
"""Billboard"" adult contemporary chart, the song logged four weeks at #1. On the UK Singles Chart, the song reached #18. In a song review printed in ""Billboard"" by an anonymous writer in 1984, ""Penny Lover"" was described as ""another of his unfailingly effective universal-appeal ballads."" The music video was directed by Bob Giraldi, who had also directed ""Running with the Night"" and ""Hello"". 7"" Single 12"" Single Penny Lover ""Penny Lover"" is the title of the fifth and final single released from Lionel Richie's multi-platinum and Grammy Award-winning 1983 album, ""Can't Slow Down"". The song was written by Richie and"
"movement. Some thirty years after its release ""Diana"" remains Ross's best-selling studio album to date having sold a total of over 10 million copies worldwide. ""Diana"" was one of four albums written and produced by Edwards and Rodgers in 1980, the other three being Sister Sledge's ""Love Somebody Today"", Sheila and B. Devotion's ""King of the World"" including European hit single ""Spacer"", and Chic's fourth studio album ""Real People"". Following the release of two more singles, the duet ""Endless Love"" with Lionel Richie and ""It's My Turn"", both worldwide hits, Ross left Motown and signed a then-record breaking $20 million"
"Penny Lover ""Penny Lover"" is the title of the fifth and final single released from Lionel Richie's multi-platinum and Grammy Award-winning 1983 album, ""Can't Slow Down"". The song was written by Richie and his then-wife, Brenda Harvey Richie. As with all the other singles taken from ""Can't Slow Down"" (""All Night Long (All Night)"", ""Running with the Night"", ""Hello"" and ""Stuck on You""), ""Penny Lover"" was a top ten hit on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, spending two weeks at #8 in December 1984. The song reached an identical #8 peak position on the ""Billboard"" R&B chart, while on the"
"like Cat Anderson, Harold Ashby, Barney Bigard, Lawrence Brown, Dave Brubeck (they recorded duets in 1975), Jaki Byard (duets in 1972), Benny Carter, Buck Clayton, Cozy Cole, Wallace Davenport, Eddie ""Lockjaw"" Davis, Vic Dickenson, Roy Eldridge, Duke Ellington (duets in 1966), Ella Fitzgerald, Panama Francis, Bud Freeman, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Paul Gonsalves, Stephane Grappelli, Sonny Greer, Lionel Hampton, Coleman Hawkins, Milt Hinton, Johnny Hodges, Peanuts Hucko, Helen Humes, Budd Johnson, Jonah Jones, Max Kaminsky, Gene Krupa, Ellis Larkins, Shelly Manne, Marian McPartland (duets in 1970), Gerry Mulligan, Ray Nance, Oscar Peterson (duets in 1968), Russell Procope, Pee Wee Russell,"
"1981 movie of the same name starring Brooke Shields. Credits adapted from Discogs. Lionel Richie (album) Lionel Richie is the eponymous debut solo studio album by American singer Lionel Richie, released on October 6, 1982, on Motown Records. It was recorded and released while Richie was still a member of the Commodores; he would leave the group shortly after the album's release. The first single from the album, ""Truly"", topped the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Follow-up single ""You Are"" reached number four, and ""My Love"" reached number five. The album was also a hit, reaching number one on the ""Cashbox"" albums"
"were released from the album in Britain: ""True Love"" (with Kiki Dee, reached #2), ""Don't Go Breaking My Heart"" (with drag queen RuPaul, reached #7) and ""Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"" (with Marcella Detroit, reached #24). The album debuted at No. 7 in the UK. This is one of only 3 albums released between 1983 and 2016 without John's regular guitar player, Davey Johnstone. In the US, it was certified gold and platinum in January 1994 by the RIAA. Duets (Elton John album) Duets is the first collaboration album by the English singer-songwriter Elton John, released in 1993. ""Duets"""
"1994. The song was also featured on 1982's ""Quiet Lies"" album by Grammy winner Juice Newton. Though Newton never released the song as a single, her remake was later added as a bonus track to her first ""Greatest Hits"" collection. This version became a top ten hit on both the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart. The song is Pitney's biggest UK solo hit, with only his duet version of ""Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart"" with Marc Almond peaking higher. It was also the most successful single released by the 1980 band Blue Angel from their album"
"and stayed there for five weeks, peaking at number 68. Bil Carpenter of Allmusic gave the collection a positive review, describing Mathis's 1984 collaboration with Deniece Williams, ""Love Won't Let Me Wait"", as a ""stellar reunion"" and his duet with Patti Austin, ""You Brought Me Love"", as an ""unheralded masterpiece"". From the liner notes for the original album: From the liner notes for the original album: Better Together: The Duet Album Better Together: The Duet Album is a compilation album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on October 8, 1991, by Columbia Records and featured three new"
"""After Dark"" Berrios in 2008, performing two new tracks ""I Need a Lover"" and ""Don't Ever Say"" on albums ""Don't Look Back Sessions One & Two"". Melendez also performed at the I Love Freestyle Vol. 1 Live Concert event on January 17th, 2015 at the Resorts World Casino in Buffalo, NY along with fellow freestyle artists, such as Jade Starling, Sa-Fire, Lisa Lisa and others. Lisette Melendez Lisette Melendez (born 1967) is an American freestyle/Latin pop/dance-pop singer. She is best known for her 1991 hits ""Together Forever"", #35 at the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and ""A Day In My Life (Without"
"New Day"", found some success overseas. Ross scored a Top 10 hit in late 1980 with the theme song to the 1980 film ""It's My Turn"". The following year, she collaborated with former Commodores singer-songwriter Lionel Richie on the theme song for the film ""Endless Love"". The Academy Award-nominated title single became her final hit on Motown Records and the number-one record of the year. Several years later, in 1988, Ross recorded the theme song to ""The Land Before Time"". ""If We Hold on Together"" became an international hit, reaching number one in Japan. In 1993, Ross returned to acting"
"the One You're With"", Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for ""Endless Love"", Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for ""Always and Forever"", and Best R&B Album. Songs (Luther Vandross album) Songs the ninth studio album by American R&B singer Luther Vandross. It was released by Epic Records on September 20, 1994. The album, a collection of cover versions, produced the singles ""Endless Love"", ""Always and Forever"", and ""Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"". According to an interview both Luther and Mariah Carey had in Japan following their release of ""Endless Love"", there was mention that Carey had given advice as to what"
"Watson featured on the cover was displayed at the National Portrait Gallery in London. All tracks written by Martin L. Gore, except where noted. All tracks produced by Daniel Miller and Depeche Mode, except where noted. The Singles 81→85 The Singles 81→85 is a greatest hits album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was released on 14 October 1985 by Mute Records. The compilation was not originally released in North America, being replaced by its counterpart ""Catching Up with Depeche Mode"". This was the first release to feature a picture of the band on the cover (other than"
"song ""Nothing Compares 2 U"", which would become the biggest song of the year worldwide in the new decade to follow. Prince had four number one singles and 14 top ten hits on the Hot 100 Chart. Lionel Richie teamed with Diana Ross to record one of the decade's biggest hits Endless Love, which top the Billboard charts for nine weeks. Other songs by Richie, such as All Night Long and Hello also top the charts, he would have a total of five number one hits, and 13 top ten singles. Diana Ross brought Upside Down to the top spot"
"Duets (Emmylou Harris album) Duets is a compilation of duets by country music artist Emmylou Harris in partnership with other well-known country and rock artists. Most of the twelve tracks on the album originally appeared as singles or on albums released by her singing partners. Several of the tracks attained positions on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts: ""That Lovin' You Feelin' Again"" with Roy Orbison was at #6 in 1980; ""If I Needed You"" with Don Williams at #3 in 1981; ""Wild Montana Skies"" with John Denver at #14 in 1983; ""Thing About You"" with Southern Pacific at #14"
"Duets (Kenny Rogers album) Duets was a special 1984 album released by Liberty Records from Kenny Rogers. It was issued after Rogers left the label and signed to RCA Records. ""Duets"" opens with ""We've Got Tonight"", a hit 1983 single with Sheena Easton. Side two begins with another classic duet, ""Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer"" with Kim Carnes from the 1980 album ""Gideon"". All of the remaining eight songs on the album are with Dottie West and come from his two collaboration albums with West, including the 1978 hit ""Every Time Two Fools Collide"" from the 1978 album"
"1976. The American Music awards selected them as the ""Favorite Country Duo"" in 1975, 1976 and 1977. The fan-voted Music City News readers voted them the No. 1 duet every year between 1971 and 1981, inclusive. In addition to their five Number 1 singles, they had seven other Top 10 hits between 1976 and 1981. Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty are the most successful and most awarded male/female duet teams in country music history. Conway and Loretta, their duo name, released an album in 1977 titled ""Dynamic Duo"", and they were considered that by their many fans. As a solo"
"film of the same name, starring Olivia Newton-John. In the 1970s, he co-wrote songs with Alan Bernstein for Engelbert Humperdinck, including ""After the Lovin'"" (1976) and ""This Moment in Time"" (1978), as well as Al Martino's ""The Next Hundred Years"" (1977). Adams died in 2017, aged 78, after a long illness. Ritchie Adams Richard Adam Ziegler (December 15, 1938 – March 6, 2017), known professionally as Ritchie Adams, was an American singer and songwriter. Born in New York City, by 1959 he joined The Fireflies, and sang lead vocals on their hit record ""You Were Mine"", as well as on"
"""All Night Long"" the night U.S. tanks invaded Baghdad. Richie was against the war, but says he could see a day when he would come and perform in Baghdad. On October 18, 1975, Richie married his college sweetheart, Brenda Harvey. In 1983 the couple informally adopted Nicole Camille Escovedo, the two-year-old daughter of one of the members of Lionel's band, and niece of drummer Sheila E. They raised her as their daughter, Nicole Richie, and adopted her legally when she was nine years old. In 1986, while still married to Harvey, Richie began a relationship with Diane Alexander. He would"
"scene; the magazine alleges that artists Jason Aldean and Big & Rich, among others, were influenced by the song's country rap style. In eighth grade, Robert James Ritchie began a ten-year on and off relationship with a classmate named Kelley South Russell. In summer 1993, Russell gave birth to Ritchie's son, Robert James Ritchie Jr. While living with her, the two raised three children, but Ritchie discovered that one of them was not his, which led to the couple splitting in late 1993; Ritchie raised his son as a single father. In both March 1991 and September 1997, Ritchie faced"
"girls (Alison Iraheta, Lil Rounds, Megan Joy, Alexis Grace & Jasmine Murray) ""Big Girls Don't Cry"" (Fergie) - Fergie with Top 13 girls ""Boom Boom Pow"" (The Black Eyed Peas) - The Black Eyed Peas ""Time After Time"" (Cyndi Lauper) - Cyndi Lauper & Alison Iraheta ""Hello"" (Lionel Richie) - Danny Gokey ""Just Go"" (Lionel Richie) - Lionel Richie & Danny Gokey ""All Night Long"" (Lionel Richie) - Lionel Richie & Danny Gokey ""Beth"" (KISS) - Adam Lambert ""Detroit Rock City"" (KISS) - KISS & Adam Lambert ""Rock and Roll All Night"" (KISS) - KISS & Adam Lambert ""Black Magic"