My wife said that was her impression when she was watching the CMAs, and Lionel Richie came out to perform.
Did I hear right? Lionel Richie to release a country CD?
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http://www.contactmusic.com/news/lionel-richie-set-for-country-album-featuring-willie-nelson_1253096
Personally, I hate it when artists get so washed up they start trying to mine in other genres. I remember several years back, Jessica Simpson was at the Opry doing an on-screen interview and trying to convince everyone how "I've always been country."
Complete B.S.
Personally, I hate it when artists get so washed up they start trying to mine in other genres. I remember several years back, Jessica Simpson was at the Opry doing an on-screen interview and trying to convince everyone how "I've always been country."
Complete B.S.
I believe it has been released already...I've heard a couple of cuts from it at the station although we don't have it in rotation yet
Actually if you listen to her first albums she could sing, she's lost the sparkle later but as a kid she had a set of lungs.
That may be so but writing and singing are 2 very different things. Thousands of writers write for various genres. Also, the 'Lady (You Bring Me Up)' as performed by Lionel Richie / Commodores (Lady, you bring me up when I'm down) and the 'Lady' as performed by Kenny Rogers (Lady, I'm your knight in shining armor) are VERY different songs. Richie has done a version of the Rogers song as well - on the definitive collection (and others I'm sure).
More - Kenny Rogers had collaborated with R&B/pop singer-songwriter Lionel Richie in 1980 with the song "Lady". After the success of that record, Rogers asked Richie to produce his next album, Share Your Love. Although the original plan was for Richie to write all the songs for Rogers' forthcoming album, the two men agreed to accept songs they both liked for the project which had been written by others.