The Commodores
"Brick House" performers
The Commodores are an American funk and soul band formed in the 1970s, best known for hits like "Brick House," "Easy," and "Three Times a Lady." The group launched Lionel Richie's career before he went solo.
My parents danced to The Commodores at their wedding.
- MotownDetroit's soulful moniker
- funkDepression or groove music
- funk bandEnsemble playing groove music
- soulInnermost animating essence
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
Lionel Richie · R&B · seventies · eighties · quiet storm · ballad · slow jam · disco · smooth · Tuskegee · Alabama · slow dance · prom · romantic · bass · falsetto · silky · mellow
musical style and cultural positioning
The CommodoresN.W.A
Influential gangsta rap collective
Sex Pistols · Dead Kennedys · Black Flag · Swans · Ramones
commercial accessibility vs. underground credibility
The CommodoresParliament-Funkadelic
Funk collective, seventies
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