<p>American singer, songwriter, actor and record producer, Lionel ;Brockman ;Richie who was born on June 20, 1949 is 70 years old and the world is agog. His early life clearly indicated the direction he would go and its attendant success</p>



<p> ;He grew and accepted a tennis
scholarship to attend Tuskegee Institute, and graduated with a Bachelor of
Science degree in economics.</p>



<p>He shelved the urge to become a
priest in the Episcopal Church and decided to continue his musical career as a
member of Kappa Kappa Psi, a national honor fraternity for band members and an
active life member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.</p>



<p>From there, his musical career took
off with many albums and awards including GRAMMY to his credit.</p>



<p>Over the course of his musical
career, Richie has sold over 90 million records worldwide, making him one of the
world’s best selling artists of all time.</p>



<p>He  ;won four Grammy Awards including Song of the
Year in 1985 for &#8220;We Are the World&#8221; which he co-wrote with Michael
Jackson, Album of the Year in 1984 for ;<em>Can&#8217;t Slow Down</em>, Producer of
the Year (Non-Classical) in 1984 and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for
&#8220;Truly&#8221; in 1982.</p>



<p> ;Richie has also been nominated
for two Golden Globe ;awards and won one. In 1982 he was nominated for Best
Original Song for the film “Endless Love.” In 1986 he was nominated for and won
the Golden Globe award for Best Original Song for “Say you, Say Me.”</p>



<p>Richie&#8217;s 1982 debut solo album “Lionel
Richie”, contained three hit singles: the U.S. number-one song “Truly”  ;which continued the style of his ballads with
the Commodores and launched his career as one of the most successful balladeers
of the 1980s, and the top five hits “You Are” and “My Love”</p>



<p>“All Night Long” a
Caribbean-flavored dance number that was promoted by a colorful music video
produced by Monkee Michael Nesmith was the popular choice in 1984 when , Richie
performed &#8220;All Night Long&#8221; at the closing ceremony of the XX111
Olympic Games ;in Los Angeles.</p>



<p>Earlier 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&#8217;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.</p>



<p>In 1986, while still married to
Harvey, Richie began a relationship with Diane Alexander. He would later
separate from Harvey, who in 1988 allegedly discovered Richie and Alexander
together in a Beverly Hills ;hotel room by saying she was &#8220;room
service.&#8221; In June 1988, Harvey was arrested and charged with corporal
injury to a spouse, resisting arrest, trespassing, vandalism, battery, and
disturbing the peace after she found Richie at Alexander&#8217;s Beverly Hills
apartment.</p>



<p> ;Richie and Harvey divorced on
August 9, 1993 after nearly 18 years of marriage.</p>



<p> ;The pop star married Diane
Alexander on December 21, 1995 and they have a son, Miles Brockman who was born
on May 27, 1994) and a daughter, Sofia Richie who was born on August 24, 1998).
The marriage ended in 2003.</p>



<p>A research into Lionel Richie&#8217;s genealogy revealed that his
maternal great-grandfather was the national leader of an early African-American
fraternal organization,  ;Notably, J. Louis Brown who was</p>



<p>principal organizer and Supreme Grand,
Archon ;of the Knights of Wise Men, a fraternal organization for black men
in the post civil war ;period formed in Nashville in ;in 1879.</p>



<p>Happy Birthday to Lionel Richie
at 70 as he shines on with ever green……</p>



<p><em>All Night Long </em></p>



<p><em>“Well, my friends, the time has come<br>
Raise the roof and have some fun<br>
Throw away the work to be done<br>
Let the music play on<br>
Everybody sing, everybody dance<br>
Lose yourself in wild romance, we going to<br>
Parti&#8217;, karamu&#8217;, fiesta, forever<br>
Come on and sing along<br>
We&#8217;re going to parti&#8217;, karamu&#8217;, fiesta, forever<br>
Come on and sing along<br>
All night long (all night), all night (all night)<br>
All night long (all night), all night (all night)<br>
All night long (all night), all night (all night)<br>
All night long (all night), ooh yeah (all night)<br>
People dancing all in the street<br>
See the rhythm all in their feet<br>
Life is good, wild and sweet<br>
Let the music play on<br>
Feel it in your heart and feel it in your soul<br>
Let the music take control, we going to<br>
Parti&#8217;, liming, fiesta, forever<br>
Come on and sing my song<br>
All night long (all night) oh (all night)<br>
All night long (all night) yeah (all night)<br>
All night long (all night) yeah (all night)<br>
All night long (all night) (all night)<br>
Yeah, once you get started you can&#8217;t sit down<br>
Come join the fun, it&#8217;s a merry-go-round<br>
Everyone&#8217;s dancing their troubles away<br>
Come join our party, see how we play<br>
Tom bo li de say de moi ya, yeah, jambo jumbo<br>
Way to parti&#8217; o we goin&#8217; oh, jambali<br>
Tom bo li de say de moi ya, yeah, jumbo jumbo<br>
Oh, oh, oh, oh, yes<br>
We&#8217;re gonna have a party, yeah, ugh<br>
All night long (all night), all night (all night)<br>
All night long (all night), yeah (all night)<br>
All night long (all night), all night (all night)<br>
All night long (all night)<br>
Everyone you meet, they&#8217;re jamming in the street,
all night long (all night)<br>
Yeah, I said, everyone you meet, they&#8217;re jamming in
the street (all night)<br>
All night long (all night)<br>
Feel good, feel good (all nigh”</em></p>

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