Lionel Richie

10 Interesting facts about Lionel Richie

#	Top 10 Interesting Facts
1	Richie grew up on the campus of Tuskegee Institute.
2	His family moved to Illinois where he graduated from Joliet Township High School, East Campus, in Joliet.
3	A star tennis player in Joliet, he accepted a tennis scholarship back at Tuskegee Institute and later graduated with a major in economics.
4	In 1968 he became the lead singer and saxophonist with the Commodores.
5	They signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records in 1968 for one record before moving on to Motown Records, being schooled as a support act to the Jackson Five.
6	He composed "Lady" for Kenny Rogers, which hit #1 in 1980, and he produced Rogers' Share Your Love album the following year.
7	His 1983 follow up album, Can't Slow Down, sold over twice as many copies and won two Grammy Awards including Album Of The Year – propelling him into the first rank of international superstars.
8	Richie married college sweetheart Brenda Harvey on October 18, 1975. During their marriage, Lionel began a relationship with Diane Alexander in 1986.
9	A confrontation ensued, and Brenda was then arrested for spousal abuse, trespassing and vandalism. Lionel and Brenda divorced on August 9, 1993; they had been married 17 years.
10	In a November 15, 2005 CNN interview with Ryan Seacrest, Richie—whose birth name is Nicole Camille Escovedo—stated that her birth father was not a member of Lionel's band; however, Peter Michael Escovedo (brother of Sheila E) was a member of Lionel's band.

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