The Commodores

E60018
band funk band musical group soul band

The Commodores are an American funk and soul band best known for their 1970s and 1980s hits like “Brick House” and “Easy,” and for launching Lionel Richie’s career.

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Label Occurrences
Commodores 61
The Commodores canonical 9
Commodores (former band of Lionel Richie) 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf band ⓘ
funk band ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
soul band ⓘ
activePeriod 1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
associatedAct Lionel Richie ⓘ
Motown ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
formedIn 1968 ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
disco ⓘ
funk ⓘ
pop ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasHitSingle Brick House ⓘ
Easy ⓘ
Nightshift ⓘ
Sail On ⓘ
Still ⓘ
Three Times a Lady ⓘ
instrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
guitars ⓘ
horn section ⓘ
keyboards ⓘ
member J.D. Nicholas ⓘ
James Dean Nicholas ⓘ
Lionel Richie ⓘ
Milan Williams ⓘ
Ronald LaPread ⓘ
Thomas McClary ⓘ
Walter Orange ⓘ
William King ⓘ
memberOf Motown ⓘ
surface form: Motown Records
notableFor launching Lionel Richie’s career ⓘ
notableWork Brick House ⓘ
Easy ⓘ
Lady (You Bring Me Up) ⓘ
Machine Gun ⓘ
Nightshift ⓘ
Sail On ⓘ
Still ⓘ
Three Times a Lady ⓘ
Zoom ⓘ
placeOfFormation Tuskegee, Alabama, United States ⓘ
surface form: Tuskegee, Alabama
recordLabel Atlantic Records ⓘ
Motown ⓘ
Polydor Records ⓘ
vocalStyle group vocals ⓘ

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Motown → launchedCareerOf → The Commodores ⓘ
Lionel Richie → memberOf → The Commodores ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commodores
Gordy Records → associatedWith → The Commodores ⓘ
Richie → memberOf → The Commodores ⓘ
subject surface form: Lionel Richie
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Three Times a Lady → performer → The Commodores ⓘ
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Three Times a Lady → artist → The Commodores ⓘ
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Three Times a Lady → performerMemberOf → The Commodores ⓘ
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Three Times a Lady → isSignatureSongOf → The Commodores ⓘ
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Three Times a Lady → producer → The Commodores ⓘ
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Three Times a Lady → hasLivePerformanceBy → The Commodores ⓘ
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Stuck on You → performer → The Commodores ⓘ
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Brick House → performer → The Commodores ⓘ
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Brick House → artist → The Commodores ⓘ
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Brick House → album → The Commodores ⓘ
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Brick House → producer → The Commodores ⓘ
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Easy → performer → The Commodores ⓘ
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Easy → partOfAlbum → The Commodores ⓘ
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Easy → albumArtist → The Commodores ⓘ
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Easy → producer → The Commodores ⓘ
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Easy → isSignatureSongOf → The Commodores ⓘ
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Still → artist → The Commodores ⓘ
subject surface form: Still (song)
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Still → performer → The Commodores ⓘ
subject surface form: Still (song)
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Still → producer → The Commodores ⓘ
subject surface form: Still (song)
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Still → signatureSongOf → The Commodores ⓘ
subject surface form: Still (song)
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Still → recordedBy → The Commodores ⓘ
subject surface form: Still (song)
this entity surface form: Commodores
Still → partOf → The Commodores ⓘ
subject surface form: Still (song)
this entity surface form: Commodores discography
Sail On → artist → The Commodores ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commodores
Sail On → performer → The Commodores ⓘ
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Sail On → producer → The Commodores ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commodores
Nightshift → artist → The Commodores ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commodores
Nightshift → performer → The Commodores ⓘ
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Nightshift → albumBy → The Commodores ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commodores
Nightshift → backingVocalsBy → The Commodores ⓘ
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Nightshift → isSignatureSongOf → The Commodores ⓘ
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Lady (You Bring Me Up) → artist → The Commodores ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commodores
Lady (You Bring Me Up) → performer → The Commodores ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commodores
Lady (You Bring Me Up) → producer → The Commodores ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commodores
Lady (You Bring Me Up) → partOfDiscographyOf → The Commodores ⓘ
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Zoom → performer → The Commodores ⓘ
subject surface form: Zoom (song)
this entity surface form: Commodores
Zoom → performer → The Commodores ⓘ
subject surface form: Zoom (song)
Zoom → album → The Commodores ⓘ
subject surface form: Zoom (song)
this entity surface form: Commodores
Zoom → producer → The Commodores ⓘ
subject surface form: Zoom (song)
this entity surface form: Commodores
Machine Gun → artist → The Commodores ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commodores
Machine Gun → performer → The Commodores ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commodores
Machine Gun → producer → The Commodores ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commodores
Machine Gun → recordedBy → The Commodores ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commodores
Walter Orange → memberOf → The Commodores ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commodores
Walter Orange → associatedAct → The Commodores ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commodores
William King → memberOf → The Commodores ⓘ
William King → foundingMemberOf → The Commodores ⓘ