How Lionel Richie Mastered the Love Song
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This is the New Yorker Radio Hour, a co-production of WNYC Studios and The New Yorker. This is the New Yorker Radio Hour. I'm David Ramnick. Lionel Ritchie has remained a star on the music scene long after many of his peers have faded away.
Ritchie has been making music for 50 years. He's sold over 100 million albums, and he's endeared himself to younger generations as a judge on American Idol. His hits include Stuck on You, Say You Say Me, Brick House, and the great duet with Diana Ross, Endless Love. My love.
I love my endless love. Lionel Ritchie is now the author of a memoir. It's called Truly. And while the book has a lot of triumphs to cover, Ritchie also writes frankly about his failed marriages, and the breakup of the Commodores, the band that launched him into stardom.
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