In which album was the Lionel Richie-composed hit ballad released by American soul group the Commodores and produced by James Anthony Carmichael?
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Easy (Commodores song) "Easy" is a song by Commodores for the Motown label, from their fifth studio album, "Commodores". Released in March 1977, "Easy" reached #1 on the "Billboard" R&B chart, and #4 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. The success of "Easy" paved the way for similar Lionel Richie-composed hit ballads such as "Three Times a Lady" and "Still", and also for Richie's later solo hits.
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Three Times a Lady "Three Times a Lady" is a song by American soul group the Commodores, from their 1978 album "Natural High". It was produced by James Anthony Carmichael and the Commodores. It was also the only Motown song to reach the Top 10 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 that year and the Commodores's first Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit, topping the chart for two weeks on August 12, 1978 and also went to number one on the soul chart for two weeks. The song spent three weeks at #1 on the adult contemporary chart.
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Private Beach Party Private Beach Party is a 1985 studio album by the Jamaican reggae singer Gregory Isaacs. The album continued Isaacs' working relationship with producer Augustus "Gussie" Clarke, to whom he would return in 1988 for the hugely successful "Rumours" and "Red Rose for Gregory". Clarke employed Carlton Hines to write several of the songs on the album, and the musicians featured include Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Lloyd Parks, and Willie Lindo.
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The Ballad Collection The Ballad Collection is a 2000 compilation of ballads recorded by R&B group Boyz II Men, released by Universal Records. It includes both hit singles and album tracks.
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Rock Solid Rock Solid is the thirteenth studio album by the Commodores, released in 1988. At this time in the band's career, hits were no longer forthcoming, and this album failed to enter the Billboard album charts. One single, the perhaps appropriately titled "Solitaire" fizzled at #51 on the R&B chart, and no other tracks from the album charted. It is the last of the band's albums with keyboard player and founding member Milan Williams, who left after a dispute about playing in South Africa.
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Mr Soul of Jamaica Mr Soul of Jamaica is an album by Jamaican rocksteady singer Alton Ellis. It contains twelve tracks recorded between 1967 and 1970 at Duke Reid's Treasure Isle Recording Studios in Kingston, Jamaica and was produced by Reid and released on his Treasure Isle label in 1974. Although this was his only album for the label, Ellis had already been a star musician in Jamaica from the early 1960s onwards, having recorded for Coxone Dodd's Studio One label before moving to Treasure Isle, and the album is a compilation of some of his Treasure Isle singles, although some of his biggest hits including "Rock Steady", "Girl I've Got a Date" and "Cry Tough" were left off it.
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Neither One of Us (album) Neither One of Us is an album recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips, released in early 1973 (see 1973 in music) by Motown Records on the Soul Records label.
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Deep River Woman "Deep River Woman" is a single written by American artist Lionel Richie and recorded by Richie with American country music group Alabama. It was released in December 1986 as the fourth single from Richie's album "Dancing on the Ceiling". The song peaked at number 10 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart and number 71 on the Hot 100.
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Tropical Storm (album) Tropical Storm is reggae, dancehall artist Beenie Man's fifteenth studio album. It was released on August 20, 2002. The album is a mix of dancehall and reggae fusion, with hit singles such as "Feel It Boy" featuring R&B singer Janet Jackson and "Bossman" featuring dancehall artists Lady Saw & Sean Paul.
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Soul Pride "Soul Pride" is an instrumental written by James Brown and Alfred Ellis and recorded by James Brown with his band. Released as a two-part single in 1969, it charted #33 R&B.
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Commodores Live! Commodores Live! is a live album by the Commodores, released in 1977. The album reached number 3 on the Billboard 200 chart.
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Mr. Soul (album) Mr. Soul is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. Produced by Hugo & Luigi, the album was released in February 1963 in the United States by RCA Victor.
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Lionel Richie (album) Lionel Richie is the eponymous debut solo studio album by American singer Lionel Richie, released on October 6, 1982 on Motown Records. It was recorded and released while Richie was still a member of the Commodores; he would leave the group shortly after the album's release. The first single from the album, "Truly", topped the "Billboard" Hot 100. Follow-up single "You Are" reached number four, and "My Love" reached number five. The album was also a hit, reaching number one on the "Cashbox" albums chart on December 11, 1982.
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You (Aretha Franklin album) You is the twenty-fourth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, Released on October 16, 1975 by Atlantic Records. It was a critical and commercial disappointment, stalling at #83 on "Billboard"' s album chart. The album's only pop chart single, "Mr. D.J." stalled at just #53 on "Billboard"'s Hot 100, while climbing to only #13 R&B. The title track, issued as the follow-up, reached #15 R&B. The album brought an end to Aretha's long collaboration with producer Jerry Wexler, after signing with Atlantic in 1967. The album was released on compact disc in Europe in 2008.
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Night Beat (album) Night Beat is the twelfth studio album by American R&B, soul, and rock and roll singer and songwriter Sam Cooke. Produced by Hugo & Luigi, the album was released in August 1963 in the United States by RCA Victor.
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Happy People (The Temptations song) "Happy People" is a 1974 single by The Temptations, co-written by Lionel Richie. It was the first single from the "A Song For You" album. In the United States, the single went to #1 on the R&B chart and #40 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart. "Happy People" also peaked at #11 on the disco/dance chart. The single was the first Temptations release without the guidance of Norman Whitfield since 1966.
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What a Feelin' What a Feelin' is the second album by American singer-songwriter Irene Cara and her most successful album to date. Released in November 1983, this album is dominated by dance-pop and Euro disco songs produced by the legendary producer Giorgio Moroder, unlike her R&B-heavy debut. Many of the songs were co-written by Cara herself. The album includes the major hit singles, "Dream (Hold On to Your Dream)" (U.S. #37), "Flashdance... What a Feelin'" (her only #1 hit in the U.S.), "Why Me?" (U.S. #13), "You Were Made for Me" (U.S. #78) and "Breakdance" (which was her third and last Top 10 single in the U.S., reaching #8).
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Donald Charles Baldwin Donald Charles Baldwin (born 20 April 1953) is a United States musician, arranger and composer who achieved significant commercial success with recordings he wrote, arranged and performed for Motown Records and Invictus/Hot Wax Records from 1970 to 1980. Notable work includes his recordings with many widely known musical acts including: Temptations, Commodores, Bonnie Pointer, Chairmen of the Board, Lionel Richie, Freda Payne, Smokey Robinson and members of Funkadelic, as well as record producers Holland-Dozier-Holland and Jeffrey Bowen.
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Angel (Lionel Richie song) "Angel" is a song by American singer Lionel Richie. It was written by Richie, Paul Barry, and Mark Taylor for his sixth studio album "Renaissance" (2000), while production was helmed by Brian Rawling and Taylor. Island Def Jam released "Angel" as the album's lead single in fall 2000. Richie's highest-charting success in years, it reached the top ten in Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, and o the US "Billboard" Adult Contemporary chart, while peaking at number 18 on the UK Singles Chart.
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Soul Song (Archie Shepp album) Soul Song is an album by saxophonist Archie Shepp recorded in 1982 for the Enja label.
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Just to Be Close to You "Just to Be Close to You" is a song by American R&B/funk band, Commodores, in 1976. Released from their album, "Hot on the Tracks", it would become one of their biggest hits, spending two weeks at the top of the Hot Soul Singles chart and becoming their second "Billboard" Hot 100 top ten, peaking at number seven. The song was written and sung by Lionel Richie.
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Soul Brothers Soul Brothers is the fourth studio album recorded by Ray Charles and the eleventh studio album by Milt Jackson and released by Atlantic Records in 1958. The album was later re-issued in a 2 CD compilation together with the other Charles–Jackson album "Soul Meeting" and included additional tracks from the same recording sessions not present on the original LP releases.