William King on hip-hop’s rise, how the Commodores got their name, and what drove Lionel Richie’s departure.

Ronald LaPread, who has died aged 75, was the bass guitarist with the Commodores, who sold more than 70 million records with their winning combination of silky ballads and funky dance numbers; ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Commodores have plans to release new music this summer, and have a Christmas record on the way as well. They will be performing at Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls, Ontario ...

The Commodores certainly have no shortage of hits to play any time the stalwart R&B troupe hits a stage -- "Brick House," "Sail On," "Three Times a Lady" and more. But as the group celebrates its… By ...

Their exit follows the departures of Morris Day and Young MC... with some confusion over where C&C Music Factory and Milli Vanilli stand. As with several of the oldies-oriented acts booked for Freedom ...

The Commodores are once, twice, three times not playing the Great American State Fair. By late Thursday, May 28, the legendary R&B group was one of five acts who'd withdrawn their participation in the ...

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) - In their prime, the Commodores spent six months a year working out of Commodore Studio, an expansive Tuskegee space where the band wrote, rehearsed and recorded classic songs ...

Bruce Springsteen has shared the video for his cover of the 1985 Commodores hit “Nightshift,” which will appear on his upcoming soul covers LP Only the Strong Survive, out November 11. Commodores ...

Ronald LaPread, the former bass player for the American soul band The Commodores, has died in Auckland at the age of 75.

"His contributions to our music and his friendship enriched our lives beyond measure," wrote the Commodores in a statement about LaPread's death Jack Irvin has worked at PEOPLE since 2022. He covers ...