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Released: March 1987. Dancing on the Ceiling is the third solo studio album by American singer Lionel Richie, released on August 5, 1986. [2] The album was originally to be titled Say You, Say Me, after the Academy Award -winning track of the same name, but it was renamed to a different track's title after Richie rewrote several songs on the album.
Lionel Richie singles chronology. "Say You, Say Me". (1985) " Dancing on the Ceiling ". (1986) "Love Will Conquer All". (1986) " Dancing on the Ceiling " is a song by American singer-songwriter Lionel Richie. It was written by Richie, Mike Frenchik, and Carlos Rios for Richie's third studio album of the same name (1986), while production was ...
In the US, the "Say You, Say Me" single sold a million copies and was no. 1 on for two weeks on the Billboard "Hot Black" chart and for four weeks on the Hot 100. [7] The single was hugely successful in South Africa, attaining the No. 1 spot on the weekly charts for a total of 30 weeks. It was the No. 1 single of 1986 on the year-end Springbok ...
Can't Slow Down is the second solo studio album by American recording artist Lionel Richie.It was released on October 14, 1983, by Motown Records. [5]Can't Slow Down has been certified Diamond by the RIAA, selling over 10 million copies [6] in the United States and over 20 million copies worldwide, making it Richie's best-selling album, and one of the best-selling albums of the 1980s.
Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He rose to fame in the 1970s as a songwriter and the co-lead singer of the Motown group Commodores; writing and recording the hit singles "Easy", "Sail On", "Three Times a Lady" and "Still" with the group before his departure.
Fred Astaire. Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz, [1] May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, actor, singer, musician, choreographer, and presenter, whose career in stage, film, and television spanned 76 years. Widely regarded as the "greatest popular-music dancer of all time," [2] he received numerous accolades, including ...
Deep River Woman. " Deep River Woman " is a song written by American R&B artist Lionel Richie and recorded by Richie with American country music band Alabama. It was released in November 1986 as the fourth single from Richie's album Dancing on the Ceiling as double A-side with "Ballerina Girl". The song peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot ...
Lyricist (s) Lorenz Hart. " Dancing on the Ceiling " is a 1930 popular song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart for the 1930 London musical Ever Green when it was sung by Jessie Matthews. It was originally part of the musical Simple Simon, but it was cut from the production before the premiere.