‘Commodores’ Album: Motown Stars Make It Look ‘Easy’

‘Commodores’ Album: Motown Stars Make It Look ‘Easy’

By 1977, the Commodores were a familiar name on the Motown release schedules, with four previous albums to their name, two R&B chart-topping singles and two Top 10 pop 45s. But now it was time to move things up a notch. As their self-titled fifth album made its chart debut on April 2 that year, they did just that. The group’s greatest strengths, even before Lionel Richie emerged as their dominant force, were their versatility and strength in dep…

The Commodores in Campbell | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley’s Leading Weekly

William King has been touring and recording with Commodores since 1968, playing trumpet, guitar, synthesizer, flute and congas—all while handling choreography duties for a band that went from funk powerhouse to pop hit machine in the latter half of the ’70s. Band members, including Lionel Richie, have come and gone over the years, but King has stuck with the groove and kept the bus on the road, bringing the people what they need for dancing, sin…