Commodores

Commodores is an American funk and soul band, which was at its peak in the late 1970s through the mid 1980s. The Commodores formed from two former student groups, the Mystics and the Jays. The six-man band featured Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary, and William King from the Mystics, and Andre Callahan, Michael Gilbert, and Milan Williams from the Jays.