Lionel Richie’s music continues to be the soundtrack for romance, proving that love songs, when crafted with sincerity, never fade. These ten songs remain essential listening for lovers everywhere.

It was only the second group that a teenaged Lionel Richie had ever been in, but they still needed a name. Leaving it up to fate, bandmember Michael Gilbert closed his eyes, opened a dictionary, and ...

A celebrity showcase. A love-drenched homecoming. A nostalgia trip. And a chance, perhaps, to make up for a hasty performance that caused some backlash in Birmingham. But the artist, 74, hasn’t ...