The Best of Lionel Richie: 20th Century Masters

Description

Richie was born on June 20, 1949 in Tuskegee, Alabama, the son of Lionel Brockman Richie Sr., a U.S. Army System Analyst, and Alberta R. Foster, a teacher.[7] On March 4, 2011, he appeared on NBC’s Who Do You Think You Are?, which found out that his maternal great-grandfather was the national leader of an early African-American fraternal organization.[8] Notably, J. Louis Brown was: Principal organizer and Supreme Grand Archon of the Knights of Wise Men, a fraternal organization for black men in the post-Civil War period. Formed in Nashville in 1879, it was a fraternal insurance and burial benefit society, as were so many others during the period.[8]

Richie grew up on the campus of Tuskegee Institute,[9] and graduated from Joliet Township High School, East Campus in Joliet, Illinois.[10] A star tennis player in Joliet,[11] he accepted a tennis scholarship to attend Tuskegee Institute, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics.[10]

Richie considered studying divinity to become a priest in the Episcopal Church, in which he had been baptised, but ultimately decided he was not “priest material” and decided to continue his musical career.[12][13] He is a member of Kappa Kappa Psi, a national honor fraternity for band members,[14] and an active life member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.[15][16]

Product details
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.84 x 5.59 x 0.47 inches; 2.82 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Motown Records
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 30418
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ December 12, 2006
Label ‏ : ‎ Motown Records
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0000CERMS
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1