Commodores
- motown
- classic soul
- United States
- formed 1968, Tuskegee
- 1 album
- 7 Dutch Top 40 hits
- 2018
Commodores is a group from the United States, formed in 1968 in Tuskegee. Over the years, Lionel Richie, William King, Michael Gilbert, Thomas McClary, Milan Williams, Ronald LaPread, Walter Orange, Sheldon Reynolds and one others played in the group. The collection holds one album by the group: Collected, from 2018. On top of that, the group appears on three albums by others. Seven records reached the Dutch Top 40, one of them the top spot. The highest was Nightshift: number 1 in week 13 of 1985.
Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs
Albums by Commodores
Click the cover and you get the tracks per side, with the whole album on Spotify.
Sound of Commodores
Commodores sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 122 bpm.
Across 25 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of Commodores
The nine members of Commodores, with the years they belonged to the group, including anyone who left for a while and came back. The thin lines are the albums and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart. A linked name has its own page.
Commodores
Lionel Richie
Thomas McClary
Milan Williams
Ronald LaPread
Walter Orange
Sheldon Reynolds
J.D. Nicholas197019751980198519901995200020052010201520202025Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
Also appears on
Commodores also appears on three albums by others, all of them compilations.
Biggest hits of Commodores
In the Dutch Top 40, Commodores had seven records. Each record shows its peak position, how long it stayed in the chart and the week of that peak. These are the five biggest. The button after the list opens all of them, with the run from week to week.
week 13, 198568weeks in the chart
with 7 records1978first entry
week 2, 19781987latest entry
week 2, 19877years with an entry
- 1NightshiftCommodores198515 weeks
- 3Three Times A LadyCommodores197812 weeks
- 4Sail OnCommodores197911 weeks
- 7Goin' To The BankCommodores19868 weeks
- 17StillCommodores19797 weeks
All 7 records by Commodores in the Dutch Top 40
Source: top40.nl
Frequently asked questions
How many albums by Commodores are in the collection?
There is one: Collected, from 2018.
Which Dutch Top 40 hits did Commodores have?
Commodores had seven records in the Dutch Top 40, one of them at number 1. The best-charting record is Nightshift, which reached number 1 in week 13 of 1985.
Who played in Commodores?
Over the years that was Lionel Richie, William King, Michael Gilbert, Thomas McClary, Milan Williams, Ronald LaPread, Walter Orange, Sheldon Reynolds and J.D. Nicholas. The timeline shows the years each member belonged to the group; anyone with a page of their own is linked in the side column.
Which albums by other artists feature Commodores?
Commodores appears on three albums by others: Motown Collected Vol. 1, NOW Presents... Classic Soul and Motown Collected Vol. 2.
How do you play the music of Commodores?
Open an album and use the round Spotify button after a track. The Dutch Top 40 entries have the same button. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
Keep exploring
If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.