Kenny Rogers and Lionel Richie Lady

ladies and gentlemen mr. Kenny Rogers to say I'm excited about being a part of this is an understatement to say the least but you know Lyle Chris I'm so proud of you and I'm so happy for you you know you deserve what you're getting here the line alignment 32 years ago right here in Las Vegas but you know I'm so excited about this because I now for those are you young aspiring songwriters who want to learn how to pitch a song Lionel is your guy I called him from the Riviera here and I said Lyle I'd love for you to come over and write a song for me and he said I don't think I have time I said well I it's going to be a part of a greatest hits album it'll sell I think of minimum or four or five million records he says to seven o'clock tomorrow night okay so he came in at seven o'clock and we had this little upright rinky-dink piano in the dressing room and he starts to play and then he says before I do this I have to tell you I pitched this to the Commodores and they turned it down which I thought was an interesting approach to selling a song so he sits down and he starts playing and he goes lady and the rest of it Holly head was the one word I said how could they have turned that word down I asked you so we go in the studio six months later we're recording I finished the first verse to the song and I'm sitting looking at the lead sheets and there's not a second verse I said wait a minute where's Lionel I swear to god he's in the toilet writing the second verse they said he's at his best under pressure I'm so excited about being here you know and he's not just a friend of mine but the song he wrote was truly a changing point in my career it's one of the most identify herbal songs I've ever done I love to have you come up and sing it with me you have me you there's so many ways to say you have calmed maybe home you and made me such a fool we belong together she believed in my song for so many I thought that never fine you have come true by and maybe home let me wait to see you each let me hear you saw me in my like we belong together yes where I want you ah you're the love who

Channel: Billy Haido

Views: 41,331,450

Keywords: Kenny, Rogers, and, Lionel, Richie2

Id: WI2CvL6UYvE

Length: 6min 38sec (398 seconds)

Published: Mon Apr 16 2012