Ronald LaPread’s bass lines helped make the Commodores sound like a party and a slow dance at the same time, and now the music world is saying goodbye to one of Motown’s architects. LaPread, a ...

Ronald LaPread, bassist and cofounding member of the Commodores, has died. He was 75. News of LaPread's death was shared on Saturday, May 30 by his daughter Soraya with a statement in a since-expired ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Commodores, back row, l-r, Walter Orange, Ronald LaPread, MIlan Williams; front row, Thomas McClary, Lionel Richie, William ...

*Ronald LaPread, a founding member and longtime bassist of the Commodores, has died at age 75, marking the loss of a musician whose bass lines helped power one of the most successful groups in Motown ...

Bruce Springsteen has shared the video for his cover of the 1985 Commodores hit “Nightshift,” which will appear on his upcoming soul covers LP Only the Strong Survive, out November 11. Commodores ...

The Commodores certainly have no shortage of hits to play any time the stalwart R&B troupe hits a stage -- "Brick House," "Sail On," "Three Times a Lady" and more. But as the group celebrates its… By ...

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) - In their prime, the Commodores spent six months a year working out of Commodore Studio, an expansive Tuskegee space where the band wrote, rehearsed and recorded classic songs ...

Considering how their sound had come to be defined by the ballads of Lionel Richie, not many gave The Commodores much chance of matching their previous level of success once Richie left. But they did ...

Legendary R&B group the Commodores began their musical journey jamming in the basement cafeteria of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. It was 1968 and R&B was king. "We were all freshman there, 17, 18 ...

There is no denying the Commodores’ 1977 self-titled album was a huge success at the time and a harbinger of even bigger things to come. It was their first album to reach the Top 10 of the Billboard ...