The Lionel Richie-led soul band the Commodores, whose career peaked in the late 1970s before Richie left for solo fame, is a prime example of an R & B crossover success. Beginning as an opening act during the early 1970s for The Jackson Five,...

The Commodores were a highly successful funk/soul band of the 1970s and 1980s. The members of the group met as freshmen at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) in 1968, and signed with Motown having first caught the public eye opening for The...

ROBERT GEBELOFF, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 01-12-1997 COMMODORE COMRADES -- SOME CAN'T PART WITH ANCIENT PC By ROBERT GEBELOFF, Staff Writer Date: 01-12-1997, Sunday Section: NEWS Edition: All Editions -- Sunday Ancient history was never so recent, and antiques...

MARK J. CZERWINSKI, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 10-21-2001 COMMODORE FOREVER GRATEFUL By MARK J. CZERWINSKI, Staff Writer Date: 10-21-2001, Sunday Section: SPORTS Edition: All Editions -- Sunday Column: DEVILS NOTEBOOK EAST RUTHERFORD -- If you look closely under Mike...

Shan Foster had 24 points and five rebounds and No. 15 Vanderbilt remained undefeated with a 76-58 victory over Rice on Thursday night.The Commodores (14-0) forced a season-high 24 turnovers and showed they can win with more than their high-scoring offense, extending the best start...

No. 15 Vanderbilt got out to the best start in school history Monday, beating Iona 97-73 behind A.J. Ogilvy's 20 points and nine rebounds. Shan Foster added 20 points, and Alan Metcalfe scored 14 for Vanderbilt (13-0), which won its first 12 games in 2003-04...