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Lionel Richie has hand signed in black ink the front cover of his début album “Lionel Richie” Lionel Richie is the debut solo album by R&B singer Lionel Richie after leaving the Commodores. It was released in 1982 on Motown Records. The first single, “Truly”, topped the Billboard Hot 100. Follow-up single “You Are” reached number four, and “My Love” reached number five. The album was also a hit, reaching number one on the Cashbox albums charts on December 11, 1982. In a Season 3 episode of Friends, Chandler is seen holding a copy of this album and singing “Endless Love.” The song never was a part of this release, however, the song now appears on the 2003 remastered edition as one of two bonus tracks (as a solo performance only). At the time, “Endless Love” was available on the original soundtrack to the movie of the same name, ‘Endless Love,’ starring Brooke Shields, only.