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Kenny Chesney (left) performs with Lionel Richie at an April 2 event called Lionel Richie and Friends in Concert in Las Vegas. Other performers at the concert included country stars Tim McGraw, Jason Aldean, The Band Perry and Rascal Flatts.

Watch Nashville's Love For Lionel Richie Runs Deep

July 21, 2012 – The country charts are full of songs that nod to catalog of pop's under-appreciated crossover king.

The cover of Justin Vivian Bond's album Silver Wells, on which the cabaret performer uses other people's songs to construct a plotline that echoes the Joan Didion novel Play It As It Lays.

Watch A Cover Album Is A Tiny Museum Of Songs

June 15, 2012 – It's been a very good year for assertive, interpretive pop music.

"If I had to have another title for this record besides Tuskegee," Lionel Richie says, "it would be called All the Songs That They Told Me Would Ruin My Career."

Listen Hello? Is This The Country Album You're Looking For?

April 2, 2012 – Country artists like Tim McGraw help re-imagine the ballads that made Lionel Richie famous.

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Listen A Tuneful 'Coming Home' for Lionel Richie

September 12, 2006 – The former pop superstar is back with a new CD nugget that shows he's still at the top of his game.

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