\u201cWell my friends, the time has come\u2026\u201d to commemorate a really recognizable lyric and a chart anniversary for Lionel Richie<\/strong><\/a>. On November 12, 1983, \u201cAll Night Long (All Night)\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>accomplished its climb to the highest of the Billboard<\/em> Hot 100, on its method to changing into one of many anthems of his profession.<\/p>\n Written by Richie and co-produced by the artist with James Carmichael, \u201cAll Night Long\u201d had been transferring up the US pop chart since mid-September. Furthermore, it was already within the midst of a seven-week run at No. 1 on the R&B survey. Then it began a four-week pop reign, seizing the crown from Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton\u2019s \u201cIslands In The Stream.\u201d On the R&B chart, Motown\u2019s sturdy finish to the 12 months would proceed when Richie was adopted to the summit by DeBarge<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s \u201cTime Will Reveal.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAll Night Long\u201d was one of many many hits from Can\u2019t Slow Down<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, Lionel\u2019s second solo album, which itself was an absolute gross sales juggernaut, licensed ten-times platinum in America in simply over two years, by the tip of 1985. By far the bestselling album of Richie\u2019s stellar profession, its estimated worldwide gross sales are actually some 20 million.<\/p>\n Recorded at Ocean Way Studios on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles within the spring of 1983, the monitor featured such celebrated gamers as Greg Phillinganes on synthesisers, Paulinho da Costa on percussion, and a crew of backing vocalists that included a then-unknown Richard Marx.<\/p>\n Listen to the very best of Lionel Richie on Apple Music<\/a> and Spotify.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n As for the Jamaican-style chant that had Richie and the refrain singing \u201cTom bo li de say di moi ya, yeah, jambo, jumbo,\u201d what did it imply?\u00a0This author requested Lionel that very query in an interview for British pop weekly Record Mirror<\/em> on the time of the only\u2019s success. \u201cIf you go back and try to find out what it means,\u201d he stated, \u201cit\u2019s like most of Bob Marley<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s chants. They don\u2019t really mean anything, but you know what they mean \u2013 you know what I\u2019m saying? It\u2019s an old Jamaican chant.\u201d<\/p>\nMaking magic on Sunset<\/h2>\n