Commodores

Years active: 1968 - present
Origin: Tuskegee, Alabama
Members:Walter Orange, William King, J.D. Nicholas
Former members:Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary, Ronald La Pread, Milan Williams, Sheldon Reynolds

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 Jackson 5
While on tour.