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I grew up with the Grand Ole Opry, Dottie West, Conway Twitty, Buck Owens... not realizing it was influencing me as much as it was.

Lionel Richie

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Lionel Richie
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: June 20
Actor
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Tuskegee
Alabama
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