As their self-titled fifth album made its chart debut on April 2, 1977, the group were moving up fast.
Everyone was saying 'Hello' to Commodore Lionel in 1983.
On 12 November 1983, one of the many hits from the mega-platinum 'Can't Slow Down' album completed its climb to the top of the Billboard Hot 100.
The self-titled fifth album by the Commodores will be released as a vinyl LP and in a special blue vinyl collectors' edition by UMe on 16 June 2017.