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.
As their self-titled fifth album made its chart debut on 2 April 1977, the group were moving up fast.
Everyone was saying 'Hello' to Commodore Lionel in 1983.
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.