This is a poster of The Commodores for your club or room. The Commodores are an American funk/soul band of the 1970s and 1980s. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute (now ) in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972, having first caught the public eye opening for The Jackson 5 while on tour. The Commodores have sold over 75 million records worldwide. This group is best known for their ballads, such as "Easy" and "Three Times a Lady", but, for the most part, the group mainly recorded funky, driven dance-floor hits which include "Brick House", "The Bump", "Fancy Dancer", and "Too Hot ta Trot". The Commodores originally called themselves the Mystics, but wanted to change the name. To choose a new name William King opened a dictionary and randomly picked a word. "We lucked out," he remarked with a laugh when telling this story to People magazine. "We almost became The Commodes!" Original Band Members: Lionel B. Richie Jr. (vocals, saxophone, drums and piano) – born June 20, 1949, Tuskegee, Alabama. Thomas McClary (lead guitar) – born October 6, 1949, Eustis, Florida.Milan Williams (keyboards, trombone, rhythm guitar) – born March 28, 1948, Okolona, Mississippi, died of cancer, July 9, 2006, Houston, Texas. William "WAK" King (trumpet, rhythm guitar, synthesizer) – born January 30, 1949, Alabama. Ronald La Pread (bass guitar, trumpet) – born September 4, 1946, Alabama. Walter Orange (vocals, drums) – born December 10, 1946, Florida.