The Commodores - Reach High 1982

This is one of my favorite songs post Lionel Richie and before the band trickled down and added JD Nicholas. It is a funky number that was featured on All Their Greatest Hits. Reach High and Painted Picture were the only new songs and the lead on both was not a member of the Commodores, so yes Walter Orange is not the real lead on this record.

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[saanzacs]

RIP Milan Williams (keyboardist/multi-instrumenta­list) and Benny Ashburn (manager)

[1980Triumph]

@saanzacs

Yes indeed

[set4life222]

Jeffrey Singleton was the oringinal singer on "Reach High".I know,I am he.

[1980Triumph]

@set4life222

What happened with this song and you as lead. I have read many different reports regarding this song

[rosajeans]

sure it is CLYDE Walter orange singing...this tune!!!! i was there, when he did it

[1980Triumph]

@rosajeans

no, Walter isn't really the lead on this song. The song is from the 1982 album "All The Greatest Hits"....during this time they had 3 different people recording for them, 1 guy on Painted Picture and 2 others, one sings this song, t don't know what happened to the third before they settled on JD

[set4life222]

I still sing and write songs.Currently working on a country song entitled "Country 4 Life".

[unique74muzik]

@set4life222 PROPS!!! what happend with you in "transition".  This was the jam.

[unique74muzik]

@set4life222 I remember that show...with Norman Fell! very brief.

[set4life222]

@1980Triumph

The song was chosen as the theme song forN.B.C's comedy series "Teachers Only".Walter is lip singing on this video.I went on to write the Billboard Top Ten hit "Call The Law" by The Reddings,the sons of Otis Redding,wrote "Tonight" for the group Cameo,wrote "We Gone Ball Tonight" for J. Blackfoot,and still perform around the world.

[set4life222]

This song was sang by me,Jeffrey Singleton in 1982 in Atlanta,GA at Web 4 Studios.

[ethurst2]

Wow, if you listen close, this is not Clyde's voice. Well, whether it was Jeffrey or Kevin, they should have given credit to who sung the song. Before J.D. came, I know that Harold Hudson sang lead on Painted Picture and Turn Off The Lights on Commodores 13. Actually, Hudson was supposed to sing the lead on Lady, You Bring Me Up (who co-wrote the song with William King) because Richie was not present in the studio but Motown demanded that the song would sell with Richies voice on top of it.

[set4life222]

My name is Jeffrey Singleton.I am the lead singer on "Reach High".It was recorded in Atlanta in 1982.

[unique74muzik]

they were aiming 4 an EWF feel on this one..I remember this was a theme song for this show on NBC..it lasted for a hot second. This is RARE!!