(rock music)
- It's pretty darn amazing, see?
Here we are.
Who knew?
Can I get one of these?
- 20 bucks.
- This is the first time we ever had billing together
(Kenny laughing) so this is pretty heavy.
- [Audience Member] Lady!
- Oh, lady.
- Lady. - Lady.
- Oh, Lady.
- What key are we in?
(piano playing "Lady")
♪ Lady ♪
Wow!
- See, you're gonna love this,
this is like going to work. - Yeah.
♪ Lady ♪
- To say "Lady" changed my life is an understatement.
The thing that I loved most about our relationship
is that we became friends through that song.
♪ And ♪
(audience member clapping)
♪ I am yours. ♪
- Whoo! - Yeah!
- I heard the Ray Charles "Modern Sounds of Country Music"
and I thought how clever it was that he was singing R&B
to country tracks, so I thought,
"Wouldn't it be cool if I sing country to R&B tracks?"
And I had heard The Commodores'
"Three Times a Lady" and "Still",
which to me are wonderful country songs.
So I'd reached out about working with you.
(coughs) And Lionel comes to, - Las Vegas.
- And there's a little upright piano there,
and he says, "Yeah, I've written this song for you,"
and he goes, "Lady, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da."
That's it.
- And I had worked with the Commodores forever
and we never pitch a whole song
because suppose you don't like it?
Well why finish it if they, you're not gonna like it
so you only do the first couple of lines.
Kenny said, "So let me hear the song, Lionel."
And I said, "Lady,"
(laughing) (Lionel humming)
♪ And I am yours ♪
"Do you like it?"
And I said, "Well I'll give you more if you like that part."
(laughing)
And he had enough guts to tell me, "Yeah, I like it."
- I did, - He said, "Go for it,
"and let's do it."
So I figured I was the producer so I said, "Yeah".
But as I told you that day, all I'm looking for
is how believable can we make this?
And you were, from that first day you walked in and said,
"I like that song," you could pull that song off.
It was not a struggle, it was just a part--
You just, as you say, Rogernized it and went on with it
and you made it your song.
I love that most about you, was the fact that you kind of
told me as the writer, "Oh, Lionel.
"Now, I know you want me to hit that note,
"but I wanna hit that note."
It's just wonderful being up here with Mr. Rogers.
(audience laughing)
- Look, it's not Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood.
This is a different Mr. Rogers,
you know. - No, I wasn't going--
I was giving you proper respect.
- Oh, okay. - That's what it was, see?
- Could get used to that.
- You know, just like now Mick has gone to Mr. Jagger.
- Oh, good for him.
- And now with my daughter Nicole,
I'm Mr. Ritchie.
(audience laughing) You understand that?
- Oh, we have to go up there.
- We do?
- You have to train us after each song.
Well I can tell you this, we're not both
sitting on this one stool.
(audience laughing)
- Oh, I like this song.
This is gonna be good.
- Yeah, it's my favorite Lionel Ritchie song.
- Well, actually it's--
This is my favorite Kenny Rogers song.
- This is one of the songs that Lionel and I both
can take credit for and we share in the glory of this song.
(audience applauds)
♪ Lady ♪
♪ I'm your knight in shining armor and I love you ♪
♪ You have made me what I am ♪
♪ And I am yours ♪
♪ My love ♪
♪ There's so many ways I want to say I love you ♪
♪ Let me hold you in my arms ♪
♪ Forever more ♪
(audience applauds)
♪ You have gone and made me such a fool ♪
♪ I'm so lost in your love ♪
♪ And oh, we belong together ♪
♪ Won't you believe in my song ♪
♪ Lady ♪
♪ For so many years I thought I'd never find you ♪
♪ You have come into my life ♪
♪ And ♪ - ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
♪ Made me whole ♪
♪ Forever ♪
♪ Let me wake to see you each and every morning ♪
♪ Let me hear you whisper softly ♪
♪ In my ear ♪
- You do that so well.
♪ In my eyes I see no one else but you ♪
♪ There's no other love like our love ♪
♪ And yes, oh yes I'll always want you near me ♪
♪ I've waited for you for so long ♪
♪ Oh, lady, ♪
♪ Your love's the only love I need ♪
♪ And beside me ♪
♪ Is where I want you to be ♪
♪ 'Cause, my love, my love, ♪
♪ There's something I want you to know ♪
♪ You're the love of my life, ♪
- Wanda's on the front row, you sing.
- I pointed to her. - Wanda's here.
(audience laughing) - I introduced her earlier.
- But you're supposed to say,
even though it says Lionel Ritchie, she's on the front row.
♪ You're my lady ♪
(audience cheering)
(audience applauds)