▁and ▁" B rick ▁House ." ▁Over ▁time , ▁Rich ie ▁wrote ▁and ▁sang ▁more ▁rom antic , ▁easy - list ening ▁ball ads ▁such ▁as ▁" E asy ", ▁" Three ▁Times ▁a ▁Lady ", ▁" St ill ", ▁and ▁the ▁break up ▁ball ad ▁" S ail ▁On ". ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁Rich ie ▁had ▁begun ▁to ▁accept ▁song writing ▁comm issions ▁from ▁other ▁artists . ▁He ▁composed ▁" L ady " ▁for ▁Ken ny ▁Rog ers , ▁which ▁hit ▁No . ▁ 1 ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 , ▁and ▁produced ▁Rog ers ' ▁album ▁Share ▁Your ▁Love ▁the ▁following ▁year . ▁Rich ie ▁and ▁Rog ers ▁maintained ▁a ▁strong ▁friendship ▁in ▁later ▁years . ▁Latin ▁jazz ▁composer ▁and ▁s als a ▁rom ant ica ▁pione er ▁La ▁Pal ab ra ▁enjoyed ▁international ▁success ▁with ▁his ▁cover ▁of ▁" L ady ," ▁which ▁was ▁played ▁at ▁Latin ▁dance ▁clubs . ▁Also ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁Rich ie ▁sang ▁the ▁theme ▁song ▁for ▁the ▁film ▁End less ▁Love , ▁a ▁du et ▁with ▁D iana ▁Ross . ▁Iss ued ▁as ▁a ▁single , ▁the ▁song ▁to pped ▁the ▁Canada , ▁Brazil , ▁Australia , ▁Japan , ▁New ▁Zealand ▁and ▁US ▁pop ▁music ▁charts , ▁and ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁Mot own ' s ▁biggest ▁hits . ▁Its ▁success ▁encourag ed ▁Rich ie ▁to ▁branch ▁out ▁into ▁a ▁full - f led ged ▁solo ▁career ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 2 .