James Anthony Carmichael produced and arranged the hits of the Commodores as well as those of the group's former lead singer and principal songwriter Lionel Richie, including his ten-million-selling LP Can't Slow Down. Besides being involved with their number one million-selling hits for Motown Records, Carmichael also played piano on Bettye Swann's 1967 number one R&B hit "Make Me Yours." Carmichael shouldn't be confused with James Carmichael, lead singer on Instant Funk's gold 1979 single "I Got My Mind Made Up."