James Anthony Carmichael

ames is an American Grammy-winning musician, arranger, and record producer. He worked in Los Angeles as an arranger for The Olympics, Bill Cosby and others in the 1960s, before finding greater success at Motown as arranger and producer with the Commodores and Lionel Richie from the early 1970s to the late 1990s.

 Productions (and songs) appear on:

Ada Dyer: LP/CD Meant To Be (Motown, 1988)
Atlantic Starr: LP/CD Radiant (A&M, 1980)
Atlantic Starr: LP/CD Brilliant (A&M, 1982)
Atlantic Starr: LP/CD Yours Forever (A&M, 1983)
Commodores: LP/CD Machine Gun (Motown, 1974)
Commodores: LP/CD Caught In The Act (Motown, 1975)
Commodores: LP/CD Movin' On (Motown, 1975)
Commodores: LP/CD Hot On The Tracks (Motown, 1976)
Commodores: LP/CD Commodores / Zoom (Motown, 1977)
Commodores: LP/CD Natural High (Motown, 1978)
Commodores: LP/CD Midnight Magic (Motown, 1979)
Commodores: LP/CD Heroes (Motown, 1980)
Commodores: LP/CD In The Pocket (Motown, 1981)
Commodores: LP/CD United (Polydor, 1986)
Diana Ross: LP/CD Swept Away (Capitol, 1984)
Lionel Richie: LP/CD Lionel Richie (Motown, 1982)
Lionel Richie: LP/CD Can't Slow Down (Motown, 1983)
Lionel Richie: LP/CD Dancing On The Ceiling (Motown, 1986)
Temptations, The: LP/CD A Song For You (Motown, 1975)
Thank God It's Friday: LP/CD Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Polygram, 1978)

Other contributions:

Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band: LP/CD Express Yourself (Warner Bros., 1970) - arranger
Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye: LP/CD Diana & Marvin (Motown, 1973) - arranger
Diana Ross: LP/CD Last Time I Saw Him (Motown, 1973) - arranger
Diana Ross: LP/CD Touch Me In The Morning (Motown, 1973) - arranger
Gladys Knight & The Pips: LP All I Need Is Time (Motown, 1973) - arranger
Jackson 5, The: LP/CD Maybe Tomorrow (Motown, 1971) - arranger
Jackson 5, The: LP/CD Skywriter (Motown, 1973) - arranger
Marvin Gaye: LP/CD Trouble Man (Motown, 1972) - musician, arranger
Michael Jackson: LP/CD Got To Be There (Motown, 1972) - arranger