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    Artist description
    Smooth silky "Velvet Voice" sings, produces, and composes.
    Music Style
    Urban Contemporary
    Musical Influences
    Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye
    Similar Artists
    Luther Vandross, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye
    Artist History
    Michael B. Sutton has over two decades of seasoned experience in the music industry, including seven years as a staff producer and writer for Motown Records. A Stevie Wonder discovery, Mr. Sutton drew the attention of many talented artists at Motown for his genius as a musician, lyricist and composer. Over the years, Mr. Sutton has composed and produced music for Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Anita Pointer and Pat Boone to name a few. Mr. Sutton’s contribution to the Disco era was substantial. Michael’s songs, performed by the duo Michael and Brenda Sutton, proved to be some of Disco’s most successful and timeless hits. The hot dance singles Down to love Town, Grip My Hips and Cheryl Lynn’s Shake It Up Tonight could be heard from every club coast to coast. In 1987, he founded Mibren Music, a successful publishing company. To his credit Mr. Sutton has written, produced and scored over 300 songs for major artists as well as for film and television. Some of these accomplishments include the following: The album, Any Way You Like It for Thelma Houston which went gold, the album Switch which went Platinum, the movie score for One False Move, the title song, We’ll make It for the Channel 4 documentary Oasis Of Hope, the title song for the cable TV series Passion And Romance, ESPN’s Body Shaping and Co-Ed Training, the theme songs for the HBO movies Black Belt, Dance with Death, Guilty As Charged, Watchers 2, Showtime’s Black Scorpion and the production and performance for the HBO/Cinemax TV series Emmanuelle In Space. Currently, Michael has just finished his own CD Hopeless Romantic. This album is a passionate blend of blues, quixotic love ballads and true get-down dance tracks. His vocal qualities have been compared to Marvin, Smokey and Luther, while still maintaining his own style, known as the “velvet voice.” In addition, Mr. Sutton has completed writing and producing the moving Gospel CD The Turner Family “We Have A Song To Sing” Lastly, Mr. Sutton’s versatility is reflected in his having written and scored the play Right Smart Of Love Country Cooking Show. Michael B. Sutton is well known in the industry for his personable nature, his honesty, integrity, professionalism and attention to detail. His tenure as a member of ASCAP for over twenty years has earned him the reputation of being a premier artist, composer and producer.
    Instruments
    Keyboards,
    Location
    Sherman Oaks, California - USA

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