LIKE MIKE also has a strong moral worldview with a positive outlook on faith and prayer. First-time performer Lil Bow Wow does a surprisingly good job, as do the other children and the adults. Although it loses some of that energy in the second half, the characters carry the story until the fun finish. The evil manager of Calvin’s orphanage, however, has plans of his own that endanger plans to find a good family and get into the playoffs. Calvin’s prayers and optimism turn the team around and melt the heart of the team’s star player, Tracey, who’s estranged from his own father. A bolt of lightning energizes the shoes, and Calvin is able to play “like Mike.” He joins the slumping Los Angeles Knights. "-" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that region.LIKE MIKE tells the story of 13-year-old orphan Calvin Cambridge, who finds tennis shoes that may have been basketball player Michael Jordan’s when he was young. Both songs entered the Billboard Club Play Singles chart, reaching No. After the band broke up in 1979 they signed to Sam Records and recorded soul-tinged boogie-funk songs "Don't Let Go of Me" and "We'll Make It". Together with Finished Touch they recorded a few songs for legendary Motown label including dancefloor favorites like "Need to Know You (Better)" and "I Love To See You Dance".
Michael Sutton and Brenda Sutton were originally members of a disco/ R&B group called Finished Touch. Sutton wrote numerous songs for Motown artists including Thelma Houston, Smokey Robinson, Jermaine Jackson, Michael Jackson, The Supremes. They later worked with Ian Levine for his Motown revival project and recorded the track "No Other Love".īack in the early 1970s, Michael B. The Suttons also recorded two albums of their own, Don't Hold Back in 1982, and So Good in 1984, scoring several R&B and dance hits. They are the recipients of one Gold and two Platinum albums for their work.Īfter leaving Motown they partnered with long-time friend Cheryl Lynn and wrote the Ray Parker-produced Top 5 R&B hit "Shake It Up Tonight". The duo produced numerous hits at the label, most notably " There Will Come A Day" by Smokey Robinson, " Stay With Me" by Jermaine Jackson, as well as songs by the group Switch. ĭiscovered by Stevie Wonder, both became writers and producers at Motown Records, working there from 1974 to 1979. The duo are best known for both their songwriting-production work at Motown and their own recordings in the early 1980s, including the dance song "Don't Let Go of Me (Grip My Hips and Move Me)" as remixed by Shep Pettibone. Mike & Brenda Sutton was an American musical duo composed of Michael B.
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