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William Lawrence Mitchell (March 1, 1928 – January 5, 2010) [1] was an American trumpeter, bandleader, soul, R&B, rock and roll, pop and funk record producer and arranger who ran Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. He was best known for his Hi Records label of the 1970s, which released albums by a large stable of popular Memphis soul artists ...
Willie Mitchell, who shaped the elegant yet gritty sound of Al Green, Ann Peebles and other stars of soul music as the house producer at Hi Records in the 1960s and ’70s, died Tuesday in Memphis ...
Jan 8, 2010 · Willie Mitchell (right) shares a laugh with Al Green. Music producer Willie Mitchell died Tuesday at age 81. Though you may not know him by name, you certainly know his work: Mitchell was the ...
- Felix Contreras
Jan 6, 2010 · Tell Me More remembers musician and producer Willie Mitchell, who died Tuesday in Memphis, Tennessee at age 81. Mitchell recorded many well known musicians over the years, helping to shape their ...
Willie Mitchell, architect of the legendary Memphis soul sound, has died at the age of 81. ... the independent label founded by Memphis record retailer Joe Cuoghi and musician Ray Harris, Mitchell ...
William Lawrence Mitchell (March 1, 1928 – January 5, 2010) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, soul, R&B, rock and roll, pop and funk record producer and arranger who ran Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. He was best known for his Hi Records label of the 1970s, which released albums by a large stable of popular Memphis soul artists ...
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If Al Green was the sanctified sex symbol of Memphis Soul, Willie Mitchell was its Hollywood matinee idol. Suave and dapper, impeccably attired and sporting a stiletto‑sharp pencil‑thin moustache, Mitchell was the courtly King of Sophisticated Funk, cutting a striking figure in the Mid‑South music scene from the 1950s until his death in 2010.
