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Willie Hutch

real name William McKinley Hutchison

Los Angeles, United States · 1944-12-06 – 2005-09-19

Willie Hutch is credited on 1,761 releases across 485 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1966–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,761

Credits

485

Albums

7

Decades active

405

In collections

Biography

American vocalist, guitarist and songwriter. Born December 6, 1944, in Los Angeles, died September 19, 2005, in Dallas. Best remembered for “The Mack” soundtrack, he also worked with many Motown artists, including The Jackson 5 for whom he co-wrote the hit “I’ll Be There”.

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Credited work

1,761 releases · 485 albums · active 1966–2025

  • Performance · 2,569
  • Production · 832
  • Other credits · 10
  • Mastering · 3
  • Engineering · 1

Studios: Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios · Sound Recorders, Hollywood · The Village Recorder · MoWest Studios

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