Willie Mitchell
US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer
United States • 1928-03-01 – 2010-01-05
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, including Mitchell himself, Al Green, O. V. Wright, Syl Johnson, Ann Peebles, Lee Rogers and Quiet Elegance.
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Known for
Credited on 5,447 releases.
Frequent collaborators: Various, Al Green, Ann Peebles, Syl Johnson, Tina Turner, O.V. Wright.
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