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Ann Peebles
Ann Peebles
American singer and songwriter
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Hi Rhythm Section
Hi Rhythm Section
American music group
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Al Jackson Jr.
Al Jackson Jr.
American musician and record producer
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Willie Clayton
Willie Clayton
American Chicago blues and soul singer and songwriter
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Al Green
Al Green
American singer
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Phillip Mitchell
Phillip Mitchell
singer and songwriter
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O. V. Wright
O. V. Wright
American singer
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Howard Grimes
Howard Grimes
American musician
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Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
American musical group; R& B/funk band
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King Curtis
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
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Duke Pearson
Duke Pearson
American pianist
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Lynn White
Lynn White
musical artist
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Abu Talib
Abu Talib
musician
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Sam & Dave
Sam & Dave
American soul and R&B duo
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The Detroit Emeralds
The Detroit Emeralds
band
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Johnny Rivers
Johnny Rivers
American musician
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The Soul Children
The Soul Children
band that plays jazz
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The Box Tops
The Box Tops
American rock band
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Wilton Felder
Wilton Felder
American musician
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Wet Willie
Wet Willie
American rock band
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George Jackson
George Jackson
American Rhythm & Blues and soul singer and songwriter
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Gene "Bowlegs" Miller
Gene "Bowlegs" Miller
American musician
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Don Bryant
Don Bryant
American musician
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Arthur Adams
Arthur Adams
American blues musician
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Billy May
Billy May
American composer, arranger and trumpeter
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Otis Clay
Otis Clay
American R&B and soul singer
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Quiet Elegance
Quiet Elegance
singing group founded in Detroit, Michigan
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Joyce Cobb
Joyce Cobb
American jazz and R&B singer
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The Memphis Horns
The Memphis Horns
American horn section
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Tyrone Davis
Tyrone Davis
American musician
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Teenie Hodges
Teenie Hodges
American guitarist, songwriter
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Denise LaSalle
Denise LaSalle
American R&B, soul and blues singer, songwriter, and record producer
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Sweet Inspirations
Sweet Inspirations
American R&B vocal group
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Gerald Wilson
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
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Willie Henderson
Willie Henderson
American musician
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Booker T. Jones
Booker T. Jones
American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger
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Larry Birdsong
Larry Birdsong
American singer
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Johnnie Taylor
Johnnie Taylor
American soul-blues and pop singer
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Bobby Bland
Bobby Bland
American soul & blues musician
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Rufus Thomas
Rufus Thomas
American singer (1917-2001)
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Edwin Starr
Edwin Starr
American singer
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The Jaggerz
The Jaggerz
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Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes
American singer-songwriter, arranger, record producer, and actor (1942-2008)
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MFSB
MFSB
group of studio musicians based at Philadelphia’s Sigma Sound Studios
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Little Milton
Little Milton
American singer and guitarist
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Shorty Long
Shorty Long
American singer
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Rupie Edwards
Rupie Edwards
Jamaican reggae singer and record producer
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Gwen McCrae
Gwen McCrae
American musician
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Junior Wells
Junior Wells
American Chicago blues vocalist, harmonica player, and recording artist
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Charlie Rich
Charlie Rich
American country music singer and musician
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The Dramatics
The Dramatics
American rhythm and blues group
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Johnny Bristol
Johnny Bristol
American musician, songwriter and record producer
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Syl Johnson
Syl Johnson
American blues and soul singer and record producer
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Maurice White
Maurice White
American musician, founder of Earth, Wind & Fire
Willie Mitchell
American record producer and arranger

Willie Mitchell

Intro
American record producer and arranger
Record Labels
Awards Received
Grammy Trustees Award

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 and Quiet Elegance.