Willie Mitchell
US soul/R&B & funk producer, trumpeter & singer
United States • 1928-03-01 – 2010-01-05
Biography
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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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Pulp Fiction (Music From The Motion Picture)
1994
Night Moves
1976
Continuum
2006
Greatest Hits
1975
Liquid Swords
1995
Private Dancer
1984
Let's Stay Together
1972
Call Me
1973
I'm Still In Love With You
1972
At. Long. Last. A$AP
2015
Atlantic Crossing
1975
Talk Is Cheap
1988
I Can't Stand The Rain
1974
Simply The Best
1991
Livin' On The Fault Line
1977
Root Down - Jimmy Smith Live!
1972
Al Green Gets Next To You
1971
Foreign Affair
1989
Tha Carter
2004
Extinction Level Event - The Final World Front
1998
It Takes A Thief
1994
Livin' For You
1973
Two Headed Freap
1972
Give Me More Love (The Orchestral Greatest Hits)
2021
Credited work
5,447 releases · 842 albums · active 1958–2026
- Performance · 6,131
- Production · 2,843
- Engineering · 1,343
- Other credits · 87
Studios: Royal Recording Studios, Memphis · Muscle Shoals Sound Studios · A&R Studios · Mayfair Studios