R&B producer Willie Mitchell passed away this morning in his hometown of Memphis. He was 81. Mitchell was the guy behind most of Al Green’s classic ’70s recordings. It was his work on a string of ...

Producer-arranger Willie Mitchell, the architect of a string of R&B hits by Al Green, Ann Peebles and other Hi Records stars, died Tuesday in a Memphis hospital. He was 81. Born in Ashland, Miss., ...

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 producer behind a string of hits by Al Green in the early to ...

Willie Mitchell had already produced two transitional albums for Al Green when Let's Stay Together arrived on Jan. 31, 1972. "Tired of Being Alone" was his biggest hit to date, but Green hadn't ...

One fall afternoon in 1971 at Royal Studios in Memphis, singer Al Green and producer Willie Mitchell met with keyboardist Archie “Hubbie” Turner, drummer Al Jackson, Jr., percussionist Howard Grimes, ...