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., ...

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Willie Mitchell. An accomplished trumpeter who led one of the region's premier bands of the '50s, he made the transition to recording star at Hi Records in the ...

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 ...