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Willie Mitchell RIP

Henry IrvingHenry Irving
edited January 2010 in Not Sports Related
Willie Mitchell, who has died aged 81, was an icon of Memphis music. As producer, arranger and sometimes co-writer, he moulded the careers of the soul singers OV Wright, Otis Clay, Ann Peebles and, especially, Al Green.

Out of his shabby studio at 1320 South Lauderdale came Wright's A Nickel and a Nail, Peebles's I Can't Stand the Rain and I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down, Syl Johnson's Take Me to the River, and Green's Let's Stay Together – recordings now regarded as imperishable classics of soul music.

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  • AddicktedAddickted
    edited January 2010
    RIP Willie.

    You've been taken to the river....
  • _MrDick_MrDick
    Was he Phil and Grant Mitchell's grandad in East Enders?
  • DaveMehmetDaveMehmet
    [cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]Willie Mitchell, who has died aged 81, was an icon of Memphis music. As producer, arranger and sometimes co-writer, he moulded the careers of the soul singers OV Wright, Otis Clay, Ann Peebles and, especially, Al Green.

    Out of his shabby studio at 1320 South Lauderdale came Wright's A Nickel and a Nail, Peebles's I Can't Stand the Rain and I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down, Syl Johnson's Take Me to the River, and Green's Let's Stay Together – recordings now regarded as imperishable classics of soul music.

    and he's called Willie (fnar fnar)
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