1. William McKinley Hutchison, better known as Willie Hutch, was an American singer, songwriter as well as a record producer and recording artist for the Motown record label during the 1970s and 1980s.
14 Facts About Willie Hutch
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Willie Hutch joined the high school choral group, The Ambassadors, as a teenager.
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The song was recorded by the group the morning after Willie Hutch received the call.
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Motown CEO Berry Gordy signed Willie Hutch to be a staff writer, arranger, producer, and musician shortly thereafter.
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Willie Hutch later co-wrote songs that were recorded by the Jackson 5 and their front man Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson, the Miracles, and Marvin Gaye.
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In 1973, Willie Hutch started recording albums for Motown, releasing the Fully Exposed album that year.
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That same year, Willie Hutch recorded and produced the soundtrack to the Blaxploitation film, The Mack.
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Willie Hutch recorded the soundtrack for the 1974 film Foxy Brown.
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Willie Hutch recorded at least six albums for Motown, peaking with 1975's single "Love Power", which reached number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Willie Hutch left Motown in 1977 for Norman Whitfield's Whitfield Records.
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Willie Hutch had a club hit with the song "Keep on Jammin'" as well.
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Willie Hutch left Motown again by the end of the decade and by 1994 had moved back to Dallas.
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Willie Hutch died in Dallas, Texas on September 19,2005, aged 60.
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Willie Hutch was the uncle of Cold 187um of the rap group Above the Law.