Sad news: I just heard this morning ,the passing of Willie Hutch.


Millions of R&B and Motown fans are mourning the loss of Willie Hutch. The soul singer and songwriter died last night at his home in Dallas, Texas. The cause of death has not yet been released. Hutch was 60-years old.

He was born Willie McKinley Hutchinson in 1946 in Los Angeles, but was reared in Dallas, where he released his first debut solo single, "Love Has Put Me Down." Hutch put out his first album in 1964 and went on to produce and write a number of albums.

In 1970, record producer Hal Davis asked Hutch to help finish off a song he desperately needed completed for the Jackson 5. That song was "I'll Be There." The Jackson 5 recorded Hutch's version the next day, and it eventually became one of the group's early hits. It also led to Motown head Berry Gordy hiring Hutch as a songwriter-producer for other Motown artists on a regular basis.

News Channel 3 spoke to Hutch's band leader shortly after the news of his death broke overnight. Luke Weathers remembers Hutch as a musical genius and exceptional songwriter.

Hutch also wrote the entire album for the 70's movie "Foxy Brown", and produced albums for Michael Jackson and Smokey Robinson. He even wrote a song for the soundtrack to the movie "Hustle and Flow".

Hutch's back-up band for the last two years, "7 Down" lives in Memphis.

News Channel 3 also spoke to Willie Hutch's manager, Anthony Voyce, early this morning by phone. "I've never met a more generous and caring person to have been around. To have a man to have been around like that, is amazing. We're going to miss him".

Family and friends are not saying exactly how Willie Hutch died late last night.

It fails to mention "'Brother's Gonna Work It Out' and 'Slick', from the "Mack"
REST IN PEACE
[Edited 9/20/05 12:30pm]

His song, "Sunshine Lady" was one of my favorites....Rest in piece, Willie....



...

Damn.

...Party Down with Love Power


R.I.P.


tA


Tribal Disorder

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Rest in peace mr.hutch..

Brotha's Gonna Work It Out.....

no, but please don't make foxy mad
or you'll find out that the lay-daaaaay is supa bad

(doodoo-doodoo, doo-doo-doo-doo!)






razor blade in afro edit
[Edited 9/20/05 15:57pm]

Love power..... talkin bout love power.... One of Motown's most Brilliant songwriters and artists.. we'll miss u Hutch.

Rest In Peace Willie ...
[Edited 9/20/05 16:40pm]

SLICK.....loved his stuff...the mack is the bomb...RIP willie

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Stop that, I'm trying to pay my respects here.


:clears throat:

RIP Willie

You were part of the Motown sound, so you'll forever be in the hearts of the other Big 'D'.

I loved his work on the Last Dragon Soundtrack.

This is so sad.
I just recently re-discovered my old vinyls of his 70's work
& I was thinking about making a thread here on the org if
anyone new what his up 2 these days when I read this.
1 of my favourite jams by his is "Color her sunshine".
/peace Manki

Prospect said:

Yeah...The Glow.
I loved that song so much when I used 2 watch that movie about
once a week when I was a kid
It was later that I discovered that it was Willie Hutch.
/peace Manki