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| Willie Hutch - Singer / Songwriter Dead at 60 |
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 He was born William McKinley Hutchison on December 6, 1944, but fame and fortune called him Willie Hutch. Willie Hutch passed away on Monday, September 19th.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY HUTCHISON WAKE THURSDAY - SEPTEMBER 22, 2005 7:PM TO 9:00 PM FUNERAL SERVICES FRIDAY - SEPTEMBER 23, 2005 @10:30 AM BOTH SERVICES ARE GOING TO BE HELD IN THE MEMORIAL CHAPEL. RESTLAND FUNERAL HOME 9220 RESTLAND ROAD DALLAS, TEXAS 75243 972.238.7111 photo - Willie Hutchison - Kaye Fullylove - Little Milton at the W.C. Handy Awards, May 5, 2005  Best known for his work at Motown, his association with the label began in 1970 when record producer Hal Davis asked Hutch to help complete a song for the Jackson 5. "I'll Be There" became a hit for the group as did Hutch's subsequent collaborations with the quintet: "Got to Be There" and "Never Can Say Goodbye." Hired to work regularly with other Motown artists by label founder Berry Gordy, Hutch logged production credits on albums by the Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Michael Jackson and Diana Ross, among others. Branching into soundtracks, Hutch penned the music for the 1973 blaxploitation movie "The Mack." The critically acclaimed soundtrack spun off two of Hutch's biggest R&B hits, "Brother's Gonna Work It Out" and "Slick." Hutch's other Motown solo albums during the 1970s include "Fully Exposed," "Foxy Brown" and "Concert in Blues," as well as his 1975 top 10 R&B hit, "Love Power." His most recent work includes "From the Heart" (1994), "The Mack Is Back" (1996) and 2002's "Sexalicious." Kaye Fullylove (pictured above) a friend of Mr. Hutchison writes, "I met him at a Blues Festival a few years ago when he headlined the Festival and I emceed it. He was such a nice, fun loving man. I remember cousin Linnie saying to me after he had gotten released from the hospital recently, while he was putting gasoline in his car, someone drove up to the pump and said "fill it up, it's on me" and it was Willie Hutch. That just made Cousin Linnie's day. That's the kind of man Mr. Hutch was. He will be truly missed by us all. It was an honor for me to have him as a guest on my radio show. Not a lot of people knew he lived in the Dallas area, he considered this area home." |
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