Willie Hutch

William McKinley Hutchison (December 6, 1944 – September 19, 2005),

Biography Born in 1944 in Los Angeles, Hutch was raised in Dallas, Texas. He joined the high school choral group, The Ambassadors, as a teenager. After graduating from Booker T. Washington High School in 1962, he shortened his surname when he started his music career in 1964 on the Soul City label with the song "Love Has Put Me Down".

After his move to Los Angeles, his music came to the attention of the mentor for pop/soul quintet The 5th Dimension, and Hutch was soon writing, producing, and arranging songs for the group. In 1969, he signed with RCA Records and put out two albums before he was asked by Motown producer Hal Davis to write lyrics to "I'll Be There", a song he wrote for The Jackson 5. The song was recorded by the group the morning after Hutch received the call. He was the uncle of Cold 187um of the rap group Above the Law as well as rapper and singer Kokane.

1965 "The Duck"

1966 "I Can't Get Enough"

1967 "How Come Baby, You Don't Love Me"

1968 "Use What You Got"

1969 "Do What You Wanna Do"

Soul Portrait

"Walking on My Love"

"When a Boy Falls in Love"

"Love Games"

"Brother's Gonna Work It Out"

"Slick"

"Sunshine Lady"

"If You Ain't Got No Money (You Can't Get No Honey)"

"Theme of Foxy Brown"

"Foxy Lady"

"Chase"

"Ain't That (Mellow, Mellow)"

"Get Ready for the Get Down"

The Mark of the Beast "Love Power"

"Party Down"

"Let Me Be the One, Baby"

"Shake It, Shake It"

"We Gonna Party Tonight"

"We Gonna Have a House Party"

"What You Gonna Do After the Party"

"All American Funkathon"

"Paradise"

"Come On and Dance with Me"

"Everybody Needs Money"

"Kelly Green"

"In and Out"

In and Out

"Keep on Jammin'"

Making a Game Out of Love "The Glow"

Making a Game Out of Love and The Last Dragon: Original Soundtrack Album 1991 "I Choose You"

The Mack "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.