Search - Willie Hutch :: Soul Portrait

Willie Hutch enjoyed more than a dozen R&B chart hits throughout the 1970s during his time with Motown Records, where, as well as being the studio talent behind albums by Smokey Robinson (producing solo LPs 'Smokey' and 'Pure Smokey') and Michael Jackson ( Got To Be There LP) and tracks by Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross he also gained acclaim with his music scores for the soundtracks of Blaxploitation movies including The Mack and Foxy Brown ; music which certainly inspired the hip-hop generation. Before Motown, Willie worked with the 5th Dimension, then he launched his own solo career in 1969 with debut LP 'Soul Portrait' on RCA. Re-issued here, 40 years later, by Shout! Records, for the first time on CD, the album features 11 songs, all written by Willie, with a great mixture of beat ballads and soul dance tracks, and includes Northern Soul favourite 'Lucky To Be Loved By You'.