Willie’s Boogie: Cherry Red, SoulMusic Reissue Two From Motown’s Willie Hutch

Willie Hutch ensured his place in Motown history with his era-defining soundtracks to the blaxploitation films Foxy Brown and The Mack.  But the singer-songwriter’s C.V. was much deeper and more all-encompassing, both at Motown and elsewhere; he provided The 5th Dimension with memorable songs like “California My Way” and recorded as a solo artist for labels including RCA, Soul City, and Whitfield Records.  SoulMusic and Cherry Red, hot off a recent rarities anthology for Motown’s Brenda Holloway, has returned to the milieu of the label with a two-fer from Hutch.  Havin’ a…

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