Biography
A veteran composer, vocalist, guitarist, and pianist, Prince Phillip Mitchells roots are in vintage R and B, although hes better known for soul tunes.
Mitchell sang with both The Premiers and The Checkmates in the late 50s and early 60s including Shout, Smash (Keep On Talking) in 1960 and Lollipop in 1961.
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He also recorded for Hi Records and Event (Theres Another In My Life, We Get Caught and Ill See You In Hell First).
He was also a dancer with The Bean Brothers in Los Angeles.
Mitchell had hits recorded by Mel and Tim, Millie Jackson, Norman Connors, Joe Simon, and Candi Staton, but hasnt had as much luck on his own as a vocalist.
He featured on the Norman Connors set Romantic Journey on Once Ive Been There and Destination Moon.
His only moderate hit was One On One for Atlantic in 1978, and it only cracked the R and B Top 40.
He retired from recording after 1979 being disillusioned with the disco market but returned on Ichiban in 1986 for Devastation including In Her Own Way. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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