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    • Bettye Crutcher

    American songwriter (1939–2022)

    Bettye Crutcher

    Crutcher at Stax Recording Studio in 1974

    Birth nameBettye Jean Crutcher
    Born(1939-09-16)September 16, 1939
    Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
    DiedOctober 20, 2022(2022-10-20) (aged 83)
    Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
    GenresMemphis soul
    Occupations
    LabelsStax

    Musical artist

    Bettye Jean Crutcher (September 16, 1939 – October 20, 2022) was an American songwriter. She was a staff writer for Stax Records.[1] Crutcher teamed with Homer Banks and Raymond Jackson as We Three, and co-wrote "Who's Making Love" for Johnnie Taylor, which earned a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song. Crutcher also wrote music for the Staple Singers, Sam & Dave, and Albert King.

    Early life and career

    Crutcher was born in Memphis, Tennessee on September 16,[2] 1939, and started writing poems as a child. She became a nurse and was a single parent of three child