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Artist Snapshot
McKinley Mitchell was a Chicago-based blues and rhythm and blues singer. His first recorded single was for Boxer Records around 1959. His big break came with his 1962 record, "The Town I Live In," which became a national R&B hit, peaking at #8 on Billboard's R&B chart.