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    Tim Whitsett
    Tim Whitsett

    Tim Whitsett (born 1943) is an American music publisher, musician, songwriter, producer, author, and consultant.

    He was born, and resides in Jackson, Mississippi.

    With his band, The Imperials (later renamed The Imperial Show Band), he recorded over twenty singles in a variety of genres (R&B, Pop, Instrumental) for a number of labels.

    After the group disbanded, in 1969, Tim went on to preside over Stax’s music publishing division, Stax
    In 1976, he forged a partnership with Chick Churchill, keyboardist with British rock group Ten Years After, in a record production and music publishing company, Whitsett-Churchill Music.
    He also began working with Stax around this same time, in a number of capacities.

    In 2008, Whitsett's Big Mistakes: The Memoirs of Tyrone Hatchback, a novel, was published.

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