[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.

[4] We Three wrote "Who's Making Love" for Taylor, which was a Top 5 hit in 1968 and was nominated for Best R&B Song at the 1969 Grammy Awards.

She wrote "The Ghetto", "We'll Get Over", and "The Challenge" for the Staple Singers, and recommended that "Respect Yourself" by Rice and Luther Ingram would work well for the group.

[3] Crutcher also wrote "I Like What You're Doing to Me" for Carla Thomas[8] as well as songs for Sam & Dave, Ann Peebles, Otis Clay, and Albert King.

Her songs were covered by Joan Baez, Buddy Guy, Paul Weller, and Sammy Davis Jr., and sampled by the Wu-Tang Clan, Diddy, and Mary J.