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Thomas Lesslie Garrett (July 5, 1938 – December 16, 2015) known as Snuff Garrett or Tommy Garrett, was an American record producer whose most famous work was during the 1960s and 1970s.
Dec 24, 2015 · Snuff Garrett, a former Texas disc jockey who was forsaken by his own music teachers but became a millionaire by the time he was 30 producing records for Bobby Vee, Del Shannon, Gary Lewis & the...
Dec 16, 2015 · One of the great renaissance men of the music industry, Snuff Garrett was a successful DJ, TV host, promo man, A&R man, producer, arranger and the founder of his own publishing company. Born in Dallas,… Read Full Biography
Snuff Garrett was born on 5 July 1938 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He was a composer, known for The Cannonball Run (1981), Every Which Way But Loose (1978) and Smokey and the Bandit II (1980). He was married to Yolanda Salas and Nettie Sanford. He died on 16 December 2015 in Sonoita, Arizona, USA.
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Our conversation brought us back to a time when songs were paired to singers (or vice versa), studios booked, arrangers and musicians brought in and hits cut. Here's Snuff Garrett, a producer of more number one hits than Phil Spector, and a former renegade cowboy of the Hollywood music biz.
Record producer and entertainment industry entrepreneur Thomas Lesslie “Snuff” Garrett, who made his mark on the pop and country charts in the 1960s and ‘70s with such music as the #1 singles “This Diamond Ring” by Gary Lewis & The Playboys and “Half Breed” by Cher, died Dec. 16, 2015, of cancer, at age 77, at his ranch in Tucson, Ariz.
Our conversation brought us back to a time when songs were paired to singers (or vice versa), studios booked, arrangers and musicians brought in and hits cut. Here's Snuff Garrett, a producer of more number one hits than Phil Spector, and a former renegade cowboy of the Hollywood music biz.
