Snuff Garrett
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- July 5, 1938 · Dallas, Texas, USA
- December 16, 2015
Biography
Snuff Garrett or Tommy Garrett, was an American record producer whose most famous work was during the 1960s and 1970s. At seventeen, Garrett was a disc jockey in Lubbock, Texas, where he met Buddy Holly. In 1959, Garrett became a staff producer at Liberty Records in Hollywood at the age of 19, after having joined the label to work in the promotions department. Although not a musician, Garrett showed he had a knack for finding hit songs, going on to produce a string of hits and becoming the label's head of A&R until he left Liberty in 1966.
Known for
Filmography
- The Wrecking Crew · Self
- Hard Time: Hostage Hotel · Music
- Hard Time: The Premonition · Music
- Hard Time · Music, Music Supervisor
- Cannonball Run II · Music Supervisor
- The Cannonball Run · Music Supervisor
- Any Which Way You Can · Music Supervisor
- Smokey and the Bandit II · Music, Music Supervisor
- Bronco Billy · Music Supervisor
- Every Which Way but Loose · Music Supervisor
- The Day the Clown Cried · Music