SoundPopularity Score 0.7
Snuff Garrett
Total Works
11
11 movies • 0 shows
Avg Rating
6.1 / 10
across rated releases
Box Office
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worldwide gross
Global Reach
#1
TMDB star index
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.
