Garrett, Snuff
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Variants
- Garrett, Tommy
- Garrett, Thomas Lesslie
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1939-07-05
Death Date
- 2015-12-16
Birth Place
- Dallas (Tex.)
Field of Activity
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Sources
- found: Allen, R. My life, sunrise to sunset, c1989:t.p. (Snuff Garrett) 9th prelim. p. (produced 40 Top Ten records; supervised movies; owns company The Nostalgia Merchant; lives in Paradise Valley, Arizona; semi-retired)
- found: Maria Elena, 1964:container (Tommy "Snuff" Garrett)
- found: New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 24, 2015(in obituary published Dec. 23: Snuff Garrett; b. Thomas Lesslie Garrett, July 5, 1939, Dallas; got his nickname, derived from Levi Garrett, a popular brand of snuff, in junior high school; d. Dec. 16, Tucson, aged 76; 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 Playboys, and other artists; produced a series of instrumental albums under the name The 50 Guitars of Tommy Garrett)
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Change Notes
- 1989-12-28: new
- 2015-12-24: revised
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