Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Known Credits
11
Gender
Male
Birthday
1938-07-05
Day of Death
2015-12-16 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Dallas, Texas, USA
Also Known As
Snuff Garrett
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.
