About

Known credits:
10
Birthday:
1938-07-05
Place of birth:
Dallas, Texas, USA
Website:
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Snuff Garrett

Overview

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

Acting
2008 The Wrecking Crew Actor Self - Producer 60
Fair

Sound
1999 Hard Time: Hostage Hotel Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1999 Hard Time: The Premonition Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1984 Cannonball Run II Sound Music Supervisor 56
Average
1981 The Cannonball Run Sound Music Supervisor 60
Fair
1980 Smokey and the Bandit II Sound Music Supervisor 57
Average
1980 Smokey and the Bandit II Sound Original Music Composer 57
Average
1980 Bronco Billy Sound Music Supervisor 60
Fair
1978 Every Which Way but Loose Sound Music Supervisor 59
Average
The Day the Clown Cried Sound Music N/A
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