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Snuff Garrett

American producer, record label owner, and music executive. Born 5 July 1938, Dallas, Texas Died 16 December 2015, Tucson, Arizona (77 years of age). He was married to songwriter [a1703111] for more than 30 years. He was A&R director for Liberty from 1958-1966 and the producer of numerous early 60s hits by white rock-n-roll artists. He was a staff producer at Liberty Records during the 1960s, and was responsible for hiring [a=Phil Spector] as a producer for Liberty. Later, he had his own record label, Snuff Garrett Records. He co-founded [l185791]. In 1968, he founded [l280684], setting up [a=J.J. Cale] as recording engineer. He discovered [a=Bobby Vee]. His nickname is a play on Garrett's Snuff, a brand of smokeless tobacco. Additional links: [l568322], [l575044], [l492606], [l1040280], [l853832], [l781790], [l185791], [l466118], and [l280684].