Biography
Snuff Garrett (born Thomas Lesslie Garrett) was an American record producer and composer. Born on 5 July 1938 in Dallas, Texas, he died on 16 December 2015 in Arizona.
He began his career as a disc jockey in Texas before joining Liberty Records in Hollywood in 1959 as a staff producer, later becoming head of A&R. He produced numerous pop hits in the 1960s and 1970s for artists including Bobby Vee, Gary Lewis & the Playboys and Cher, and later moved into country music and film soundtracks.
Garrett worked as music supervisor or composer on several films, including Every Which Way but Loose (1978), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), Bronco Billy (1980), Any Which Way You Can (1980), The Cannonball Run (1981) and Cannonball Run II (1984).
