Limmie & the Family Cooking

Limmie & the Family Cooking was an American family pop group from Canton, Ohio.

History

Although Limmie Snell was born in Dalton, Alabama, his family moved to Canton when he was very young. He recorded with Columbia Records from age 11 as a solo artist before joining family members Jimmy and Martha Snell to form Limmie & the Family Cooking. They released one single on Scepter Records, then signed with Avco Embassy, where they released three singles which hit the UK Singles Chart in 1973-74: "You Can Do Magic" (UK #3), "Dreamboat" (UK #31), and "A Walking Miracle" (UK #6).[1] The last of them was a cover of a song by The Essex. Despite their success in the UK, they dented the US charts only once, with "You Can Do Magic" (#84 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #42 on the Billboard Black Singles Chart).[2] Their releases were primarily produced by Sandy Linzer and Steve Metz.

Because of their popularity in the UK, they continued performing there regularly into the 1980s.[3] They split into two musical ensemble, the second of which was formed in 1976 under the name Limmie Funk Unlimited. Its line-up consisted of Limmie on vocals, Nick Straker AKA Nick Bailey on Keyboards, Pete Hammond on bass, Andy Gierus on guitar and Phil Towner on drums

See also

References

  1. ↑ Search for "Limmie" performed at Everyhit.com database on August 1, 2008
  2. ↑ Billboard, Allmusic
  3. ↑ Andrew Hamilton, Limmie & the Family Cooking at Allmusic


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