Limmie Snell

Limmie Snell (1945[1] – 1986) was an American soul singer, born in Dalton, Alabama. He grew up in Canton, Ohio,[2] and attended McKinley Senior High School, but did not graduate.

As Limmie B. Good, he began recording at the age of 11 for Columbia Records,[2] Mercury Records and Warner Bros. Records. In early 1965, under the name "Lemme B. Good", Snell released the original version of "Good Lovin'", later a number one hit for the Young Rascals.

Limmie & the Family Cooking was the group he formed later.[3] They were started in Canton with two of his sisters, Martha and Jimmie. Jimmie Snell sang lead vocals on both "A Walkin' Miracle" and "You Can Do Magic". The group had one single on Scepter Records before signing with Atco Records. In the UK the group had three hit singles, "You Can Do Magic" (#3, UK 1973), "Dreamboat," (#31, UK 1973) and a cover version of The Essex's "A Walkin' Miracle" (#6, UK 1974).[4]

After Limmie & the Family Cooking broke up, he remained in the UK and formed Limmie Funk then Limmie Funk Limited, short lived bands who toured the UK in 1976, and whose musicians later had varied success. The first band included Bill Holliday on guitar, who went on to be in Palm Beach Express and then CBS recording artists The Continentals, and also Peter Lodge, who also was a member of Palm Beach Express. Limmie Funk Limited included Tony Mansfield, Nick Straker and Phil Towner who, in 1976, formed New Musik, and the brothers Paul and Robert Simon, who joined numerous new wave bands in the late 1970s and 1980s, such as Neo, Girls At Our Best, Radio Stars, Cowboys International, Ultravox and Magazine.

Snell wrote, and recorded music until his death from renal failure in May 1986 in Atlanta, Georgia, and was buried in Canton, Ohio.

He had several children and one of his sons, Limmie Snell Junior,[5] still records music in Europe.

References

  1. ↑ Room, Adrian (2010-07-26). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins. McFarland. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-7864-4373-4. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 Hamilton, Andrew. "Biography: Limmie & the Family Cooking". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2002-10-01). The Virgin encyclopedia of 70s music. Virgin. p. 238. ISBN 978-1-85227-947-9. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  4. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 322. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  5. ↑ MySpace.com


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