Tommy Garrett 50 Guitars Of Tommy Garrett - Go South Of The Border Vol.2 (CD)

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Tommy Garrett: 50 Guitars Of Tommy Garrett - Go South Of The Border Vol.2 (CD)

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50 Guitars Of Tommy Garrett – Go South Of The Border Vol. 2 is a distinctive instrumental album from 1962, taking Tommy Garrett’s famous guitar ensemble on a musical journey through Mexican and Latin American repertoire. The 12-track collection includes El Rancho Grande, Mexicali Rose, Cielito Lindo, Fantasia Mexicana, Te Quiero Dijiste, Malagueña, Mexican Hat Dance, Amor, Estrellita, Aquellos Ojos Verdes, La Paloma and Vaya Con Dios. The arrangements showcase the characteristic sound of the 50 Guitars while bringing together familiar melodies associated with Mexico and the wider Latin American musical tradition. FOMO for collectors of vintage instrumental music: this is a fascinating early-1960s Tommy Garrett title with a clear Liberty-era identity and plenty of melodic guitar atmosphere. A great opportunity to add a classic entry from the 50 Guitars series to a collection.

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Interpret: Tommy Garrett
Album titlle: 50 Guitars Of Tommy Garrett - Go South Of The Border Vol.2 (CD)
Genre Rock
Artikelart CD
Label Rko/Unique Records
EAN: 0660191100523
weight in Kg 0.1

Garrett, Tommy - 50 Guitars Of Tommy Garrett - Go South Of The Border Vol.2 (CD) CD 1
01	El Rancho Grande	Tommy Garrett
02	Estrellita	Tommy Garrett
03	Vaya Con Dios	Tommy Garrett
04	Cielito Lindo	Tommy Garrett
05	Fantasia Mexicana	Tommy Garrett
06	Magic Is The Moonlight	Tommy Garrett
07	Mexican Hat Dance	Tommy Garrett
08	Amor	Tommy Garrett
09	Mexicali Rose	Tommy Garrett
10	Malaguena	Tommy Garrett
11	La Paloma	Tommy Garrett
12	Untitiled	Tommy Garrett

Tommy 'Snuff' Garrett, a record producer who specializes in bubblegum and MOR music was born in... more

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"Tommy Garrett"

Tommy 'Snuff' Garrett, a record producer who specializes in bubblegum and MOR music was born in Dallas; Texas, in 1939. He has been associated with the music business since the age of 15 when he began doing promotion for a distribu¬tion company in Dallas. From promotion he expanded into record sales and, at 17, he left Dallas to become a deejay at KDUB in Lubbock, Texas, where he met and befriended Buddy Holly and the Crickets. From there, he moved to Wichita Falls, Texas where he ran his own TV show and a teenage nightclub, 'Snuff's Record Hop'.

In 1958 he went to Hollywood where he took a job as local promotion man with Liberty before returning into record production. He was asked to produce the hitherto un¬successful Johnny Bumette for Liberty, and after only two records under Garrett, Bumette achieved his first hit with Dreamin", a 1960 million-seller. In 1959, Garrett signed Bobby Vee, a 17-year-old from Minnesota, and had him cover Adam Faith's 'What Do You Want?' for the American market.

This flopped, but Vee's sequel, 'Devil Or Angel' reached No. 6 in America and under Garrett's masterful supervision, Vee went on to become a major American teen idol with such hits as 'Rubber Ball', 'Take Good Care Of My Baby' and 'Run To Him'. Meanwhile, Burnette registered with two more hits, 'Little Boy Sad' and 'You're Sixteen' and Garrett even managed to launch a failed jazz singer named Gene McDaniels with a series of hits including 'A Hundred Pounds Of Clay' and 'Tower Of Strength'. In the period between 1961 and 1963, Garrett was probably the most successful A&R man in America.

At 22, he was made head of A&R at Liberty and hired a contemporary prodigy, named Phil Spector, to work for Liberty in New York. Although Garrett's productions were generally aimed at America's white middle-class and epitomized the artless sterility of pop in the early Sixties, he was, nevertheless, solely responsible for Liberty's inroads into the mainstream rock market. He also launched a series of best-selling middle-of-the-road albums in the 50 Guitars Of Tommy Garrett. During 1965-6, Garrett produced no less than ten succes, sive American Top Ten hits by Jerry Lewis' son, Garry Lewis and the Playboys, most of which were arranged by Leon Russell.

Leaving Liberty in 1966, Garrett formed his own Viva label but, ironically, did not achieve even one hit and in 1969 he sold his assets for $2i million and retired until 1973 when he produced a run of comeback hits by (Sonny and) Cher.

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