Limmie Frank Snell, Jr. (October 4, 1948 – May 27, 1986) was an American
soul
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singer, born in Dalton,
Alabama
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, United States. He grew up in
Canton, Ohio,
and attended McKinley Senior High School, but did not graduate.
According to another source, he was born in 1945.
As Limmie B. Good, he began
recording
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at the age of 11 for
Columbia Records,
Mercury Records
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and
Warner Bros. Records
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. In early 1965, under the name "Lemme B. Good", Snell released the original version of "
Good Lovin'
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", later a number one hit for the
Young Rascals.
Later, he formed the group
Limmie & Family Cookin'.
Based in Canton, the group consisted of Snell and 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
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before signing with
Atco Records
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. In the UK the group had three
hit
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singles, "You Can Do Magic" (No. 3, UK 1973), "Dreamboat," (No. 31, UK 1973) and a
cover version
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of
The Essex's "A Walkin' Miracle" (No. 6, UK 1974).
After Limmie & Family Cookin' 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
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and
Robert Simon, who joined numerous
new wave bands in the late 1970s and 1980s, such as
Neo,
Girls at Our Best,
Radio Stars
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Career
Radio Stars were formed by Sparks exile Martin Gordon (bass, songwriter) and also included ex-John's Children v ...
,
Cowboys International,
Ultravox
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and
Magazine.
Snell wrote, and recorded music until his death from
renal failure
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in May 1986 in
Atlanta
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, Georgia, and was buried in Canton, Ohio.
He had several children and one of his sons, Limmie Snell Junior,
still records music in Europe.
References
External links
Mini biography @ Bucheyebeat.com
1948 births
1986 deaths
American soul musicians
20th-century African-American male singers
Singers from Alabama
Deaths from kidney failure
20th-century American musicians
20th-century American singers
20th-century American male singers
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