10.21.2010
Garnet Mimms
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Sybil Gage's Stormy Monday Show |
Garnet Mimms became an “instant success” after many years of musical obscurity. Raised in Philadelphia, his first influences came from the church. He performed with many gospel groups while still in his teens and cut his first single in 1953. Eventually he switched to R&B/ doo- wop and had varying degrees of borderline success with a few record labels.
Magic finally happened for Garnet when he moved to NYC in 1963 and met with the killer songwriting team of Jerry Ragovoy and Burt Burns, who signed Mimms' group to the United Artists label.
Success came fast after the release of "Cry Baby" with Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters, but ‘Baby Don't you Weep' and 'For Your Precious Love’, set the arrival of Garnet Mimms in stone.
Garnet put out other very good tunes and was often compared to Sam Cooke, but his records were not as well appreciated by the public. By 1967 Mimm's career was waning. In the 80's he turned to Christian music and started a prison ministry.
Garnet Mimms, born Garret Mimms (now Reverend Mimms) was born in 1933. He is still producing Christian music. His last CD was released to good reviews in 2008, titled “Is Anybody Out There"?
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