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  Garnet Mimms - Music Downloads - Online
Mimms subsequently served several years in the military, and upon his release, he returned to Philadelphia in 1958 and formed a doo wop quintet called the Gainors, whose ranks included Sam Bell and onetime Evening Star Howard Tate (later an acclaimed solo singer in his own right).
Mimms subsequently followed Ragovoy to Verve, where he recorded four singles to little response; ditto for his brief stint at MGM.
Mimms did make one last minor chart appearance in 1977, recording for Arista as Garnet Mimms & the Truckin' Company; the disco-funk single "What It Is" was produced by Brass Construction mastermind Randy Muller.
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Garnet Mimms put a few records in the top forty in the 1960's and had one notable soul song in the top ten.
Mimms sang in gospel groups such as the Evening Stars, the Harmonizing Four, and the group with which he would record his first record (in 1953), the Norfolk Four.
Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters headed for New York, where they began to work with successful songwriter/record producer Bert Berns.
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Mimms was probably disillusioned with Philadelphia by now (shades of W.C. Fields perhaps?!) and, convinced that the city was more concerned with the teen idol phenomenon, persuaded his new bandmates that the future for their musical direction lay elsewhere.
Garnet Mimms was something different: a singer with an extraordinary range (from powerful tenor to nerve-tingling falsetto) and an ability to switch from one genre to another with the greatest of ease.
Mimms did manage one last visit to the charts with the frantic "What It Is", a 1977 recording for Arista credited to Garnet Mimms & the Truckin' Company.
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 VH1.com : Garnet Mimms : Biography - Urge Music Downloads
Garnet Mimms' pleading, gospel-derived intensity made him one of the earliest true soul singers.
Mimms was actually born Garrett Mimms in Ashland, WV, on November 26, 1933.
He was mostly raised in Philadelphia, and began singing in church as a boy; during his teen years, he performed with several area gospel groups, including the Evening Stars, the Harmonizing Four, and the Norfolk Four, with whom he cut his first record in 1953.
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 Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters : OLDIES.com
Garrett Mimms, 16 November 1933, Ashland, West Virginia, USA.
A former member of Philadelphia-based gospel groups the Evening Stars and the Norfolk Four, Mimms formed a secular quintet, the Gainors, in 1958.
The group subsequently evolved into Garnet Mimms And The Enchanters, where the singer and Sam Bell were joined by Charles Boyer and Zola Pearnell.
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 The Number One Songs In Heaven: The Big Soul of Garnet Mimms
Their first big hit together was the classic "Cry Baby" in 1963 which Mimms recorded with his group The Enchanters (with backing vocals by a then-unknown Dionne Warwick and her sister Dee Dee and aunt Cissy Houston).
There are a couple of Garnet Mimm's collections around, the Cry Baby/Warm Soulful set seems to have most everything you'd want on it.
The Best of Garnet Mimms is hard to find but has pretty much the same track listing and - most importantly - a much nicer sleeve.
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 Garnet Mimms: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com
This 26-track compilation of Mimms' work between 1963 and 1966 (including his entire 1963 debut LP) is roughly equal in merit to the U.S. The Best of Garnet Mimms compilation.
Each focuses upon the singer's prime; each largely duplicates the other's track selection; and each has some songs that are not on the other.
Emerging from a gospel background and obscure doo wop groups, Mimms invested the increasingly sophisticated RandB sound of the mid-'60s with both emotion and supple pipes.
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 MIMMS, Garnet : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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Grew up in Philadelphia; made first record with gospel group the Norfolk Four on Savoy '53; after military service formed doo-wop group the Gainors, recorded for Red Top; Mimms and Sam Bell left to form Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters with two others.
Next was revival of Jerry Butler hit 'For Your Precious Love'; the Enchanters split and Mimms carried on solo for several more hits incl.
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Garnet Mimms (born Garrett Mimms 16 November 1933 in Ashland, West Virginia) is an American singer influential in soul music and rhythm and blues.
Mimms grew up in Philadelphia, where he sang in gospel music groups such as the Evening Stars, the Harmonizing Four, and the group with which he would record his first record (in 1953), the Norfolk Four.
He returned to Philadelphia after serving in the military and formed doo-wop group The Gainors in 1958.
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 Amazon.co.uk: Warm and Soulful [the Best of Garnet Mimms]: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Garnet Mimms has one of the warmest and most expressive voices of any soul singer, and it is unfathomable why he was not a major success in the mid- to late-60's.
On the uptempo songs, Garnet displays some similarity to Jackie, but his stately way with a ballad is more reminiscent of the great Solomon Burke.
Garnet Mimms' best moments (and there are at least a dozen of them here) rank with the very best 60's soul.
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 Garnet Mimms - Free Music Downloads, Videos, Lyrics, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
Garnet Mimms - Free Music Downloads, Videos, Lyrics, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
Best known for his original rendition of "Cry Baby," later a major item in Janis Joplin's repertoire, Garnet Mimms' pleading, gospel-derived intensity made him one of the earliest true soul singers.
His legacy remains criminally underappreciated, since for some reason he..
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 Garnet Mimms Music CDs at Songsearch.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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 Garnet Mimms interviews, articles and reviews from Rock’s Backpages
Garnet Mimms interviews, articles and reviews from Rock’s Backpages
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 Garnet Mimms : Cry Baby/Warm and Soulful - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Garnet Mimms : Cry Baby/Warm and Soulful - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
This 26-track compilation of Mimms' work between 1963 and 1966 (including his entire 1963 debut LP) is roughly equal in merit to the U.S. The Best of Garnet Mimms compilation.
Each focuses upon the singer's prime; each largely duplicates the other's track selection; and each has some songs that are not on the other.
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 Amazon.com: Cry Baby and 11 Other Hits: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
What mechanism is triggered that singing isn't singing anymore but became sound by itself, coming from somewhere dark, deep and unknown, channeled through the physical body of a man who goes by the name of Garnet Mimms?
How is it possible that my girlfriend and me (other race, other continent, other language, other generation) have goosepimples and tears in our eyes every single time we play this CD (about 500 times a year)?
In my humble opinion, the deepest, the most desperate, the most sincere, the most honest, the most sacred, the soil, the earth, the core feeling that has makes live worth living on this planet.
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 Classic Deep Soul 45: Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters--Cry Baby   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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Cry Baby by Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters
Flip side is A Quiet Place by Garnet Mimms
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 JR.com: GARNET MIMMS & THE ENCHANTERS in Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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 Classic Other Northern Soul 45: Garnet Mimms--Looking For You   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Originally released on U.A. 951, this is a new repressing on a reproduction of the original label.
This great song--probably the most collectable item in Garnet Mimms' discography--appears at #8 in Kev Roberts' list of the 500 top Northern Soul classics, and it's backed by one of Timi Yuro's most sought-after Northern Soul tracks.
Both tracks, incidentally, are Jerry Ragovoy productions, featuring arrangements by the great Garry Sherman.
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