Garnet Mimms (born Garrett Mimms, November 16, 1933) is an American singer, influential in soul music and rhythm and blues. He first achieved success as the lead singer of Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters and is best known for the 1963 hit "Cry Baby", later recorded by Janis Joplin. According to Steve Huey at AllMusic, his "pleading, gospel-derived intensity made him one of the earliest true soul singers [and] his legacy remains criminally underappreciated."
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Links to Peel[]
Peel nominated his hit single, 'Cry Baby', as one of Peel's 77 All Time Favourite Records List, published in the Disc & Music Echo in 1972. He also nominated his album, 'As Long As I Have You', as one of his album highlights for Sounds Playlist published on 24th August 1974 in Sounds music paper. Garnet's songs would often be played by Peel on his radio programmes.
Shows Played[]
- 17 July 1973: My Baby (7" single) United Artists
- 1982
- 03 February 1982: Cry Baby (7") United Artists
- 1992
- 06 June 1992: Cry Baby (album - Cry Baby) Collectibles
- 2000
- 02 March 2000: For Your Precious Love
- 2003
- 09 January 2003: Cry Baby (LP - Cry Baby And 11 Other Hits) United Artists (JP: "I stole my copy of the LP from the record library of KLIF in Dallas in probably about 1961. Shocking really.")