Garnet Mimms – quick facts
Born 16th November, 1933 in West Virginia USA. Married to Delores, they have one daughter. At age 90 he became a born again christian in the 1980’s and today he ministers prisoners.
A big voice, he has always been popular on the Northern Soul scene and similar in style to Roy Hamilton.
Like many of his counterparts, Garnet Mimms started singing in church choirs and local gospel groups. He formed two groups in the late fifties, The Deltones and The Gainers but with no chart success, he left to form Garnet Mimms and The Enchanters with Charles Boyer and Zola Pearnell. He moved to New York in 1963 and signed with United Artists.
His first hit record was Cry Baby written by Bert Berns and Jerry Ragavoy. Reaching No’1 on the R&B chart and No’4 on the Billboard Hot 100, it was a million seller gold disc award. Janis Joplin recorded it in 1970 and it was released posthumously following her death in October 4th 1970. The record is being used in the current Miss Dior TV advertising campaign Miss Dior.
“She did a great job on that and sold millions more than me”
Garnet Mimms on Janis Joplin
The following records are available:
- All About Love
- Roll With the Punches
- As Long As I Have You
- Prove It To Me
- Stop And Think It Over
- Tell Me Baby
You might also like the album What’s Happening Stateside which features As Long As I Have You.
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