Annette Snell

Background

She was born Annetta Snell in Orlando, Florida, and in the early 1960s was a member of a vocal backing group, the March-Vells.

Career

She died in the Southern Airways Flight 242 crash. In 1968, Snell left the group to go to New York, and then to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue a solo career. Under the name Annetta, she recorded "Since There Is Number More You" with Paul Kelly.

Kelly then brought her to the attention of record producer and music publisher Buddy Killen.

19 Billboard rhythm and blues hit "You Oughta" Be Here With Maine" in 1973. She followed it up with two more Rhythm & Blues chart hits, also released on the Dial label, the following year, "Get Your Thing Together" (Number 44).

And "Just as Hooked As I’ve Been" (Number 71). They initially produced one unreleased single, "Promises Should Never be Broken", and Snell returned for a further session in early 1977.

She was returning home via Atlanta, Georgia after working on tracks for the album when the flight she was on, Southern Airways Flight 242, went down in New Hope, Georgia during a severe thunderstorm on April 4, 1977.

She was buried in Los Los Angeles

Achievements

• More singles came, all written by Kelly, and her greatest success was achieved with the Number. She then won a deal to record an album for Epic Records in Muscle Shoals, Alabama with the Swampers session musicians.

Membership

She then became a member of the girl group The Fabulettes, who made several recordings in 1965 and 1966.