Background
He grew up in Canton, Ohio, and attended McKinley Senior High School, but did not graduate.
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Limmie Snell
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As Limmie B. Good, he began recording at the age of 11 for Columbia Records, Mercury Records and Warner Brothers Records. In early 1965, under the name "Lemme B. Good", Snell released the original version of "Good Lovin"", later a number one hit for the Young Rascals. Limmie & the Family Cooking was the group he formed later.
Jimmie Snell sang lead vocals on both "A Walkin" Miracle" and "You Can Do Magic".
The group had one single on Scepter Records before signing with Atco Records. In the United Kingdom the group had three hit singles, "You Can Do Magic" (#3, United Kingdom 1973), "Dreamboat," (#31, United Kingdom 1973) and a cover version of The Essex"s "A Walkin" Miracle" (#6, United Kingdom 1974).
After Limmie & the Family Cooking broke up, he remained in the United Kingdom and formed Limmie Funk then Limmie Funk Limited, short lived bands who toured the United Kingdom in 1976, and whose musicians later had varied success. Snell wrote, and recorded music until his death from renal failure in May 1986 in Atlanta, Georgia, and was buried in Canton, Ohio.
Membership
The first band included Bill Holliday on guitar, who went on to be in Palm Beach Express and then Columbia Broadcasting System recording artists The Continentals, and also Peter Lodge, who also was a member of Palm Beach Express.
