Annette Snell (March 22, 1945 – April 4, 1977) was an American rhythm and blues singer who recorded in the 1960s and 1970s. She died in the Southern Airways Flight 242 crash.
She was born Annetta Snell in Orlando, Florida. Little is
known about her childhood and the story immediately continues to where she
starts a professional career in music.In the early 1960s she was a member of a
vocal backing group, the Mar-Vells The members of the group were all local
Florida girls and did live concerts and session work for other Florida
musicians. From 1963 and until 1968 or 69 the line-up consisted of: Annette
Snell, Mattie Lovett, Addie Williams and Loretta Ludlow.
The Mar-Vells |
Changing their name to The Fabulettes on their first
recording for Monument Records was probably a decision taken by the record
company who would not have been interested in promoting yet another band named
Marvels/Mar-Vells/Marvells. Even though the group still performed as The
Mar-Vells in the Florida area all their recordings were, from this point on,
issued under the Fabulettes moniker.
The Fabulettes |
Sometime during 1968 or early 1969 Annette Snell left the
group to pursue a solo career. The Fabulettes attempted to find a replacement
but after cutting two more records they split up. Annette went to New York, and
then to Nashville, Tennessee. Under the name Annetta, she recorded "Since
There Is No More You" with Paul Kelly, whom she met when in the Mar-vells.
The record, although leased by Juggy Murray for national distribution, didn't
make much noise.
Kelly then brought her to the attention of record
producer and music publisher Buddy Killen, who was suitably impressed. More
singles came, all written by Kelly, and her greatest success was achieved with
the No. 19 Billboard rhythm and blues hit "You
Oughta' Be Here With
Me" in 1973. She followed it up with two more R&B chart hits, also
released on the Dial label, the following year, "Get Your Thing
Together" (No. 44); and "Just as Hooked As I’ve Been" (No. 71).
Annette in NYC |
She then won a deal to record an album for Epic Records
in Muscle Shoals, Alabama with the Swampers session musicians. The studio was
unique because The Swampers, had creative control over who was able to record
sessions and when sessions were recorded. 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 she was killed with 71 others when the flight she was on, Southern Airways Flight
242, went down in New Hope, Georgia during a severe thunderstorm on April 4,
1977. Sixty-three people in the plane are killed, as are nine people in New
Hope. Some survive the crash. Annette Snell is one of the victims. She had just
turned 32.
Annette was buried in Dade North Memorial Park Cemetery
Opa-locka, Florida. She was married to Pete Jackson of Touch of Class
(Edited mainly from Wikipedia & doowopheaven)
7 comments:
There doesn’t appear to be an anthology of Annette’s work, so hopefully I have put that right. I only had a limited number of tracks from various CD’s but managed to find the remainder from You Tube. So be warned some tracks are below standard as they are taken from the vinyl sources marked (*)
So for my humble compilation “Annette Snell – Collected “ go here:
https://www.upload.ee/files/11314824/Annette_Snell_-_Collected.rar.html
The Mar-Vells (members Annette Snell, Loretta Ludlow, Mattie Lovett and Addie Williams)
1) This Can’t Go On 1964 (*)
2) Dizzy Jones Birdland – 1964 (*)
The Mar-Vells with D. Jones & The Continentals (members Annette Snell, Loretta Ludlow, Mattie Lovett, Addie Williams, Dizzy Jones,
3) Go On And Have Yourself A Ball (1963) (*)
4) How Do I Keep The Girls Away (1963) (*)
The Fabulettes (members Annette Snell, Loretta Ludlow, Mattie Lovett and Addie Williams)
5) The Bigger They Are (The Harder They Fall) (1965) (*)
6) Mr. Policeman (1965)
7) Try The Worryin' Way (1965)
8) Money (That’s What I Want) (lead Addie Williams) (1965)
9) Screamin' And Shoutin' (1966)
10) I'm In The Mood For Love (1966) (*)
11) Muddy Waters (1967)
12) Stickin’ Kind Of Man (1967) (*)
Annetta (Annette Snell)
13) Get Away Boy (1968)
14) Since There's No More Of You (1968)
Annette Snell
15) Footprints On My Mind (1973)
16) I'll Be Your Fool Once More (1973)
17) You Oughta Be Here With Me (1973)
18) Get Your Thing Together (1973)
19) Just As Hooked As I've Ever Been (1973)
20) Love Connection (1974)
21) It's All Over Now (1974)
22) Promises Should Never Be Broken (1977) (this 45 was taken from the Epic album she was recording when she died)
23) Tonight I feel Like Dancing (unreleased Epic album track)(1977)
Many thanks for this, very interesting read and I'm looking forward to getting into these tracks later today.
Many thanks
She did have a great voice had a couple of 45's
Please if it could be put back
Hello Manolex, Here's Annette.....
https://krakenfiles.com/view/VyrvkaRFSm/file.html
Muchas gracias
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