Phil Tate
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- Phil Tate
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- April 28, 1922
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- Died aged 83
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- Taurus
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- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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- Profession
- Singer
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Biography
Phil Tate is 104 years old, a singer, from United Kingdom.
John Philip Tate (28 April 1922 – 9 December 2005) was an English dance bandleader. Born in Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, Tate played violin from the age of eight, and was later an autodidact on clarinet and saxophone. He formed his own group, the Five Quavers, while in high school, and played in the RAF Silver Wings Dance Orchestra during World War II.
The ensemble proved so cohesive that all twelve of its members decided to continue playing together after the war, under the name Phil Tate & His Orchestra, taking a residency at Leas Cliff Hall in Folkestone. Their instrumentation was unusual, featuring five saxes and three flutes. After appearing in the 1951 film Green Grow the Rushes, they took their next residency at the Hammersmith Palais and signed to Oriole Records.
Tate's orchestra played at the Hammersmith for a full decade, then moved to the Ilford Palais.
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