Phil Tate

Aliases: Phil Tate & The Happy Gang
Phil Tate and His Orchestra
Phil Tate and His Party Band
Phil Tate & The Windjammers
Real name: Phil Tate
Born: April 28, 1922
Died: December 9, 2005
Country: United Kingdom
Comments: Band leader and composer. He played violin from the age of eight, and was later an autodidact on clarinet and saxophone On radio, he was best known for his 144 appearances in Music While You Work. His most longstanding association came in 1965, when he became musical director for the Miss World Pageant. He disbanded his orchestra in 1967, and ran Mecca Agencies in addition to his duties with Miss World, where he remained until his retirement in 1992.

Releases

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
All the Nice Girls....	Phil Tate & The Windjammers	1971	Plexium
Come Dancing	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	1963	Realm
Sing-A-Long	Phil Tate & The Happy Gang	1972	Windmill

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Bossa Nova Beat	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	1963	Oriole [GB]
Party Dances	Phil Tate and His Party Band	1962	Oriole [GB]
Phil Tate and His Orchestra - Vol 2	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	1960	Oriole [GB]
Strict Tempo for Dancing	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	1958	Oriole [GB]
Tate's Gallery of Waltz Hits	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	October 1962	Oriole [GB]
Tunes for Twisters No. 1	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	1962	Oriole [GB]

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Are You Lonesome Tonight ?	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	1961	Oriole [GB]
Beyond the Blue Horizon	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	September 1958	Oriole [GB]
Britannia Saunter	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	December 1958	Oriole [GB]
Dream	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	March 1959	Oriole [GB]
I Love You Because	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	June 3, 1964	Oriole [GB]
I've Got My Eyes on You	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	November 1958	Oriole [GB]
I Won't Dance	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	1960	Oriole [GB]
Love Is a Fairy Tale	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	July 1958	Oriole [GB]
Never on Sunday	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	1960	Oriole [GB]
Once in a While	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	October 1958	Oriole [GB]
One Love	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	June 1959	Oriole [GB]
Premier Two-step	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	December 1958	Oriole [GB]
Somebody Loves Me	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	April 1959	Oriole [GB]
Stay as Sweet as You Are	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	April 1958	Oriole [GB]
St. Louis Blues Cha-Cha	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	1961	Oriole [GB]
Tate's Gallery of Fiesta Tangos	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	June 1963	Oriole [GB]
That Certain Party	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	March 1958	Oriole [GB]
The Bell Tango	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	December 1957	Oriole [GB]
Ticket to Ride	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	June 4, 1965	Oriole [GB]
Una Casa Portuguesa	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	December 1958	Oriole [GB]
Wonderful One	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	December 1958	Oriole [GB]
Zing Went the Strings of My Heart	Phil Tate and His Orchestra	June 1958	Oriole [GB]