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Johnny Pate Birth name John William Pate Born ( 1923-12-05) December 5, 1923 (age 94), U.S. Genres, Occupation(s) Musician, producer Instruments Bass guitar Years active 1950s–1980s Labels MGM Verve, Associated acts, Website John William 'Johnny' Pate (born December 5, 1923, ) is a former bassist who became a producer, arranger, and leading figure in Chicago soul, pop, and rhythm and blues. He learned piano and tuba as a child and later picked up the bass guitar. He learned while serving in the. Contents. Career The jazz era Following stints with Coleridge Davis and in the 1940s, in 1951 Pate was recording on with and his Orchestra, credited on bass and arrangements. This was also the first of a series of Chess recordings on which Pate collaborated with saxophonist.

Johnny Pate Outrageous

In the 1950s he was also a resident arranger for 's house band at the. Johnny Pate's trio recorded for a number of Chicago labels, including Gig and Talisman. For the Cincinnati-based, the Johnny Pate Quintet had a hit with 'Swinging Shepherd Blues', which reached No.

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17 on the Billboard R&B chart in spring 1958. One of the last albums on which Pate played bass was 's 1958 album, on the subsidiary,. Pate produced and did the arrangements for 's album in November 1964. Pate was also the arranger and conductor for 's album, released in 1965 and re-released in 1981. He was the arranger and conductor for 's 1967 ABC album. The Impressions era In the early 1960s, Pate was hired by producer/A&R director to write arrangements for the label.

Davis had had previous hits with artists such as, and The Opals. Pate, and first teamed in January 1963 recording the ballad 'Sad Sad Girl and Boy,' which mid-charted in magazine's charts. The following single, 'It's All Right,' stayed at number one R&B for two weeks and hit number four pop in fall 1963; it was followed by 'Talking about My Baby,' 'I'm So Proud,' and 'Keep on Pushing'. The LP peaked at number eight pop in fall 1964. Pate produced and recorded most of their hits at in Chicago. Their success led the group's label, to open a Chicago office on 14th and Michigan and appoint Pate as A&R director in 1964. One of the acts he signed, had a number seven R&B hit with 'I Do'.

'I Do' was followed by another hit with 'In the Morning.' Other acts signed to ABC-Paramount through the Chicago branch were the Trends, the Kittens, and former star. He also did the arrangements for 's Monkey Time. In 1968, Pate began doing arrangements for Curtis Mayfield's label.

Leaving in 1972, he worked on numerous recordings including the horn arrangements for the (1976), produced and arranged several albums for on, including Gold Award album CrossWinds in 1978, and the 1978 album Words and Music by on. Pate also scored soundtracks for films including (1973), (1975), (1975), (1976), (1977) and (1978).

Pate also did the arrangements for ' 1973 album. In 2006, released an 80th birthday. His song 'Shaft in Africa', was by producer, for the single '. It was later sampled by producer for 's 'We Gon' Make It', featuring.

Affiliations and organizations In the late 1960s Pate served as a national trustee on the National Academy of Arts and Sciences and he was very instrumental in bringing The Grammy Awards to television. Discography.