Howard Tate
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Howard Tate in concert in Oraison, France, in August 2008
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| Background information | |
| Born |
August 13, 1939 Elberton, Georgia |
| Died | December 2, 2011 (aged 72) Burlington, New Jersey |
| Genres | R&B, soul, gospel, Chicago blues |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1962–2011 |
| Labels | Mercury, Cameo, Verve, Atlantic, Epic, Turntable Records, Shout! Factory, Solid Ground |
Howard Tate (August 13, 1939 – December 2, 2011) was an American soul singer and songwriter.
His greatest success came with a string of hit singles in the late 1960s, including "Ain't Nobody Home" and "Get It While You Can," the latter which became a hit for singer Janis Joplin. After falling out of the music business and struggling with drug addiction, Tate mounted a warmly received comeback in 2001.
According to an interview Tate gave to No Depression magazine writer Edd Hurt in 2006, he was born in Elberton, Georgia. Tate pronounced the town's name as "Eberton," but the 1940 census records for Elberton show a two-year-old boy named Howard Tate as resident of the city. [2]. According to the census record, Tate's father was named Hult Tate and his mother Roberta Tate. He moved with his family to Philadelphia in the early 1940s. In his teens, he joined a gospel music group that included Garnet Mimms and, as the Gainors, recorded rhythm and blues sides for Mercury Records and Cameo Records in the early 1960s. Tate performed with organist Bill Doggett and returned to Philadelphia.
Mimms, leading a group called the Enchanters, introduced Tate to record producer Jerry Ragovoy, who began recording Tate for Verve Records. Utilizing New York City session musicians such as Paul Griffin, Richard Tee, Eric Gale, Chuck Rainey, and Herb Lovell, Tate and Ragovoy produced, from 1966 to 1968, a series of soul blues recordings. With Ragovoy he recorded between 1966 and 1968 "Ain't Nobody Home" and "Look at Granny Run Run," "Baby I Love You," and "Stop." The recordings were well received by record buyers. "Ain't Nobody Home", "Look at Granny" and "Stop" charted in the Top 20 in the US Billboard R&B chart.
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