Johnny Pate

Johnny Pate

John William Pate

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In the collection

2 records
Live At The Regal B.B. King, 1965 Super Fly (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Curtis Mayfield, 1972

Played with

B.B. King 1 record together Curtis Mayfield 1 record together Peter Chatman 1 record together Jules Taub 1 record together John Lee Hooker 1 record together Mel London 1 record together Joe Josea 1 record together Charles Singleton 1 record together

About

Jazz bassist, producer & arranger (born Dec, 5 - 1923 - Chicago Heights, Illinois).

Johnny Pate is a graduate of Bloom High School, in Chicago Heights, Illinois. He produced all of the singles released by (also from Chicago Heights, Illinois) including . Working for ABC Records, he spent significant time working with , , , and most notably and .

The partnership between Johnny Pate and has been one of the most prolific musical collaborations of the past century. , alone, released 46 singles on , most of which were written by Curtis Mayfield and produced or arranged by Johnny Pate. The two also collaborated on Curtis Mayfield’s label, ; the most notable product of this partnership was the soundtrack to the 1972 film, . An immediate hit, Super Fly is one of the few soundtracks to out-gross the film it accompanied.