1. Howard Tate was an American soul singer and songwriter.
11 Facts About Howard Tate
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Howard Tate moved with his family to Philadelphia in the early 1940s.
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Howard Tate performed with the organist Bill Doggett and returned to Philadelphia.
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Howard Tate brought out the best in soul pro Jerry Ragovoy, who made Tate's records jump instead of arranging them into submission, and gave him lyrics with some wit to them besides.
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Tate, working apart from Ragovoy, recorded the album Howard Tate's Reaction, produced by Lloyd Price and Johnny Nash and released in 1970 by Turntable Records, it was distributed in small quantities.
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Ragovoy and Tate reunited for the 1972 album Howard Tate, released by Atlantic Records; it included more songs by Ragovoy, along with Tate's cover versions of "Girl from the North Country", by Bob Dylan, and "Jemima Surrender", by Robbie Robertson and Levon Helm.
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Howard Tate sold securities in the New Jersey and Philadelphia area.
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Howard Tate then began working with Ragovoy on the 2003 album Rediscovered.
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In late 2007, Howard Tate recorded Blue Day in Nashville with the producer Jon Tiven; it was released in 2008.
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That year Howard Tate was a judge for the sixth annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.
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Howard Tate died of complications of multiple myeloma and leukemia on December 2,2011, at the age of 72.