Johnny Pate

Arranger/producer Johnny Pate is an important figure in Chicago soul as well as pop/R&B music. Pate's name appears in the credits of classic hits by Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions and acts on OKeh Records. He also arranged for numerous Chicago R&B labels of the '60s, including Nike Records (the Daylighters' "Cool Breeze," the Dolphins), Erman, as well as for New York-based Roulette Records ...more