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Grady Tate

real name Grady Bernard Tate

Durham, United States · 1932-01-14 – 2017-10-08

Grady Tate is credited on 4,151 releases across 696 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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4,151

Credits

696

Albums

8

Decades active

721

In collections

Biography

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American jazz drummer and and (baritone) singer. Born on 14 January 1932 in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Died on 8 October 2017 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a drummer in The Tonight Show band for 6 years and is also known for having lent his voice to the Schoolhouse Rock! animated series in the 1990s.

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Credited work

4,151 releases · 696 albums · active 1959–2026

  • Performance · 4,984
  • Other credits · 35
  • Production · 2
  • Engineering · 2

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · A&R Studios · RCA Studios, New York · Atlantic Studios

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