Pate arranged the 1967 Impressions hit “We’re a Winner.” Pate arranged Major Lance’s version of the Curtis Mayfield tune “The Monkey Time,” which became a huge hit in 1963. The Reader is free.

Chicago Heights native Johnny Pate turned 80 in 2003, and the concert celebrating that milestone–documented on a two-CD set released in 2004 on the TNC label–tells the story of his career through the ...

The Johnny Pate 80th Birthday celebration will be at the University of Nevada Las Vegas Judy Bayley Theater, Sunday March 30th at 2pm. Pate, was Joe Willams last conductor. He also was arranger and ...

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CURTIS MAYFIELD: (Singing) People get ready. There's a train a-coming. You don't need no baggage. You just get on board. DETROW: He had been in The Impressions for years, and with songs like "People ...