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Danny Tate
Danny Tate is credited on 113 releases across 62 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1978–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
113
Pressings credited
62
Albums
6
Decades active
56
In collections
Biography
John Daniel "Danny" Tate (born November 10, 1955) is an American musician, songwriter, composer, producer, and former Virgin Records recording artist best known for writing songs which were covered by Jeff Healey, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Tim McGraw, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Smithereens, Diesel, Nelson, David Lee Murphy, Billy Ray Cyrus, Doro (Doro Pesch), The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Patti LaBelle, Walk the West, Cactus Brothers, Carla Olson, Danny Wilde, and many other artists. Most notably Tate won the NSAI Rock Song of the Year award for 1998, 1999, and 2000. His debut was writing the 1983 multi-platinum hit, "Affair of the Heart", by Rick Springfield. He released three solo albums, Danny Tate Charisma/Virgin (1992), Nobody's Perfect Charisma/Virgin (1995), and Destination X Noville Records (2005), meeting limited success and continued his career writing songs, composing for television shows, (Extra, Entertainment Tonight, The Tyra Banks Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show) and contributing to the film soundtracks of 3000 Miles to Graceland, Boys Don't Cry, and How to Make an American Quilt.
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Credited work
113 releases · 62 albums · active 1978–2024
- Performance · 127
- Production · 5
- Other credits · 4
Studios: The Roxy · The Complex · Hot Tin Roof · The Grey Room
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Rick Springfield
- Carla Olson
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band
- Doro
- The Jeff Healey Band
- Diesel (3)
- Boom-Boom
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