Phillip Green

Philip Green (19 July 1911 – 6 October 1982), sometimes credited as Harry Philip Green or Phil Green, was a British film and television composer and conductor, and also a pianist and accordion player. He made his name in the 1930s playing in and conducting dance bands, performed with leading classical musicians, scored up to 150 films, wrote radio and television theme tunes and library music, and finally turned to church music at the end of his life in Ireland, a song from which period proved so popular that it reached No 3 in the Irish charts in 1973.

Birth and Death Data: Born July 19, 1911 (Whitechapel), Died October 6, 1982 (Donnybrook)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1947 - 1950

Roles Represented in DAHR: conductor

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Gramophone 0EA11892 10-in. 5/9/1947 Imaginez Jean Cavall ; Phillip Green Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble conductor  
Gramophone 0EA11893 10-in. 5/9/1947 La mer Jean Cavall ; Phillip Green Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble conductor  
Gramophone 0EA14562 10-in. 3/29/1950 Take the sun Tito Gobbi Male vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Green, Philip," accessed November 12, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/352892.

Green, Philip. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 12, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/352892.

"Green, Philip." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 12 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/352892

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