Alan Bates

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Alan Bates

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August 26, 1925 – January 30, 2023.
UK jazz producer and music executive. In 1960, he co-founded Interdisc, which imported Blue Note and Riverside Records albums into the UK. He worked for Riverside in Paris to improve the American label's distribution in Europe, but after the label went bankrupt he was asked by Philips Phonografische Industrie to supervise jazz recordings for its Fontana label and later joined Polydor. Bates launched Black Lion Records in 1968 in London (which included the Freedom subsidiary) and later re-launched the Candid label which he acquired in 1989. He signed artists like Stacey Kent or Jamie Cullum.

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Tired with all these, for restful death

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Billie Jean

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Un Leon Escapo de Su Jaula

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The Caretaker - A play in three acts, Act I (A room in a house in west London. A night in winter): Here we are. Sit down (Aston, Davies)

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The Caretaker - A play in three acts, Act I (A room in a house in west London. A night in winter): Did you see what happened with that one? (Davies, Aston)

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The Caretaker - A play in three acts, Act I (A room in a house in west London. A night in winter): I'll tell you what, mate, you haven't got a spare pair of shoes? (Davies, Aston)

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The Caretaker - A play in three acts, Act I (A room in a house in west London. A night in winter): This your room? (Davies, Aston)

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Tired With All These, for Restful Death I Cry

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Tired of all these, for restful death I cry

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The Caretaker - A play in three acts, Act I (A room in a house in west London. A night in winter): Would - would you like to sleep here? (Aston, Davies)

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Some of Alan Bates's most popular tracks include Tired with all these, for restful death, Billie Jean, Un Leon Escapo de Su Jaula, The Caretaker - A play in three acts, Act I (A room in a house in west London. A night in winter): Here we are. Sit down (Aston, Davies), The Caretaker - A play in three acts, Act I (A room in a house in west London. A night in winter): Did you see what happened with that one? (Davies, Aston). Listen to these songs and discover more from their extensive catalog.

August 26, 1925 – January 30, 2023. UK jazz producer and music executive. In 1960, he co-founded Interdisc, which imported Blue Note and Riverside Records albums into the UK. He worked for Riverside... Read the full biography on this page.

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