Nat Temple
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Nat Temple (July 18, 1913 – May 30, 2008) was a big band leader, and a gifted clarinet and saxophone player.
He worked with many talented people including Syd Roy, Harry Roy, Geraldo, Ambrose, Joe Daniels, and Lew Stone.
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[edit] Career
Temple formed his own band in 1944 and worked with Benny Lee, Frankie Vaughan, Joy Nichols, Lita Roza, David Whitfield, Anne Shelton, Beryl Davis, Julie Andrews and The Keynotes.
After the war he worked with Bernard Braden and Barbara Kelly on Breakfast with Braden, along with the BBC announcer Ronald Fletcher.
On television he provided the band for Crackerjack with Eamonn Andrews, as well as Nuts in May with Frankie Howerd, The Time of Your Life with Noel Edmonds, The Russell Harty Show, Tune Times With Temple, A Jolly Good Time, Dance Music Through the Ages and Starstruck.
Other famous people who worked with Temple included Eartha Kitt, Petula Clark, George Shearing, Larry Grayson, Fred Perry, Joyce Grenfell, Matt Munro, Kenneth Horne, Mel Tormé and Paul Daniels.
[edit] Personal life
He was born Nathan Temple, the son of a tailor in Stepney, London.
Nat Temple was married to Freda for over 62 years; sadly Freda died in 2005 (on June 5th). He stopped playing live around 2004 and lived at home, near Woking, Surrey. He had 4 daughters and 6 grandchildren.
Nat Temple died peacefully at home on 30 May 2008.
[edit] References
- Full article donated by Lynda Temple (daughter), text reproduced by permission of Edmund Whitehouse of "Evergreen". Source: "Evergreen", Summer 2003, pages 32-36.
[edit] External links
- Biography at his son-in-law's website
- Biography at www.shmuelbennachum.com
- Recordings, MP3s, downloadable
