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 on the Irish chart in 1973. |
Birth and Death Data: Born Whitechapel (district within East London, England, UK), Died October 6, 1982 (Donnybrook (district of Dublin, Ireland) )
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1947 - 1951
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 | |
| Gramophone | 0EA14763 | 10-in. | 6/8/1950 | The day we went to Rothesay o! | Phillip Green ; Robert Wilson | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
| Gramophone | 0EA-15510 | 10-in. | 4/30/1951 | The Highlandman's umbrella | Phillip Green ; Robert Wilson | Male vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra | conductor |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Green, Philip," accessed January 3, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/352892.
Green, Philip. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 3, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/352892.
"Green, Philip." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 3 January 2026.
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LCNAR: Green, Philip, 1911-1982 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94046669
Wikidata: Philip Green - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5769997
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/121818588
MusicBrainz: Philip Green - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a1a16614-d1ba-4107-a8f2-fbe94eff3eb8
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