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.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/352892

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