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- Birth nameThomas Mossie McQuater
- Tommy McQuater was born on September 4, 1914 in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland. He is known for The Melodies Linger On (1971). He was married to Winifred Agnes Wilson. He died on January 20, 2008 in London, England, UK.
- SpouseWinifred Agnes Wilson(June 1938 - January 1998) (her death, 2 children)
- He played for the Muppet show, produced at ATV's Borehamwood studios from 1976, and for Sunday Night at the London Palladium and the Morecambe and Wise Show.
- Plucked from Scotland by London bandleader Jack Payne in 1934, McQuater became part of an extraordinary exodus of brilliant Scottish musicians whose impact continues to the present. Within a year he was in the Lew Stone band, where he replaced the celebrated trumpeter Nat Gonella. A year later, he joined Ambrose's star-packed orchestra, then the obvious choice for classy residencies and engagements in London's upmarket restaurants.
- Performing for the troops, Corporal McQuater and his chums sometimes shared the stage with Major Glenn Miller's American Band of the Allied Expeditionary Force.
- McQuater often performed with John McLevy in the 1970s and 1980s.
- In the 1940s, McQuater joined The Squadronaires, and worked with the BBC Showband in 1945.
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