Background
He was born Nathan Temple, the son of a tailor in Stepney, London.
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Career
Amongst many others, he worked with Syd Roy, Harry Roy, Geraldo, Ambrose, Joe Daniels, and Lew Stone. 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 World World War II, he worked with Bernard Braden and Barbara Kelly on Breakfast with Braden, along with the British Broadcasting Corporation announcer, Ronald Fletcher.
His band also played on the radio show Music While You Work until 1983.
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 people who worked with Temple included Eartha Kitt, Petula Clark, George Shearing, Larry Grayson, Fred Perry, Joyce Grenfell, Matt Monro, Kenneth Horne, Mel Tormé and Paul Daniels.
Announcement in The Times
Announcement in The Stage
Obituary in The Daily Telegraph
Obituary in The Guardian
Obituary in The Independent
Obituary in The Times
Obituary in The Stage
from Anthony Hacking, Queen's Counsel, in The Times.
