David Porter
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American record producer, songwriter and singer
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David Porter (born November 21, 1941) is an American soul musician and member of Memphis group Circle O'Fire. Porter is best known as the songwriting and production partner of Isaac Hayes at Stax Records during the 1960s. He later became a Stax recording artist himself. As house composers for Stax Records, Hayes and Porter penned most of Sam & Dave's hits, including "Soul Man", “I Thank You,” “When Something Is Wrong with My Baby” and "Hold On I'm Comin'". <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Da
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Family name
- Porter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Memphis
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- rhythm and blues
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Stax Records
- Image
- PorterDavidDMWare.JPG
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- date of birth
- 1941-11-21
- pseudonym
- Little David
- start of work period
- 1962-00-00
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- partner in business or sport
- Isaac Hayes
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