David Porter

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American person record producer songwriter soul musician

David Porter is an American soul music songwriter and producer best known for his influential work at Stax Records, where he co-wrote numerous hits including classics for artists like Sam & Dave and Isaac Hayes.

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Label	Occurrences
David Porter canonical	16

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American person ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ soul musician ⓘ
associatedAct	Isaac Hayes ⓘ Sam & Dave ⓘ Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ surface form: Stax Records house band
associatedWith	Memphis soul ⓘ
basedIn	Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
collaboratedWith	Isaac Hayes ⓘ Sam & Dave ⓘ
creativeRole	composer ⓘ lyricist ⓘ
employer	Stax Records ⓘ
fieldOfWork	music production ⓘ songwriting ⓘ soul music ⓘ
genre	soul music ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
musicBrainzArtistType	person ⓘ
nationality	United States of America ⓘ
notableFor	co-writing numerous soul music hits ⓘ influential work at Stax Records ⓘ
notableWork	Hold On, I’m Coming ⓘ surface form: Hold On, I’m Comin’ I Thank You ⓘ Soul Man ⓘ When Something Is Wrong with My Baby ⓘ co-writing hits for Isaac Hayes ⓘ co-writing hits for Sam & Dave ⓘ
occupation	record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
recordLabel	Stax Records ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

That's the Way Love Goes → writer → David Porter ⓘ

Isaac Hayes → associatedAct → David Porter ⓘ

Sam & Dave → associatedAct → David Porter ⓘ

Hold On, I’m Coming → composer → David Porter ⓘ

Hold On, I’m Coming → writer → David Porter ⓘ

Try a Little Tenderness → producerOfOtisReddingVersion → David Porter ⓘ

Try a Little Tenderness → arrangerOfOtisReddingVersion → David Porter ⓘ

The Queen Alone (album) → producer → David Porter ⓘ

subject surface form: The Queen Alone

The Queen Alone (album) → featuresSongwriter → David Porter ⓘ

subject surface form: The Queen Alone

Soul Man → songwriter → David Porter ⓘ

When Something Is Wrong with My Baby → composer → David Porter ⓘ

When Something Is Wrong with My Baby → lyricist → David Porter ⓘ

I Thank You → lyricist → David Porter ⓘ

I Thank You → songwriter → David Porter ⓘ

You Don't Know Like I Know → writer → David Porter ⓘ

The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads → producer → David Porter ⓘ