David Porter (born 21 November 1941) is an American soul musician best known as the songwriting partner of Isaac Hayes during the 1960s. November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Soul music is a combination of rhythm and blues and gospel which began in the late 1950s in the United States. ... Isaac Hayes performs at the International Amphitheater in Chicago as part of the annual PUSH `Black Expo`, October 1973 Isaac Hayes (born August 20, 1942 in Covington, Tennessee) Isaac Hayes is an actor, and influential soul singer, songwriter, musician and arranger. ...

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'". They also wrote material for Carla Thomas (“B-A-B-Y”), Johnnie Taylor (“I Got to Love Somebody’s Baby,” “I Had a Dream”), and The Soul Children. Starting in the late '60s, Hayes became increasingly involved in his own recording career, eventually leading to the end of the partnership. The Hayes-Porter duo composed song 200 songs during their collaboration. Stax Records was a Memphis, Tennessee based record label that existed from 1959 to 1976. ... Sam & Dave, veterans of the gospel groups The Melionaires and The Sensational Hummingbirds, were an American soul duo, known as one of the best and earliest soul groups. ... Carla Thomas (born December 21, 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee) is often referred to as the Queen of Memphis Soul. ... Johnnie Harrison Taylor (May 5, 1938–May 31, 2000) was a vocalist in a wide variety of genres, from gospel, blues and soul to pop, doo-wop and disco. ...

Porter then began recording his own albums for Stax. He also released on other labels under the pseudonyms Little David and Kenny Cain, and had done a single for Stax itself in 1965, "Can't See You When I Want To." A remake of "Can't See You When I Want To" became a Top 30 RB hit for Porter, and he cut several albums for Stax in the early '70s, including a concept LP, Victim of the Joke?

Porter began working with songwriting partner Ronnie Williams, and later went on to engineer the relaunch of the Stax label.

He and Hayes received Pioneer Awards from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1999. Porter was inducted in 2005 into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The Rhythm and Blues Foundation is an independent American nonprofit organization dedicated to the historical and cultural preservation of rhythm and blues music. ... The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music. ...

External links

• David Porter on Internet Movie Database