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William Bell
William Bell
American soul singer and songwriter
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Sam & Dave
Sam & Dave
American soul and R&B duo
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Samuel David Moore
Samuel David Moore
American musician
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Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes
American singer-songwriter, arranger, record producer, and actor (1942-2008)
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Johnnie Taylor
Johnnie Taylor
American soul-blues and pop singer
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The Soul Children
The Soul Children
band that plays jazz
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Booker T. Jones
Booker T. Jones
American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger
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Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
American musical group; R& B/funk band
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The Memphis Horns
The Memphis Horns
American horn section
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Wayne Jackson
Wayne Jackson
American musician
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Eddie Floyd
Eddie Floyd
American singer
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Steve Cropper
Steve Cropper
American guitarist, songwriter and record producer
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Al Jackson Jr.
Al Jackson Jr.
American musician and record producer
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Rufus Thomas
Rufus Thomas
American singer (1917-2001)
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Andrew Love
Andrew Love
American musician
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J. Blackfoot
J. Blackfoot
singer
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Mavis Staples
Mavis Staples
American singer
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Donald Dunn
Donald Dunn
American bass guitarist (1941-2012)
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The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers
American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group
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Luther Ingram
Luther Ingram
American R&B and soul singer-songwriter
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The Intruders
The Intruders
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Carla Thomas
Carla Thomas
American singer
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Al Green
Al Green
American singer
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Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett
American singer and songwriter
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Lewie Steinberg
Lewie Steinberg
American musician
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Otis Redding
Otis Redding
American singer, songwriter and record producer
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The Emotions
The Emotions
American vocal group from Chicago, Illinois
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Maurice White
Maurice White
American musician, founder of Earth, Wind & Fire
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Bettye LaVette
Bettye LaVette
American soul singer-songwriter
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Shirley Brown
Shirley Brown
American musician
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The Mad Lads
The Mad Lads
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Ruby Johnson
Ruby Johnson
American soul singer
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Bar-Kays
Bar-Kays
American band
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Little Milton
Little Milton
American singer and guitarist
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The Funk Brothers
The Funk Brothers
group of Motown studio musicians
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Raphael Saadiq
Raphael Saadiq
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist, and record producer
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The Dixie Nightingales
The Dixie Nightingales
African-American male vocal group
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Bobby Rush
Bobby Rush
American musician
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Rose Marie McCoy
Rose Marie McCoy
American songwriter
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James Carr
James Carr
American musician
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Floyd Newman
Floyd Newman
American musician
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The Rance Allen Group
The Rance Allen Group
American gospel music group
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Don Covay
Don Covay
American musician
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Charlie Rich
Charlie Rich
American country music singer and musician
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Dorothy Moore
Dorothy Moore
American singer
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Jean Knight
Jean Knight
singer
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Ahmet Ertegün
Ahmet Ertegün
Turkish-American songwriter, record producer, music executive
David Porter
American record producer, songwriter and singer

David Porter

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American record producer, songwriter and singer
Record Labels
Awards Received
Songwriters Hall of Fame

David Porter (born November 21, 1941) is an American record producer, songwriter, singer, entrepreneur and philanthropist.

Porter was a 2005 inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, with catalog sales exceeding 400 million units. In 2015, Rolling Stone listed him among the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time. He is best known for songwriting, having written Sam & Dave's "Soul Man" (1968 Grammy winner), and "Hold On, I'm Comin'". His songs have been sampled in Mariah Carey's "Dreamlover" (1993 Grammy winner), and Will Smith's "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" (1999 Grammy winner). .

He is also the founder of the Memphis-based Consortium MMT, a nonprofit organization seeking to develop the music industry in Memphis.

Porter has over 1700 songwriter and composer credits for a range of artists, including Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Celine Dion, Otis Redding, Drake, ZZ Top, Tom Jones, Ted Nugent, Bonnie Raitt, Wu-Tang Clan, Eminem, Patsy Cline, Albert King and Eurythmics.