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David Porter is most famous as the songwriting partner of <a href="spotify:artist:3IKV7o6WPphDB7cCWXaG3E">Isaac Hayes</a> during the 1960s. Functioning as house composers for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Stax%22">Stax</a>, they penned most of <a href="spotify:artist:2BVYdY4PyfCF9z4NrkhEB2">Sam & Dave</a>'s hits, including such classics as "Soul Man" and "Hold On! I'm Coming"; they also wrote material for other acts on the roster, such as <a href="spotify:artist:1QAGLCom3FHTTiuRFsjzOj">Carla Thomas</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4OGuNAnRFWZOgOA2d51taz">Johnnie Taylor</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:74keeJdeVxqce4qJFj6WGx">the Soul Children</a>. Starting in the late '60s, <a href="spotify:artist:3IKV7o6WPphDB7cCWXaG3E">Hayes</a> became increasingly involved in his own recording career, eventually leading to the end of the partnership. Many soul fans remain unaware that Porter also began to record his own albums for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Stax%22">Stax</a>. In fact, in the '60s he had released a few singles for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Savoy%22">Savoy</a> and Hi under the pseudonyms of Little David and Kenny Cain, and had done a single for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Stax%22">Stax</a> 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 R&B hit for Porter, and he cut several albums for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Stax%22">Stax</a> in the early '70s, including an ambitious concept LP, Victim of the Joke?, which connected conventional pop/soul tunes with dialog. By this time he had teamed up with a different songwriting partner, Ronnie Williams, but as a solo artist he ultimately made little impact. In 2005, he and <a href="spotify:artist:3IKV7o6WPphDB7cCWXaG3E">Hayes</a> were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi
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