Bill Porter

Biography

Billy Rhodes Porter (June 15, 1931 – July 7, 2010) was an American audio engineer and record producer who pioneered the Nashville sound and recorded stars such as Chet Atkins, Louis Armstrong, The Everly Brothers, Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Gladys Knight, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Dolly Parton, Skeeter Davis, Ike & Tina Turner, Sammy Davis Jr., and Roy Orbison from the late 1950s through the 1980s. In one week of 1960, his recordings accounted for 15 of Billboard magazine's Top 100, a feat none have matched. Porter's engineering career included over 7,000 recording sessions, 300 chart records, 49 Top 10, 11 Number Ones, and 37 gold records. Porter mixed live concert sound for Elvis Presley, at Presley’s request, from 1970 until the singer's death in 1977. As a University of Miami music professor, Porter helped create the first college program in audio engineering, and went on to teach similar courses at the University of Colorado Denver, and Webster University in St. Louis. Porter was inducted into the TEC Hall of Fame in 1992.

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