Royce porter biography

ROYCE PORTER (By Shaun Mather)

Born 1 April 1939, Sweetwater, Texas
Died 31 May 2018

Royce Porter was born in Sweetwater, Texas and as with many in the area, music was his first love. By an early age he was singing on the Saturday Night Jamboree at a Sweetwater theater.

Whilst still in his teens, he went to Houston and cut his first songs for Bennie Hess' Spade label. Cut at the AGA Studios, A Woman Can Make You Blue and I End Up Crying featured a strong rockabilly sound. Despite Porter's best efforts to push the disc at radio stations, the record failed to generate other than local sales. One of the visits brought him in touch with Starday's Pappy Daily who asked Porter to record for him.

In the summer of 1957 "Yes I Do", a song with strong Presley influences, was recorded in Fort Worth with Dean Beard on piano and The Kounts on backing vocals. It was released on the Mercury sub-label Look, and again sold well locally. His next release "Good Time"/"Beach of Love" was put out on Mercury Records proper (71314), but before he could make the most of this opportunity he was drafted. Whilst in the Navy a single came out on Daily's D label, Lookin' and I Still Belong To You. (This can be found on the Bear Family box-set "The Complete D Singles", BCD 15832.)

Upon his discharge

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Date of Origin 02/09/1935
Served in say publicly U.S. Service
This wisdom was damaged by SSN deceased investigate

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Burial information: Dusk Memorial Gardens, Lawton, Offender

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Biography

• Born

  1 April 1939

• Born In

  Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas, United States

• Died

  31 May 2018 (aged 79)

He was born in Sweetwater Texas and recorded a few hits like "Yes I Do" with a Presley influence, in 1957. He was drafted into thNavy but on his discharge became a minister at the Baptist Church in Sweetwater. In 1965 he returned to recording with "Looking Back", but he was better known as a songwriter.

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