(1941-06-04)4 June 1941 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died
16 December 2021(2021-12-16) (aged 80)
Genres
Country, pop rock
Occupation(s)
Musician, producer, record label founder
Instrument(s)
Lap steel guitar
Years active
1959–2019?
Labels
Rex, Festival, Sparmac, Wizard, Musique
Musical artist
Robert George PorterOAM (4 June 1941 – 16 December 2021) was an Australian country and pop-rock musician, producer and record label owner.[1][2]
Beginning in 1959, he performed under the stage name Rob E.G. and recorded lap steel guitar instrumentals or covers of country-style vocals. On the local Sydney music charts, he provided four top ten hits including two No. 1 hits with "Si Senor" and "55 Days at Peking".[3] From 1970, Porter ran an independent record label, Sparmac, and produced three LPs for Daddy Cool.[2][4][5][6]
Porter received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) at the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours for "service to the music industry as a producer, writer and performer".[7]
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^Kimball, Duncan. "Daddy Cool". Milesago: Australasian Music & Popular Culture 1964–1975. Archived from the original on 6 March 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
^Holmgren, Magnus. "Daddy Cool". Passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
^Holmgren, Magnus. "Robie Porter". Passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
^"PORTER, Robert George". Australian Honours Search Facility, Dept of Prime Minister & Cabinet. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
Australian Chart Book. p. 236. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Biography RobiePorter discography at MusicBrainz RobiePorter discography at Discogs RobiePorter at IMDb...
and critic Robie Marcus Hooker Palmer (1941–2013), American diplomat Robie Lewis Reid (1866–1945), Canadian historian and jurist RobiePorter (1941–2021)...
which peaked at No. 5 on the Go-Set singles chart. Sparmac label owner, RobiePorter, was also producer and manager for Springfield. After recording his debut...
by Rita Coolidge. The song, however, nearly didn't make it to Marcia. RobiePorter had put the song into his "don't use" pile. Mark Kennedy, her backing...
album Beginnings. The song was arranged by Del Newman and produced by RobiePorter. The song ranked No. 96 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1972...
British romantic drama Three acting opposite Charlotte Rampling and RobiePorter. He acted in the Merchant Ivory film Savages based loosely on the Luis...
backing vocals, guitar Marcy Levy - bridge backing vocals Air Supply, RobiePorter, and Frank Esler-Smith - arrangement Air Supply version: "All Out of...
Madness from Wonderful Wizard, an Australian record label created by RobiePorter "Wizard" (Adventure Time episode) Wizards (TV series), an upcoming sequel...
Genre Soft rock Length 3:25 Label Arista Songwriter(s) Dominic Bugatti Frank Musker Producer(s) RobiePorter Harry Maslin Air Supply singles chronology...
Box said "This collection of eleven original compositions produced by RobiePorter ranges from the heavy rocker 'I'm Your Superman' to the polished and...
associated album, Lost in Love, appeared in March, which was co-produced by RobiePorter, Rick Chertoff and Charles Fisher. It contained three US top five singles...
Drop-Ins" of a fictional college called Malibu U. Regulars included RobiePorter as "President of the Student Body" and the Mali-beauties dancers. In...
Wall Street. She achieved wider recognition with starring roles as Jane Porter in The Legend of Tarzan (2016), and as Harley Quinn in the DC Extended Universe...
recording. Wilson said, "The engineer was John Golden who, together with RobiePorter, did a fabulous job, I think the sound on our first album was really...
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