Del Porter

Del Porter (né Delmar Smith Porter; 13 April 1902 in Newberg, Oregon – 4 October 1977 in Los Angeles) was an American jazz vocalist, saxophonist, and clarinetists who, in the 1930s, performed on Broadway, toured with Glenn Miller, and recorded with Bing Crosby, Dick Powell, and Red Nichols, and in the 1940s, led his own big band.

Porter was a singer with the Foursome, which came to prominence in the 1930 Broadway hit show, Girl Crazy. Porter, the best known member of the quartet, co-founded City Slickers with Spike Jones about the time his group split up. With the Foursome's arranger and Porter's lifelong friend, Raymond M. Johnson, Porter reorganized the quartet around 1946 as the Sweet Potato Tooters.

Birth and Death Data: Born April 13, 1902 (Newberg), Died October 4, 1977 (Los Angeles)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1926 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: clarinet, vocalist, songwriter, composer, lyricist, arranger

Notes: Listed sometimes as D. S. Porter.

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 1-25 of 34 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor PBS-061517 10-in. 8/8/1941 Red wing City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo vocalist, instrumentalist, clarinet  
Victor PBS-061518 10-in. 8/8/1941 Barstool cowboy from old Barstow City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo vocalist, instrumentalist, clarinet  
Victor PBS-061519 10-in. 8/8/1941 Behind those swinging doors City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo vocalist, instrumentalist, clarinet  
Victor PBS-061520 10-in. 8/8/1941 The covered wagon rolled right along City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo vocalist, instrumentalist, clarinet  
Victor PBS-072020 10-in. 1/12/1942 The wild, wild women (are making a wild man of me) City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo vocalist, instrumentalist, clarinet  
Victor PBS-072021 10-in. 1/12/1942 Clink, clink, another drink Mel Blanc ; Boys in the Back Room ; City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo, male vocal ensemble, and hiccups vocalist, instrumentalist, clarinet  
Victor PBS-072022 10-in. 1/12/1942 Beautiful eggs City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo vocalist, instrumentalist, clarinet  
Victor PBS-072023 10-in. 1/12/1942 Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag (and smile, smile, smile) City Slickers ; Spike Jones Jazz/dance band, with male vocal ensemble instrumentalist, clarinet  
Victor PBS-072236 10-in. 4/7/1942 Siam City Slickers ; Carl Grayson ; King Jackson ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solos and trio instrumentalist, clarinet, vocalist, composer  
Victor PBS-072237 10-in. 4/7/1942 Little Bo-Peep has lost her jeep City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter ; Willie Spicer Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and "Collidophone" instrumentalist, clarinet, vocalist  
Victor PBS-072238 10-in. 4/7/1942 Come, Josephine, in my flying machine Boys in the Back Room ; City Slickers ; King Jackson ; Spike Jones Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, clarinet  
Victor PBS-072239 10-in. 4/7/1942 Pass the biscuits, Mirandy City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo vocalist, lyricist, instrumentalist, clarinet  
Victor PBS-072524 10-in. 7/28/1942 Hotcha cornia (Black eyes) City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Willie Spicer Jazz/dance band, with sneezaphone (sound effects) instrumentalist, clarinet, arranger  
Victor PBS-072525 10-in. 7/28/1942 Der Fuehrer's face City Slickers ; Carl Grayson ; Spike Jones ; Willie Spicer Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and birdaphone (sound effects) instrumentalist, clarinet  
Victor PBS-072526 10-in. 7/28/1942 Oh! By jingo! (Oh! By gee! By gosh, by gum, by juv) Boys in the Back Room ; City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter ; Willie Spicer Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo, male vocal ensemble, and anvilaphone (sound effects) instrumentalist, clarinet, vocalist  
Victor PBS-072527 10-in. 7/28/1942 The sheik of Araby City Slickers ; Carl Grayson ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter ; Willie Spicer Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet and hiccuphone (sound effects) instrumentalist, clarinet, vocalist  
Victor PBS-072528 10-in. 7/28/1942 I wanna go back to West Virginia Boys in the Back Room ; City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Del Porter ; Willie Spicer Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo, male vocal ensemble, and trainaphone (sound effects) instrumentalist, clarinet, vocalist  
Victor D5VB-1010 10-in. 1/13/1945 A serenade to a jerk City Slickers ; Spike Jones Female-male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band songwriter  
Victor D5VB-1012 10-in. 1/13/1945 Drip, drip, drip (sloppy lagoon) City Slickers ; Spike Jones Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band vocalist, composer  
Victor D6VB-2175 10-in. 10/7/1946 My pretty girl City Slickers ; Spike Jones Male vocal quartet, with jazz/dance band and whistling songwriter  
Victor D7VB-0456 10-in. 2/10/1947 Blowing bubble gum City Slickers ; Spike Jones Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble songwriter  
Victor D7VB-2105 10-in. 11/17/1947 Topeka polka Spade Cooley String band composer  
Victor D9VB-0704 10-in. 8/9/1949 Lucky leather breeches Spade Cooley ; Roy Rogers ; Spade Cooley and his Orchestra String band, with dance calls songwriter  
Columbia W142771 10-in. 9/30/1926 Whose arms are you in tonight? Cole McElroy's Spanish Ball Room Band Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer, lyricist  
Columbia W146478 10-in. 6/22/1928 The sidewalks of New York Johnnie Sylvester Accordion solo, with male vocal solo vocalist  
(Results 1-25 of 34 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Porter, Del," accessed June 1, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109597.

Porter, Del. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved June 1, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109597.

"Porter, Del." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 1 June 2023.

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URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109597

External Sources

Wikipedia: Del Porter

Discogs: Del Porter

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LCNAR: Porter, Del - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no93019242

Wikidata: Del Porter - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16008175

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/11878737

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