Bill Porter (sound engineer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bill Porter (sound engineer)

audio engineer

Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1931

Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Date of Death: 07-Jul-2010

Profession: engineer, audio engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Bill Porter (June 15, 1931 – July 7, 2010) was an American audio engineer who helped shape the Nashville sound and recorded stars such as Chet Atkins, Louis Armstrong, the Everly Brothers, Elvis Presley, Gladys Knight, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, 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 covered over 7,000 recording sessions, and yielded 300 chart records, 49 Top 10, 11 Number Ones, and 37 gold records.Porter mixed concert sound for Presley, at his own request, from 1970 until the singer's death in 1977.
At the University of Miami, Porter helped create the first college program in audio engineering, and he taught similar courses at the University of Colorado Denver, and at Webster University in St.
Louis, Missouri.
Porter, said to have a golden ear, was inducted into the TEC Awards Hall of Fame in 1992.