The HistoryMakers video oral history with Donald "Duck" Porter.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description1 online resource (4 video files (2 hr., 2 min., 30 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2003.097
Subjects

Other author/creatorPorter, Donald, 1936- interviewee.
Other author/creatorHodge, Adele, interviewer.
Other author/creatorHickey, Matthew, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Donald "Duck" Porter
Portion of title Donald "Duck" Porter
Abstract Singer Donald "Duck" Porter was born in Chicago on November 22, 1936. The son of a teacher and a steel worker, Porter's family moved to nearby Gary, Indiana, in 1951. When he finished high school in 1956, he joined The Spaniels, widely regarded as one of the greatest doo-wop groups of the 1950s, with their hit, Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight. For the next three years, The Spaniels toured and recorded. Disbanding in 1959, Porter worked as a crane operator for Acme Steel Company. Reuniting in 1973, Porter remained with the Spaniels until 1988. Porter became the head of security for the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston. He traveled the country talking about the music of the 1950s. The Spaniels closed out a PBS broadcast celebrating doo-wop with their hit, Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight, earning more in donations for the network than any previous fundraiser. A resident of in Boston, Porter raised seven children.
CreditsVideographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performer Adele Hodge, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Chicago, Illinois 2003 May 5.
Source of descriptionVendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Stock numberA2003.097 HistoryMakers

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Electronic Resources Access Content Online ✔ Available