Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Details

Additional Authors

• Porter, Donald, 1936-
• Hodge, Adele
• Hickey, Matthew
• HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.

Description

1 online resource (4 video files (2 hr., 2 min., 30 sec.)) : sound, color.

Summary

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.

Alternative Title

• History Makers video oral history with Donald "Duck" Porter
• Donald "Duck" Porter

Subjects

• Nonfiction films
• Internet videos
• Oral histories
• Interviews
• Singer
• African Americans > Interviews
• Porter, Donald, 1936- > Interviews

Genre/Form

• Internet videos.
• Interviews.
• Nonfiction films.
• Oral histories.

Credits (note)

• Videographer, Matthew Hickey.

OCLC

998757177

Title

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

Publisher

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Country of Producing Entity

United States. naf

Playing Time

020230

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

video file

Performer

Adele Hodge, interviewer.

Credits

Videographer, Matthew Hickey.

Event

Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2003 May 5.

Source of description

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Indexed Term

Singer.

Added Author

Porter, Donald, 1936- interviewee.

Hodge, Adele, interviewer.

Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.

HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.