Garth Ivan Richard Porter was born on 24 September 1948 and is a New Zealand-born Australian multi-instrumental musician, songwriter and record producer.
13 Facts About Garth Porter
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Garth Porter was a member, on keyboards and backing vocals, of the pop group, Sherbet, and co-wrote both of their number-one singles, "Summer Love" and "Howzat".
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Garth Ivan Richard Porter was born on 24 September 1948 in Hamilton.
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Garth Porter's parents were farmers in the nearby rural area.
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In 1969 Garth Porter was a member of Swellfoot's Assembly while a student at University of Waikato, which included Marion Arts on lead vocals and Paul Baxter on bass guitar.
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Garth Porter left that group in the next year and was briefly a member of Toby Jugg, which issued a cover version of Amen Corner's " Half as Nice" as a single in 1970.
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Garth Porter worked on The Mixtures album, The Mixtures, in that year.
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Garth Porter produced the group's single, "Canberra We're Watching You", which was a reworking of the Staple Singers' track "Washington We're Watching".
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In 1977 Porter co-produced Rockwell T James' album, Shot of Rhythm and Blues, he supplied instrumental backing.
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Garth Porter sang lead vocals on "Matter of Time" and "Hollywood Dreaming" while with Sherbet.
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Garth Porter helped launch Lee Kernaghan and co-wrote some of the songs for the live Musical theatre production The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular.
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On 7 August 1978 Garth Porter "married his long-time girlfriend" Mary Byrnes in Sydney.
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Garth Porter plays keyboards, mellotron, organ, clavinet, piano, synthesiser, vocals, percussion, harpsichord and saxophone.