K. C. Porter
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KC Porter is an American record producer
, songwriter, musician and singer. For nearly three decades in the entertainment industry, Porter has earned numerous Grammy nominations and 3 Grammys and Latin Grammys. He is best known for his production work on Carlos Santana's Supernatural, (which sold over 27 million copies worldwide and won 9 Grammy Awards) and for producing and penning some of the most popular Spanish language singles for Ricky Martin
to date.
He is also known for crossing over artists such as Bon Jovi
, Janet Jackson
, Brian McKnight
, Toni Braxton
, Scorpions
, Mýa
into the Spanish speaking market and crossing over world music artists such as Khaled, Laura Pausini
, Kazem Al Sahir, and Cheng Lin into the international market.
Porter is one of the founding members of Oneness
, a non-profit organization that promotes the oneness of humanity through music, the arts and education.
He first experienced a passion for Latin music and polyrhythms when his family moved from Woodland Hills, California to Guatemala
, when he was just seven years old. His father, musician/arranger Bob Porter, became a member of the Baha'i Faith in 1968 and in 1970 relocated the family of five to Central America, where music and Latin rhythms permeated their new world. In the ten years that he spent there, he came of age. Porter learned Spanish, musical arrangement, and piano. Became well-versed in both traditional and popular Latin music, as well as hits from the States, and developed a creative and multi-cultural sensibility that would change the course of his life. Porter returned to California to study music in college, and quickly landed a job as staff arranger at Hollywood's esteemed A&M Records
. While there, he had the opportunity to record artists such as: Lani Hall
, Luis Angel, and María Conchita Alonso
. Porter started to produce as well, and soon demonstrated a unique style and uncanny ability to transform Latin pop music into an accessible sound that American audiences embraced wholeheartedly, a skill that helped break Luis Miguel, Daniela Romo
, Emmanuel, Ana Gabriel
, and Barrio Boyzz
on three continents.
pop artist Ricky Martin
in what would become a long and fruitful association. They first collaborated on Martin's third album, A Medio Vivir, the artist's first major commercial triumph. Subsequently, he produced the groundbreaking follow-up, Vuelve, which topped the Latin
charts, sold eight million copies, and garnered the 1999 Grammy Award
for Best Latin Pop Album
. Martin's successful eponymous English-language debut on Columbia Records
, which has sold more than twenty million copies worldwide, and is more than seven times platinum in the U.S. alone. It features the Porter produced and co-written hit "Maria", and on Sound Loaded
, Porter produced the track "Cambia La Piel". In early 2001, Sony Discos
released La Historia, a 17-song collection celebrating the best of Martin's first six albums—with well over half the tracks produced by Porter.
singing sensation Selena
to the Latin pop market and then to mainstream America. The first to record the young phenomenon in English, Porter handled production on Selena's 1995, Dreaming of You, 1996s Siempre Selena
, and the soundtrack for the 1997 posthumous movie Selena
.
since the days when they were an unknown act. He eventually produced four noteworthy albums for the now hugely popular band: El León (1992), which gave the group a breakout in Latin America; Vasos Vacíos
(1994) (which gave the group some worldwide recognition through the track "Matador's" when it was included on the film Grosse Point Blank's soundtrack); Fabulosos Calavera
, which won a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album
; and 1999s Grammy-nominated La Marcha del Golazo Solitario
.
s 1999 album Supernatural, which won a record-breaking nine Grammys including Album of the Year, is certified fourteen times platinum domestically, and has achieved international sales exceeding ten million. Porter produced four songs for the album, including: "Primavera", "El Farol" (both of which he co-wrote), "Migra" (remake of "Kelma" by Rai Artist Rachid Taha), and "Corazón Espinado" (featuring Maná), the album's third single internationally. "El Farol" was also honored with a 2000 Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental
, and Porter's production won "Corazón Espinado" Record of the Year at the first annual Latin Grammys that year.
He produced and co-wrote for Ceremony
, Shaman and Multi-Dimensional Warrior
, Carlos Santana's multi-platinum follow-ups to Supernatural, and on the most recent Ultimate Santana
.
Porter has written many songs, and produced albums and singles that have received Grammy awards and Grammy nominations. This includes the title track from the Salsa diva La India
s acclaimed 1999 album Sola
. And Patti LaBelle
's "When You Smile", a tribute song for Celia Cruz
, featuring Spanish language artists Carlos Santana, Andy Vargas
, and La India. This is the first collaborative effort for Carlos Santana and LaBelle from her album Timeless Journey
.
In 2001, KC was approached by Michael Jackson to produce the Spanish version of his song, "What More Can I Give" in response to the 911 tragedy. The song features contributions from Carlos Santana, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Justin Timberlake, Ricky Martin, Julio Iglesias, Shakira, Jon Secada, Alejandro Sanz, Luther Vandross, Gloria Estefan, Olga Tañon, Luis Miguel, Rubén Blades, Michael Jackson and more, but has yet to be officially released. In the same year, Porter was awarded the Producer of the Year
at the 2nd Latin Grammy Awards
for his work on "Brujeria" and "El Santo" by King Changó
, "Cambia la Piel" by Ricky Martin
, "Olympic Festival" by Santana
, "Un Error de los Grandes
" by Laura Pausini
and "Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)
" by 98 Degrees
.
In 2004, Porter produced Embrace The World Vol. 1, a collection of spiritually inspired instrumental and vocals works that blends the musical cultures of Chinese, Persian, Central and South American artists.
Porter has recently produced and co-wrote Ozomatli
's latest Concord Records' release Don't Mess with the Dragon
and penned songs for their 2005 Grammy winning Street Signs
. Also on Chile
an rock act La Ley
's Grammy winning, "Libertad", also collaborations with Carlos Santana and North Algerian superstar, Khaled
, entitled "Love to the People", as well as Iraqi superstar Kazem Al Sahir and Paula Cole
on "Love and Compassion". The #1 Billboard Latin single "Sedúceme", for Sony Records Latin's Salsa singing diva, La India, and the debut English-language platinum album From the Inside
for Italy's singing sensation Laura Pausini
.
, is also the Creative Director for Oneness, the non-profit organization he co-founded in 1999 with a mission of eliminating racism and promoting racial unity through the healing power of music and the arts. Since its launch, Carlos Santana
, B. B. King
, Macy Gray
, Sarah McLachlan
, Luther Vandross
, Brian McKnight
, Angélique Kidjo
, Quincy Jones
, Ricky Martin
, DJ Khalil
, Immortal Technique
, JB Eckl, and Jimmy Jam are among the many who have already contributed their time and talents.
Oneness holds annual Power of Oneness awards, recognizing individuals who have fostered meaningful change in the area of race relations. 2002 winners included Edward James Olmos
, Nancy Miller, Nile Rodgers
, Jonathan Butler
, Leila Steinberg
, and Joy Enriquez
. In 2003 winners included Michael Jackson
, Ed Begley, Jr.
, The Jim Henson Company
, Dr. Joy DeGruy and Brad Gluckstein for their contributions to Racial Harmony. The annual Songwriters' Summit for Oneness, typically held in Los Angeles, features the teaming of over 50 producer/songwriters at a one day event to create songs of social justice, racial unity and change.
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, songwriter, musician and singer. For nearly three decades in the entertainment industry, Porter has earned numerous Grammy nominations and 3 Grammys and Latin Grammys. He is best known for his production work on Carlos Santana's Supernatural, (which sold over 27 million copies worldwide and won 9 Grammy Awards) and for producing and penning some of the most popular Spanish language singles for Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin
Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...
to date.
He is also known for crossing over artists such as Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, as well as current bassist Hugh McDonald...
, Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 25 years...
, Brian McKnight
Brian McKnight
Brian McKnight is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, producer, and R&B/Pop musician. He is a multi-instrumentalist who plays nine instruments: piano, guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussions, trombone, tuba, flugelhorn and trumpet....
, Toni Braxton
Toni Braxton
Toni Michelle Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards and has sold over 60 million records worldwide...
, Scorpions
Scorpions (band)
Scorpions are a heavy metal/hard rock band from Hannover, Germany, formed in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker, who is the band's only constant member. They are known for their 1980s rock anthem "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and many singles, such as "No One Like You", "Send Me an Angel", "Still...
, Mýa
Mya
-A person:* Bo Mya , Chief Commander of the Karen National Union* Mýa , American R&B singer-songwriter and actress** Mýa , a 1998 album by Mýa-A code:* Burmese language, ISO 639-3 code is mya* Moruya Airport's IATA code...
into the Spanish speaking market and crossing over world music artists such as Khaled, Laura Pausini
Laura Pausini
Laura Pausini, is a Grammy Award-winning Italian soul singer-songwriter. She debuted in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with the song "La solitudine", which became an Italian standard and an international hit, reaching the top spot on the Italian...
, Kazem Al Sahir, and Cheng Lin into the international market.
Porter is one of the founding members of Oneness
Oneness
Oneness may refer to:* Divine simplicity, the belief that God is without parts* Oneness , a 1979 rock album* Oneness , a mathematical concept* Oneness , a concept in philosophy...
, a non-profit organization that promotes the oneness of humanity through music, the arts and education.
Early life
The path to his current success began at an early age for Porter, who was born in Southern California and resides there now, with his wife, Aimee, daughter Emma, and two adopted sons, Carlos and Wenjie.He first experienced a passion for Latin music and polyrhythms when his family moved from Woodland Hills, California to Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
, when he was just seven years old. His father, musician/arranger Bob Porter, became a member of the Baha'i Faith in 1968 and in 1970 relocated the family of five to Central America, where music and Latin rhythms permeated their new world. In the ten years that he spent there, he came of age. Porter learned Spanish, musical arrangement, and piano. Became well-versed in both traditional and popular Latin music, as well as hits from the States, and developed a creative and multi-cultural sensibility that would change the course of his life. Porter returned to California to study music in college, and quickly landed a job as staff arranger at Hollywood's esteemed A&M Records
A&M Records
A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...
. While there, he had the opportunity to record artists such as: Lani Hall
Lani Hall
Lani Hall is an American singer and the wife of Herb Alpert.-Music career:Her first public appearances occurred in Old Town Chicago in early 1966. At one of those performances, she was heard by Brazilian Bossa Nova pianist/bandleader Sérgio Mendes, who happened to be on tour in Chicago...
, Luis Angel, and María Conchita Alonso
Maria Conchita Alonso
María Conchita Alonso , better known as María Conchita, is a Venezuelan Grammy Award-nominated singer and actress.- Early life :...
. Porter started to produce as well, and soon demonstrated a unique style and uncanny ability to transform Latin pop music into an accessible sound that American audiences embraced wholeheartedly, a skill that helped break Luis Miguel, Daniela Romo
Daniela Romo
Daniela Romo is a Mexican singer, actress and TV host. Daniela Romo was born Teresita Presmanes Corona in Mexico City to Teresa Corona. Her parents never married, and Daniela and her sister Patricia were raised by their grandmother...
, Emmanuel, Ana Gabriel
Ana Gabriel
Ana Gabriel is a Mexican singer and composer.Ana Gabriel was born as María Guadalupe Araujo Yong, in Santiago de Comanito, Sinaloa, Mexico. She first sang on the stage at age six, singing "Regalo A Dios" by José Alfredo Jiménez. She moved to Tijuana, Baja California and studied accounting...
, and Barrio Boyzz
Barrio Boyzz
The Barrio Boyzz were a Latin pop group. The group were made up of Puerto Rican American and Colombian Americans who grew-up in New York City. They gained popularity during the 1990s, especially when they became label-mates with the Mexican-American singer-songwriter Selena, and landed their first...
on three continents.
Ricky Martin
Porter began working with Puerto RicanPuerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
pop artist Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin
Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...
in what would become a long and fruitful association. They first collaborated on Martin's third album, A Medio Vivir, the artist's first major commercial triumph. Subsequently, he produced the groundbreaking follow-up, Vuelve, which topped the Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
charts, sold eight million copies, and garnered the 1999 Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best Latin Pop Album
Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album
The Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album was awarded from 1984 to 2011. The award has had several minor name changes:*From 1984 to 1991 the award was known as Best Latin Pop Performance*From 1992 to 1994 it was awarded as Best Latin Pop Album...
. Martin's successful eponymous English-language debut on Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
, which has sold more than twenty million copies worldwide, and is more than seven times platinum in the U.S. alone. It features the Porter produced and co-written hit "Maria", and on Sound Loaded
Sound Loaded
Sound Loaded is the sixth album by the Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin, released by Columbia Records on November 14, 2000. The album has been credited with worldwide sales of over eight million copies and went Multi-Platinum in the United States and several other territories. This album is...
, Porter produced the track "Cambia La Piel". In early 2001, Sony Discos
Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Sony BMG Music Entertainment was a recorded music company, which was a 50–50 joint venture between the Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann AG...
released La Historia, a 17-song collection celebrating the best of Martin's first six albums—with well over half the tracks produced by Porter.
Selena
At the same time that his career with Martin took off, Porter was instrumental as well in introducing the rising TejanoTejano
Tejano or Texano is a term used to identify a Texan of Mexican heritage.Historically, the Spanish term Tejano has been used to identify different groups of people...
singing sensation Selena
Selena
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez , known simply as Selena, was a Mexican American singer-songwriter. She was named the "top Latin artist of the '90s" and "Best selling Latin artist of the decade" by Billboard for her fourteen top-ten singles in the Top Latin Songs chart, including seven number-one hits...
to the Latin pop market and then to mainstream America. The first to record the young phenomenon in English, Porter handled production on Selena's 1995, Dreaming of You, 1996s Siempre Selena
Siempre Selena
Siempre Selena combines remixes of recordings Selena made as a teenager with a couple of later, previously-unreleased tracks. Like Dreaming of You, the 1995 album that documented her final English-language recording sessions and added some concurrent Latin hits. It features the romantic mariachi...
, and the soundtrack for the 1997 posthumous movie Selena
Selena (soundtrack)
Selena: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the film, Selena, starring Jennifer Lopez and featuring unreleased songs by Selena, including "Where Did the Feeling Go?", "Only Love", "Is It the Beat?" and "Disco Medley"...
.
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
Not only influential in the pop world, the versatile Porter has also worked extensively with Rock en Español band Los Fabulosos CadillacsLos Fabulosos Cadillacs
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs is an Argentine ska band from Buenos Aires. Formed in 1985, they released their first album, Bares y Fondas in 1986...
since the days when they were an unknown act. He eventually produced four noteworthy albums for the now hugely popular band: El León (1992), which gave the group a breakout in Latin America; Vasos Vacíos
Vasos Vacíos
Vasos Vacíos Released in 1994 is the eighth album and first compilation one by the Argentine rock Ska reggae band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs...
(1994) (which gave the group some worldwide recognition through the track "Matador's" when it was included on the film Grosse Point Blank's soundtrack); Fabulosos Calavera
Fabulosos Calavera
Fabulosos Calavera Released in 1997 is the eleventh album by Argentine band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs. This album has a much more obscure theme than the previous album of the band talking about death, the devil and hidden messages. This fact, however, didn't stop it for getting gold disc and latter...
, which won a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album
Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album
The Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album was an honor presented to recording artists for quality albums in the Latin rock and alternative music genres at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards...
; and 1999s Grammy-nominated La Marcha del Golazo Solitario
La Marcha del Golazo Solitario
La Marcha del Golazo Solitario Released in 1999 is the twelfth studio album from the Argentine Ska Reggae Latin Rock band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs which get to gold disc....
.
Santana
In 2000, Porter took home a Grammy for his extensive work on the legendary Carlos SantanaCarlos Santana
Carlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion...
s 1999 album Supernatural, which won a record-breaking nine Grammys including Album of the Year, is certified fourteen times platinum domestically, and has achieved international sales exceeding ten million. Porter produced four songs for the album, including: "Primavera", "El Farol" (both of which he co-wrote), "Migra" (remake of "Kelma" by Rai Artist Rachid Taha), and "Corazón Espinado" (featuring Maná), the album's third single internationally. "El Farol" was also honored with a 2000 Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance was awarded between 1969 and 2011.*In 1969 it was awarded as Best Contemporary-Pop Performance, Instrumental*From 1970 to 1971 it was awarded as Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance...
, and Porter's production won "Corazón Espinado" Record of the Year at the first annual Latin Grammys that year.
He produced and co-wrote for Ceremony
Ceremony
A ceremony is an event of ritual significance, performed on a special occasion. The word may be of Etruscan origin.-Ceremonial occasions:A ceremony may mark a rite of passage in a human life, marking the significance of, for example:* birth...
, Shaman and Multi-Dimensional Warrior
Multi-Dimensional Warrior
Multi-Dimensional Warrior is a compilation album by Grammy Award-winning guitarist Carlos Santana. This album combines hits from his early career. It was released on October 14, 2008.-Track listing:Disc 1Disc 2...
, Carlos Santana's multi-platinum follow-ups to Supernatural, and on the most recent Ultimate Santana
Ultimate Santana
Ultimate Santana is a collection by rock band Santana, combining hits from recent albums Supernatural, Shaman and All That I Am with early classics. Amongst the 18 tracks there are three new recordings...
.
Other work
Since the early 1980s Porter has worked with Bon Jovi, Janet Jackson, Chaka Khan, 98 Degrees, Brian McKnight, Toni Braxton, and Boyz II Men, crossing their hits over to Spanish-speaking and international audiences. Producing Spanish versions of songs such as Toni Braxton's "Unbreak My Heart", Brian McKnight's "Back At One", Bon Jovi's "Bed of Roses" and "This Ain't A Love Song", Boyz II Men's "End Of The Road", "Bended Knee", "I'll Make Love To You".Porter has written many songs, and produced albums and singles that have received Grammy awards and Grammy nominations. This includes the title track from the Salsa diva La India
La India
La India , known also as "La Princesa de la Salsa" , is a singer of salsa. She has been nominated for both Grammy and Latin Grammy awards.-Early years:...
s acclaimed 1999 album Sola
Sola
Sola is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is part of the region of Jæren. The old municipality of Håland was divided into Sola and Madla in 1930....
. And Patti LaBelle
Patti LaBelle
Patricia Louise Holte-Edwards , better known under the stage name, Patti LaBelle, is a Grammy Award winning American singer, author and actress who has spent over 50 years in the music industry...
's "When You Smile", a tribute song for Celia Cruz
Celia Cruz
Celia Cruz was a Cuban-American salsa singer, and was one of the most successful Salsa performers of the 20th century, having earned twenty-three gold albums...
, featuring Spanish language artists Carlos Santana, Andy Vargas
Andy Vargas
Andy Vargas is an Australian football midfielder who plays for Green Gully. He is the brother of Melbourne Victory defender Rodrigo Vargas.-Club career:...
, and La India. This is the first collaborative effort for Carlos Santana and LaBelle from her album Timeless Journey
Timeless Journey
Timeless Journey is the fifteenth solo studio release by Patti LaBelle and her first release off Def Soul Classics notable for the hit songs "New Day" and "2 Steps Away"...
.
In 2001, KC was approached by Michael Jackson to produce the Spanish version of his song, "What More Can I Give" in response to the 911 tragedy. The song features contributions from Carlos Santana, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Justin Timberlake, Ricky Martin, Julio Iglesias, Shakira, Jon Secada, Alejandro Sanz, Luther Vandross, Gloria Estefan, Olga Tañon, Luis Miguel, Rubén Blades, Michael Jackson and more, but has yet to be officially released. In the same year, Porter was awarded the Producer of the Year
Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year
The Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists, in the United States and internationally...
at the 2nd Latin Grammy Awards
Latin Grammy Awards of 2001
The winners of the Second Annual Latin Grammy Awards were announced during a press conference on October 30, 2001 at the Conga Room in Los Angeles, California. The conference, which was broadcast live on the internet, was hosted by Jimmy Smits and Paul Rodriguez. Alejandro Sanz was the big winner...
for his work on "Brujeria" and "El Santo" by King Changó
King Changó
King Changó is a Latin ska band from New York City, New York with roots in Venezuela. Its name comes from Changó, the Afro-Cuban god of war.King Changó is back; check .- Members :* José Andrés Blanco, Blanquito Man -...
, "Cambia la Piel" by Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin
Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...
, "Olympic Festival" by Santana
Santana (band)
Santana is a rock band based around guitarist Carlos Santana and founded in the late 1960s. It first came to public attention after their performing the song "Soul Sacrifice" at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, when their Latin rock provided a contrast to other acts on the bill...
, "Un Error de los Grandes
Il mio sbaglio più grande
Il mio sbaglio più grande is the second single of Italian singer Laura Pausini's Tra te e il mare. The song is translated into Spanish under the title Un error de los grandes...
" by Laura Pausini
Laura Pausini
Laura Pausini, is a Grammy Award-winning Italian soul singer-songwriter. She debuted in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with the song "La solitudine", which became an Italian standard and an international hit, reaching the top spot on the Italian...
and "Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)
Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)
"Give Me Just One Night " is the first single released by American adult contemporary boy band, 98 Degrees, from their third studio album Revelation...
" by 98 Degrees
98 Degrees
98 Degrees is an American adult contemporary boy band consisting of four vocalists: brothers Nick and Drew Lachey, Justin Jeffre, and Jeff Timmons. The group was formed by Timmons in Los Angeles, California....
.
In 2004, Porter produced Embrace The World Vol. 1, a collection of spiritually inspired instrumental and vocals works that blends the musical cultures of Chinese, Persian, Central and South American artists.
Porter has recently produced and co-wrote Ozomatli
Ozomatli
Ozomatli is a seven to ten piece band playing primarily Latin, hip hop, and rock music, formed in 1995 in Los Angeles. They are known both for their vocal activist viewpoints and their wide array of musical styles - including salsa, jazz, funk, reggae, rap, and others.In a 2007 NPR interview, band...
's latest Concord Records' release Don't Mess with the Dragon
Don't Mess with the Dragon
-Track listing:# Can't Stop - 2:56# City of Angels - 3:17# After Party - 3:46# Don't Mess with the Dragon - 3:23# La Gallina - 3:05# Magnolia Soul - 3:21# Here We Go - 2:38# La Temperatura - 3:03# Violeta - 3:53# Creo - 3:15# When I Close My Eyes - 3:46...
and penned songs for their 2005 Grammy winning Street Signs
Street Signs
Street Signs is an American television business news program that airs on CNBC at 2:00pm ET.-About the show:It was originally a two-hour program that aired on CNBC from 1996 to 2002-02-01. It was cancelled effective 2002-02-04 and Power Lunch occupied its vacated slot as a result of CNBC's...
. Also on Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
an rock act La Ley
La Ley
"La Ley" is Spanish for "The Law"*For the Chilean rock band, see La Ley .*For the Argentine publishing company, see La Ley .*For the Spanish-language radio station in Goldsboro, North Carolina, see WYMY....
's Grammy winning, "Libertad", also collaborations with Carlos Santana and North Algerian superstar, Khaled
Khaled (musician)
Khaled Hadj Ibrahim , better known as Khaled, is a raï singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist born in Sidi El Houari in Oran Province of Algeria...
, entitled "Love to the People", as well as Iraqi superstar Kazem Al Sahir and Paula Cole
Paula Cole
Paula Cole is an American singer/songwriter. Her single "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone" reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1997, and the following year she won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist.-Early life:...
on "Love and Compassion". The #1 Billboard Latin single "Sedúceme", for Sony Records Latin's Salsa singing diva, La India, and the debut English-language platinum album From the Inside
From the Inside (Laura Pausini album)
From the Inside is Italian singer-songwriter Laura Pausini's English language debut album, issued by Atlantic Records in 2002.- The album :...
for Italy's singing sensation Laura Pausini
Laura Pausini
Laura Pausini, is a Grammy Award-winning Italian soul singer-songwriter. She debuted in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with the song "La solitudine", which became an Italian standard and an international hit, reaching the top spot on the Italian...
.
Other interests
Porter, a member of the Bahá'í FaithBahá'í Faith
The Bahá'í Faith is a monotheistic religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in 19th-century Persia, emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind. There are an estimated five to six million Bahá'ís around the world in more than 200 countries and territories....
, is also the Creative Director for Oneness, the non-profit organization he co-founded in 1999 with a mission of eliminating racism and promoting racial unity through the healing power of music and the arts. Since its launch, Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana
Carlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion...
, B. B. King
B. B. King
Riley B. King , known by the stage name B.B. King, is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter.Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No.3 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. According to Edward M...
, Macy Gray
Macy Gray
Macy Gray is a Grammy Award-winning American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress, famed for her distinctive raspy voice, and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday and Betty Davis.Gray has released five studio albums, with her fifth studio album, The Sellout,...
, Sarah McLachlan
Sarah McLachlan
Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2006, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards and four...
, Luther Vandross
Luther Vandross
Luther Ronzoni Vandross was an American singer-songwriter and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times...
, Brian McKnight
Brian McKnight
Brian McKnight is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, producer, and R&B/Pop musician. He is a multi-instrumentalist who plays nine instruments: piano, guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussions, trombone, tuba, flugelhorn and trumpet....
, Angélique Kidjo
Angélique Kidjo
Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo, commonly known as Angélique Kidjo is a Grammy Award–winning Beninoise singer-songwriter and activist, noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos. Time Magazine has called her "Africa's premier diva". The BBC has...
, Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...
, Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin
Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...
, DJ Khalil
DJ Khalil
Khalil Abdul-Rahman, better known by his stage name DJ Khalil, is a Los Angeles based American hip hop/soul record producer, and is the instrumental half of the hip hop duo Self Scientific, together with rapper Chace Infinite...
, Immortal Technique
Immortal Technique
Felipe Andres Coronel , better known by the stage name Immortal Technique, is an American rapper of Afro-Peruvian descent as well as an urban activist. He was born in Lima, Peru and raised in Harlem, New York. Most of his lyrics focus on controversial issues in global politics...
, JB Eckl, and Jimmy Jam are among the many who have already contributed their time and talents.
Oneness holds annual Power of Oneness awards, recognizing individuals who have fostered meaningful change in the area of race relations. 2002 winners included Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos is an American actor and director. Among his most memorable roles are William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, Lt...
, Nancy Miller, Nile Rodgers
Nile Rodgers
Nile Gregory Rodgers is an American musician, producer, composer, arranger, and guitarist.-Biography:...
, Jonathan Butler
Jonathan Butler
Jonathan Butler is a singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music is often classified as R&B, jazz fusion or worship music.-Biography:...
, Leila Steinberg
Leila Steinberg
Leila Steinberg is an American educator, writer, poet, dancer, singer and founder of Alternative Intervention Models , a 501 non-profit dedicated to helping at-risk youth find their voice using the arts and athletics...
, and Joy Enriquez
Joy Enriquez
Joy Charity Enriquez is an American singer and actress who has appeared on the television series 7th Heaven and also starred in films such as Chasing Papi and Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure...
. In 2003 winners included Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
, Ed Begley, Jr.
Ed Begley, Jr.
Edward James "Ed" Begley, Jr. is an American actor and environmentalist. Begley has appeared in hundreds of films, television shows, and stage performances. He is best known for his role as Dr. Victor Ehrlich, on the television series St...
, The Jim Henson Company
The Jim Henson Company
The Jim Henson Company, an American entertainment organization, traces its origins to the founding of Muppets, Inc. in 1958 by puppeteer Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets. The Muppets helped the company gain worldwide acclaim in family entertainment for more than four decades...
, Dr. Joy DeGruy and Brad Gluckstein for their contributions to Racial Harmony. The annual Songwriters' Summit for Oneness, typically held in Los Angeles, features the teaming of over 50 producer/songwriters at a one day event to create songs of social justice, racial unity and change.
External links
- K. C. Porter Official Website
- Official Website of Oneness.org
- K. C. Porter producer - arranger - composer Studio Expresso Producer Profile