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mark porter

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  • Genre: Swing

    Location UK

    Profile Views: 9700

    Last Login: 3/23/2011

    Member Since 4/27/2007

    Website markportermusic.co.uk

    Record Label montpelier

  • Bio

    MARK PORTER WAS BORN IN SOUTH WALES. OVER 25 YEARS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY HAS LEAD TO MARKS RECOGNITION AS ONE OF THE BEST BIG BAND/SWING SINGER IN THE UK. PERFORMING TO ACCLAIM, THE MUSIC OF FRANK SINATRA, MATT MONRO, VIC DAMONE AND ALL THE GREATS, RIGHT UP TO MODERN DAY ARTISTS LIKE ROBBIE WILLIAMS MARK RECENTLY CAME SECOND IN A POLL OF FAVOURITE BIG BAND SINGERS. AFTER JOINING THE NEW SQUADRONAIRES IN 1985, MARK WENT ON TO WORK WITH TOP NAME BANDS SUCH AS THE SYD LAWRENCE ORCHESTRA, THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA, BBC BIG BAND . IN 2005 MARK ESTABLISHED HIS OWN BIG BAND. CURRENTLY ON TOUR WITH THE VERY SUCCESSFUL KINGS OF SWING SHOW PROMOTED BY USO PRODUCTIONS, THIS SHOW SELLS OUT IN THEATRES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND HAS BEEN HAILED AS THE NEW RAT PACK. BE SURE TO CATCH THE KINGS OF SWING AT A THEATRE NEAR YOU. IN A COLOURFUL CAREER ON RADIO AND RECORDING, MARK HAS WORKED WITH MANY LEADING NAMES IN SHOWBUSINESS SUCH AS BOB HOPE, ANTHONY NEWLEY, DAME VERA LYNN, FRANKIE VAUGHN, BILLY MAY. AND MANY MORE. NO STRANGER TO ROYAL PERFORMANCES HE HAS TAKEN PART IN PRIVATE SHOWS FOR AMONG OTHERS, HRH THE PRINCESS OF WALES, HRH PRINCE EDWARD, HRH THE DUCHESS OF KENT, HM THE QUEEN MOTHER. HEADS OF STATE INCLUDE PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON. APART FROM BIG BANDS MARK TOURS SUCCESSFULY WITH HIS OWN CABARET SHOW AND HAS WORK IN HOTELS AND ON CRUISE SHIPS THE WORLD OVER. PLEASE NOTE NEW WEBSITE AS OF 2010 www.markportermusic.co.uk

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