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Jake Vernon Haven Porter (August 3, 1916 – March 25, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter and record producer. Born in Oakland, California, Porter started playing violin at age seven and switched to cornet at nine. He played locally in the San Francisco Bay Area between 1931 and 1939, playing with Melvin Parks, Lionel Hampton, and Saunders King before moving to Los Angeles in 1940. There he found work playing with Cee Pee Johnson, Slam Stewart, and Slim Gaillard; he... [more on Wikipedia]

As a songwriter, Jake Porter first charted in 1955 with Ko Ko Mo.The artist placed 2 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, 2 of which reached the Top‑10.On US RnB the artist achieved 1 Top‑10.