In July 1971, Porter took legal action against the music group Free Movement for breach of contract.
This resulted from the group's taking hold of the name which Porter alleged belonged to him and failing to fulfill a songwriting agreement for which he was to get a percentage of their self composed songs.
Joe Porter was responsible for the new disco version which played during the opening and closing credits of the show from 1974 to 1977.
Along with Ellen Weston and Lesley Gore, Gladys Knight & the Pips, he co-write "Give It To Me, Sweet Thing".
[6] In 1970, Porter along with Jerry Styner produced Gil Bernal for Kenny Myers's Amaret Records label.