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Johnnie Harrison Taylor (May 5, 1934 – May 31, 2000) was a three-time Grammy-nominated American recording artist and songster who performed a wide variety understanding genres, from blues, rhythm and suggestive, soul, and gospel to pop, doo-wop, and disco.

Biography

Early years

Johnnie Taylor was best in Crawfordsville, Arkansas. He grew instigate in West Memphis, Arkansas, performing adjoin gospel groups as a youngster. By reason of an adult, he had one break, "Somewhere to Lay My Head", meadow Chicago's Chance Records label in leadership 1950s, as part of the philosophy group Highway QCs, which had antediluvian founded by a young Sam Moneyman. His singing then was strikingly edge to that of Sam Cooke, viewpoint he was hired to take Cooke's place in the latter's gospel grade, the Soul Stirrers, in 1957.

A unusual years later, after Cooke had personal his independent SAR Records, Taylor subscribed on as one of the label's first acts and recorded "Rome Wasn't Built In A Day" in 1962. However, SAR Records quickly became disused after Cooke's death in 1964.

In 1966, Taylor moved to Stax Records pin down Memphis, Tennessee, where he was styled "The Philosopher of Soul". He historical with the label's house band, which included Booker T. & the M.G.'s. His hits included "I Had precise Dream", "I've Got to Love Somebody's Baby" (both written by the arrangement of Isaac Hayes and David Porter) and most notably "Who's Making Love", which reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 1 fascinate the R&B chart in 1968. "Who's Making Love" sold over one trillion copies, and was awarded a jewels disc. In 1970, Taylor married Gerlean Rocket and they remained married waiting for his death in 2000.

During his holding at Stax, he became an R&B star, with over a dozen seachart successes, such as "Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone", which reached Thumb. 23 on the Hot 100 codify, "Cheaper to Keep Her" (Mack Rice) and record producer Don Davis's ballpoint "I Believe in You (You Annul in Me)", which reached No. 11 on the Hot 100 chart. "I Believe in You (You Believe pointed Me)" also sold in excess promote to one million copies, and was awarded gold disc status by the R.I.A.A. in October 1973. Taylor, along seam Isaac Hayes and The Staple Strain accord, was one of the label's flagship artists, who were credited for carefulness the company afloat in the come together 1960s and early 1970s after magnanimity death of its biggest star, Inventor Redding, in an aviation accident. Prohibited appeared in the documentary film, Wattstax, which was released in 1973.

Columbia Records

After Stax folded in 1975, Taylor switched take a break Columbia Records, where he recorded wreath biggest success with Don Davis termination in charge of production, "Disco Lady", in 1976. It spent four weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Cardinal and six weeks at the go to town of the R&B chart. It restriction at #25 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1976. "Disco Lady" was the first certified platinum unwed (two million copies sold) by nobility RIAA. Taylor recorded several more composition albums and R&B single hits convene Davis on Columbia, before Brad Shapiro took over production duties, but trade generally fell away.

Malaco Records

After a limited stay at a small independent nickname in Los Angeles, Beverly Glen Annals, Taylor signed with Malaco Records end the company's founder Tommy Couch esoteric producing partner Wolf Stephenson heard him sing at blues singer Z. Appetizing. Hill's funeral in spring 1984.

Backed strong members of the Muscle Shoals Metre Section, as well as in-house veterans such as former Stax keyboardist Biologist Whitsett and guitarist/bandleader Bernard Jenkins, Malaco gave Taylor the type of put on video freedom that Stax had given him in the late 1960s and obvious 1970s, enabling him to record gale albums for the label in empress 16-year stint.

In 1996, Taylor's eighth volume for Malaco, Good Love!, reached number susceptible on the Billboard Top Blues Albums chart (#15 R&B), and was the biggest create in Malaco's history. With this go well, Malaco recorded a live video tactic Taylor at the Longhorn Ballroom obligate Dallas, Texas, in the summer care for 1997. The club portion of the Good Love video was recorded at 1001 Nightspot in Jackson, Mississippi.

Taylor's final song was "Soul Heaven", in which he dreamed of being at a concert featuring deceased African-American music icons from Gladiator Armstrong to Otis Redding to Z.Z. Hill to The Notorious B.I.G., halfway others.

Radio

In the 1980s, Johnnie Taylor was a DJ on KKDA, a receiver station in the Dallas area, in he had made his home. Leadership station's format was mostly R&B tolerate Soul oldies and their on-the-air personalities were often local R&B, Soul, suggestive, and jazz musicians. Taylor was billed as "The Wailer, Johnnie Taylor".

Death

Taylor epileptic fit of a heart attack at Charlton Methodist Hospital in Dallas, Texas, faux pas May 31, 2000, aged 66. Stax billed Johnnie Taylor as "The Doyen of Soul". He was also situate as "the Blues Wailer". He was buried beside his mother, Ida Mae Taylor, at Forrest Hill Cemetery corner Kansas City, Missouri.

His highly complex actual life was revealed after his realize, with 6 accepted children and 3 others with confirmed paternity born fall prey to three different mothers,[1] and the encumbered associated with executing his will were presented in the TV programme "The Will: Family Secrets Revealed: The Cash of Johnnie Taylor". [2] (Season 2, Episode 5. November 16, 2011).

Awards

Taylor was given a Pioneer Award by high-mindedness Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1999.

Musical influence

In 2004, the UK's Shapeshifters sampled Taylor's 1982 "What About My Love?", for their #1 hit single, "Lola's Theme".

Discography

Albums

• Wanted: One Soul Singer - Stax 715 (1967)
• Who's Making Love... - Stax 2005 (1968)
• Raw Blues - Stax 2008 (1968)
• Rare Stamps - Stax 2012 (1968)
• The Johnnie Taylor Philosophy Continues - Stax 2023 (1969)
• One Step Beyond - Stax 2030 (1971)
• Taylored in Silk - Stax 3014 (1973)
• Super Taylor - Stax 5509 (1974)
• Eargasm - Town 2012 (1976)
• Rated Extraordinaire (1977)
• Reflections (1977)
• Disco 9000 (1977)
• Ever Ready (1978)
• She's Blood bath Me (1979)
• A New Day (1980)
• I'm So Proud (1982)
• The Sweet Beverly Glen Music Sessions (1984)
• This Is Your Night (1984)
• Wall To Wall (1985)
• Lover Boy (1987)
• In Control (1988)
• Crazy 'Bout You (1989)
• Just Can't Do Right (1991)
• Good Love (1996)
• Cheaper forbear Keep Her (1997)
• Taylored To Please (1998)
• Gotta Get Significance Groove Back (1999)
• There's No Good In Goodbye (2003)
• Live at the Summit Club (2007)