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Johnnie Taylor

R&B/Soul

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ALBUMRaw BluesJohnnie Taylor
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ALBUMWho's Making Love... (Remastered)Johnnie Taylor
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ALBUMWanted: One Soul SingerJohnnie Taylor

Johnnie Taylor's Popular Music Videos

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Who's Making Love (1895 Jazz Remix)
1895 & Johnnie Taylor

About Johnnie Taylor

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Hometown
Crawfordsville, AR, United States
Born
May 5, 1934
Genre
R&B/Soul
Known as the “Philosopher of Soul,” singer Johnnie Taylor touched on gospel, R&B, and disco over the course of his decades-long career. He’s perhaps best known for his 1976 No. 1 smash “Disco Lady.” • Taylor grew up in West Memphis, Arkansas, and got his start singing in church. As a teen, he sang with the gospel group The Melody Kings and befriended Sam Cooke, then a member of the popular gospel outfit The Soul Stirrers. • He moved to Chicago in the early ’50s and sang with the doo-wop group The Five Echoes and the gospel group The Highway QCs. In 1957, he replaced Cooke in the Soul Stirrers. • In the early ’60s, after being fired from The Soul Stirrers, Taylor became the first artist signed to Cooke’s SAR label. He released a string of singles before the label dissolved following Cooke’s death in 1964. • Taylor signed with Stax Records in 1966 and broke through with the 1968 smash “Who’s Making Love,” which topped the R&B charts and went Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. • While at Stax, Taylor notched two more R&B chart-toppers: “Jody’s Got Your Girl and Gone” (1971) and “I Believe In You (You Believe In Me)” (1974). • Having moved to Columbia Records after Stax folded, Taylor topped the pop and R&B charts with 1976’s “Disco Lady,” the first-ever single to be certified platinum. • Taylor continued recording throughout the ’90s and died in May 2000 at age 66.
Johnnie Taylor has also released music as a member of The Five Echoes, The Soul Stirrers The Highway Q.C.'s.
Musical InfluencesJohnnie Taylor's musical influences include Sam Cooke, Joe Simon, Ray Charles and more.
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Sam Cooke
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