Description

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Artist

Gospel/r&b/soul singer, born 5 May 1937 in Crawfordsville, Arkansas, died 31 May 2000 in Dallas, Texas.

He started his career in the mid-1950s as a member of gospel group The Highway QC's but left that group in 1957 to replace Sam Cooke as lead vocalist for The Soul Stirrers.

Taylor has been active as a solo artist since the early 1960s, first at Sam Cooke's SAR Records, later at the Stax label where he had a string of hits. His best known song from that period is probably "Who's Making Love" (1968).

Following the bankruptcy of Stax in 1976 he signed at Columbia where he recorded his biggest hit "Disco Lady" (1976), the first single to be rewarded with a platinum record in the US (for selling 2 million copies).

After a brief period at Beverly Glen Music in the early 1980s he signed at Malaco Records in 1984 where he would record until his death.

Please see Little Johnny Taylor, easily confused as contemporary & near namesake who hit with "Part Time Love" in 1963.

Tracks

1 Disco Lady 04:29

2 Please Don't Stop (That Song From Playing) 02:57

3 Don't Touch Her Body (If You Can't Touch Her Mind) 03:14

4 I'm Gonna Keep On Loving You 04:04

5 You're The Best In The World 03:20

6 Running Out Of Lies 04:53

7 Somebody's Gettin' It 04:02

8 It Don't Hurt Me Like It Used To 03:14

9 Pick Up The Pieces 04:52

10 Your Love Is Rated X 04:13

11 Stormy 05:19

12 Here I Go (Through These Changes Again) 04:00

13 Did He Make Love To You 03:40

14 And I Panicked 04:03

15 Love Is Better In The A.M. (Parts 1 & 2) 05:09

16 It Ain't What You Do (It's How You Do It) 03:28

17 Not Just Another Booty Song 03:49

18 I'm Just A Shoulder To Cry On 04:44

19 Stop Giving People Hard Luck Stories 03:55

Releases

Formats

Vinyl, Cassette, 8-Track Cartridge, CD, SACD

Labels

CBS, First Record, Columbia, CBS/Sony, Sony Records Int'l, Columbia Records, Jen Sheng, Big Break Records, Vocalion

Countries

Australia, Brazil, Canada, Greece, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Europe, Taiwan

years

1976, 1981, 1999, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2018

Members