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Released as a single in the summer of 1973, "I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)" was one of the biggest hits of Taylor's career, holding the #1 spot on Billboard's Hot Soul Singles Chart for two weeks, reaching the #11 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, [3] and #35 in Canada.
Taylor in 1967. Johnnie Taylor was born in Crawfordsville, Arkansas, United States. [5] He grew up in West Memphis, Arkansas, performing in gospel groups as a youngster.As an adult, he had one release, "Somewhere to Lay My Head", on Chicago's Vee Jay Records label in the 1950s, as part of the gospel group The Highway Q.C.'s, which included a young Sam Cooke. [5]
"I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)", a song by Johnnie Taylor, 1973 "I Believe in You", a song by Agnes Carlsson from the album Stronger, 2006
The original group dissolved in 1963, but re-united eleven years later (without Jackie Taylor), for what would become their last charted record, "Where Have They Gone?" In 1965, Jimmy Beaumont recorded two notable singles for the Bang label: the first record, "Tell Me"/"I Feel Like I'm Falling in Love", had medium-tempo soul-styled tracks.
"Disco Lady" is a 1976 single by American singer Johnnie Taylor that went on to become his biggest hit. It spent all four weeks of April 1976 at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and six weeks atop the Billboard R&B chart in the U.S. [5] It was also the first single to be certified platinum by the RIAA; [6] ultimately it sold over 2.5 million copies. [7]
The duo released about a dozen singles for Old Town Records in the late 1950s and early 1960s. [2] Two of them charted: "We Belong Together", which hit number 12 on the U.S. R&B Singles chart and number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1958, [1] and "I Believe In You", which hit number 93 on the Hot 100 later that year.
"Who's Making Love" is a song written by Stax Records staffers Homer Banks, Bettye Crutcher, Don Davis and Raymond Jackson and recorded by singer Johnnie Taylor in 1968. [ 2 ] Released on the Stax label in the late summer of 1968, it became Taylor's breakthrough single, reaching number one on the US Billboard R&B chart and number five on the ...
"Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone" is a 1970 R&B single by Johnnie Taylor. The song was written by record producer Don Davis with Kent Barker and Cam Wilson, and produced by Davis. [ 1 ] The single was Taylor's second number one on the U.S. R&B chart and crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100 , peaking at number twenty-eight in February 1971.