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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]
"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]
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.
Little Johnny Taylor (born Johnny Lamont Merrett; February 11, 1943 – May 17, 2002) [1] was an American blues and soul singer. He made recordings throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and continued public performances through the 1980s and 1990s.
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The group helped launch the careers of several secular stars, including Lou Rawls, Johnnie Taylor and Sam Cooke. The Highway Q.C.'s were founded in 1945 in Chicago by a group of male teenagers who attended Highway Baptist Church, including Sam Cooke , Creadell Copeland , Marvin Jones, Charles Jones, Jake Richard , and Lee Richard.
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"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.