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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]
Tasha Taylor, the youngest daughter of pioneering R&B artist, Johnnie Taylor. Tasha grew up in Dallas, Texas. She started traveling with her family on tour as a child, and was surrounded by legends in music. She was a featured artist on Tommy Castro’s album, The Devil You Know. [2]
Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, as well as former BBC Radio 2 colleagues of Johnnie Walker, were among the mourners at the late DJ's funeral. The veteran disc jockey's death aged 79 was ...
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Malaco Records is an American independent record label based in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, [1] that has been the home of various major blues and gospel acts, such as Johnnie Taylor, Bobby Bland, Latimore, Z. Z. Hill, Denise LaSalle, Dorothy Moore, Little Milton, Shirley Brown, Tyrone Davis, Marvin Sease, and the Mississippi Mass Choir.
Diggs plays Johnnie Taylor, a former athlete and coach who returns to his hometown after a tour of duty and falls for a local policewoman. ... Diggs is divorced from actress/singer Idina Menzel ...
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.