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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]
Eargasm is an album by the American R&B singer Johnnie Taylor, released in March 1976 on Columbia Records. [2] [3] The album contains "Disco Lady", which was a No. 1 pop hit for four weeks, and achieved the first platinum certification for a single, with two million copies sold. [4]
"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]
Little Johnny Taylor moved to Los Angeles in 1950, and sang with the Mighty Clouds of Joy before moving into secular music. [3] Influenced by Little Willie John, he first recorded as an R&B artist for the Swingin' record label. However, he did not achieve major success until signing for San Francisco-based Fantasy Records' subsidiary label, Galaxy.
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In 1978, the Detroit-based record producer Don Davis — who produced Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr., Johnny Taylor, the Dramatics, and the Dells — picked up one of his favorite groups (the Skyliners) to record in his United Sound Studios. They recorded the group's "comeback" album for the RCA subsidiary, Tortoise International Records. [6]
His album Jesus Loves Ya was ranked No. 90 on CCM Magazine ' s The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music, [19] while the title track charted at No. 52 on the Top 100 Christian AC in 1991. [20] According to Frontline Records and Gibson's website, [21] he has at least 22 chart-topping CCM hits with 9 No. 1 songs. [22] [23] [24] [25]