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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]
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.
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.
John T. Taylor (saxophonist), saxophonist and co-writer of "The Boy from New York City" Johnnie Taylor (1934–2000), American singer; Jonny Taylor, contestant on Australian Idol; Little Johnny Taylor (1943–2002), American singer; John Taylor (born 1963), Jamaican dancehall musician better known as Chaka Demus.
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.
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. “It's about adults that have been through life ...
"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 ...