Johnnie Harrison Taylor was born in Crawfordsville, Arkansas on May 5, 1938, and reared in nearby West Memphis. Inspired equally by gospel and blues (the legendary bluesman Junior Parker as his neighbor), Taylor first recorded in the early fifties as part of the Five Echoes, a Doo-wopp group that had one release on the Chance label in Chicago. The Soul Stirrers Featuring Paul Foster (2) And Johnnie Taylor: The Soul Stirrers Featuring Paul Foster (2) And Johnnie Taylor - Heaven Is My Home (CD, Comp, RE. People also search for. Johnnie Taylor was born May 5, 1938 in Crawford, Arkansas, just across the Mississippi River from Memphis, Tennessee. He was schooled in gospel quartets and eventually joined the Soul Stirrers as the legendary Sam Cooke's handpicked replacement.
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Johnnie Taylor in Chicago, 1973 | |
| Background information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Johnnie Harrison Taylor |
| Born | May 5, 1934 Crawfordsville, Arkansas, United States |
| Died | May 31, 2000 (aged 66) Dallas, Texas, United States |
| Genres | R&B·soul·gospel·blues·pop·doo-wop·disco |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, record producer |
| Years active | 1953–2000 |
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Johnnie Harrison Taylor (May 5, 1934 – May 31, 2000)[1] was an American recording artist and songwriter who performed a wide variety of genres, from blues, rhythm and blues, soul, and gospel to pop, doo-wop, and disco.
Biography[edit]
Early years[edit]
Johnnie Taylor was born in Crawfordsville, Arkansas, United States.[2] 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 Recordslabel in the 1950s, as part of the gospel group Highway QCs, which included a young Sam Cooke.[2] Taylor's singing then was strikingly close to that of Cooke, and he was hired to take Cooke's place in the latter's gospel group, the Soul Stirrers, in 1957.[2]
A few years later, after Cooke had established his independent SAR Records, Taylor signed on as one of the label's first acts and recorded 'Rome Wasn't Built In A Day' in 1962.[2] However, SAR Records quickly became defunct after Cooke's death in 1964.
In 1966, Taylor moved to Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was dubbed 'The Philosopher of Soul'. He recorded with the label's house band, which included Booker T. & the M.G.'s. His hits included 'I Had a Dream', 'I've Got to Love Somebody's Baby' (both written by the team of Isaac Hayes and David Porter) and most notably 'Who's Making Love',[2] which reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100chart and No. 1 on the R&B chart in 1968. 'Who's Making Love' sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. In 1970, Taylor married Gerlean Rocket and they remained married until his death in 2000.[3]
During his tenure at Stax, he became an R&B star, with over a dozen chart successes, such as 'Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone', which reached No. 23 on the Hot 100 chart, 'Cheaper to Keep Her' (Mack Rice) and record producerDon Davis's penned 'I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)', which reached No. 11 on the Hot 100 chart. 'I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)' also sold in excess of one million copies, and was awarded gold disc status by the R.I.A.A. in October 1973.[3] Taylor, along with Isaac Hayes and The Staple Singers, was one of the label's flagship artists, who were credited for keeping the company afloat in the late 1960s and early 1970s after the death of its biggest star, Otis Redding, in an aviation accident. He appeared in the documentary film, Wattstax, which was released in 1973.[4]
Columbia Records[edit]
— Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981)[5]
After Stax folded in 1975, Taylor switched to Columbia Records, where he recorded his biggest success with Don Davis still in charge of production, 'Disco Lady', in 1976.[2] It spent four weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and six weeks at the top of the R&B chart. It peaked at No. 25 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1976.[6] 'Disco Lady' was the first certified platinum single (two million copies sold) by the RIAA.[2] Taylor recorded several more successful albums and R&B single hits with Davis on Columbia, before Brad Shapiro took over production duties, but sales generally fell away.
Malaco Records[edit]
After a short stay at a small independent label in Los Angeles, Beverly Glen Records, Taylor signed with Malaco Records[2] after the company's founder Tommy Couch and producing partner Wolf Stephenson heard him sing at blues singer Z. Z. Hill's funeral in spring 1984.
Backed by members of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, as well as in-house veterans such as former Stax keyboardist Carson Whitsett and guitarist/bandleader Bernard Jenkins, Malaco gave Taylor the type of recording freedom that Stax had given him in the late 1960s and early 1970s, enabling him to record ten albums for the label in his 16-year stint.
In 1996, Taylor's eighth album for Malaco, Good Love!, reached number one on the BillboardTop Blues Albums chart (No. 15 R&B), and was the biggest record in Malaco's history. With this success, Malaco recorded a live video of Taylor at the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas, Texas, in the summer of 1997. The club portion of the Good Love video was recorded at 1001 Nightclub in Jackson, Mississippi.
Johnnie Taylor Soul Heaven Play Song Please
Taylor's final song was 'Soul Heaven', in which he dreamed of being at a concert featuring deceased African-American music icons from Louis Armstrong to Otis Redding to Z.Z. Hill to The Notorious B.I.G., among others.
Radio[edit]
In the 1980s, Johnnie Taylor was a DJ on KKDA, a radio station in the Dallas area, where he had made his home. The station's format was mostly R&B and Soul oldies and their on-the-air personalities were often local R&B, Soul, blues, and jazz musicians. Taylor was billed as 'The Wailer, Johnnie Taylor'.
Death[edit]
Taylor died of a heart attack at Charlton Methodist Hospital in Dallas, Texas, on May 31, 2000, aged 66.[7] Stax billed Johnnie Taylor as 'The Philosopher of Soul'. He was also known as 'the Blues Wailer'. He was buried beside his mother, Ida Mae Taylor, at Forrest Hill Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
His highly complex personal life was revealed after his death. Having six accepted children and three others with confirmed paternity born to three different mothers,[8] the difficulties associated with executing his will were presented in an episode of the TV program The Will: Family Secrets Revealed called 'The Estate of Johnnie Taylor'.[9]
Awards and nominations[edit]
Taylor was given a Pioneer Award by the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1999. Taylor was also a three-time Grammy Award nominee.[10]
Grammy Awards[edit]
Taylor has been nominated for three career Grammy Awards without a win.[10]
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 'Who's Making Love' | Best Male R&B Vocal Performance | Nominated |
| 1977 | 'Disco Lady' | Best Male R&B Vocal Performance | Nominated |
| 2001 | Gotta Get the Groove Back | Best Traditional R&B Vocal Album | Nominated |
Johnnie Taylor was awarded the first-ever Platinum Record Award in history by the RIAA for his two-million-selling smash hit, 'Disco Lady'.
Musical influence[edit]
In 2004, the UK's Shapeshifterssampled Taylor's 1982 'What About My Love?', for their No. 1 hit single, 'Lola's Theme'.
Discography[edit]
Albums[edit]
- Wanted: One Soul Singer - Stax 715 (1967)
- Who's Making Love... - Stax 2005 (1968)
- Raw Blues - Stax 2008 (1968)
- Rare Stamps - Stax 2012 (1968)
- The Johnnie Taylor Philosophy Continues - Stax 2023 (1969)
- One Step Beyond - Stax 2030 (1971)
- Taylored in Silk - Stax 3014 (1973)
- Super Taylor - Stax 5509 (1974)
- Eargasm - Columbia 33951 (1976)
- Rated Extraordinaire - Columbia 34401 (1977)
- Reflections - RCA APL1-2527 (1977)
- Disco 9000 - Columbia 35004 (1977)
- Ever Ready - Columbia 35340 (1978)
- She's Killing Me - Columbia 36061 (1979)
- A New Day - Columbia 36548 (1980)
- Just Ain't Good Enough - Beverly Glen 10001 (1982)
- This is Your Night - Malaco 7421 (1984)
- Wall to Wall - Malaco 7431 (1985)
- Lover Boy - Malaco 7440 (1987)
- In Control - Malaco 7446 (1988)
- Crazy 'Bout You - Malaco 7452 (1989)
- I Know It's Wrong But I... Just Can't Do Right - Malaco 7460 (1991)
- Real Love - Malaco 7472 (1993)
- Good Love! - Malaco 7480 (1996)
- Taylored to Please - Malaco 7488 (1998)
- Gotta Get the Groove Back - Malaco 7499 (1999)
- There's No Good in Goodbye - Malaco 7515 (2003)
- Live at the Summit Club - Stax/Fantasy 8628 (recorded 1972; released 2007)[11]
- FunkSoulBrother - Fuel/Universal. Retrospective album[12]
Singles[edit]
| Year | Single | Chart Positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US[13] | US R&B[14] | UK[15] | ||
| 1963 | 'Baby, We've Got Love' | 98 | *[16] | - |
| 1966 | 'I Had A Dream' | - | 19 | - |
| 'I Got To Love Somebody's Baby' | - | 15 | - | |
| 1967 | 'Somebody's Sleeping In My Bed' | 95 | 33 | - |
| 1968 | 'Next Time' | - | 34 | - |
| 'I Ain't Particular' | - | 45 | - | |
| 'Who's Making Love' | 5 | 1 | - | |
| 1969 | 'Take Care of Your Homework' | 20 | 2 | - |
| 'Testify (I Wanna)' | 36 | 4 | - | |
| 'I Could Never Be President' | 48 | 10 | - | |
| 'Love Bones' | 43 | 4 | - | |
| 1970 | 'Steal Away' | 37 | 3 | - |
| 'I Am Somebody Part II' | 39 | 4 | - | |
| 1971 | 'Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone' | 28 | 1 | - |
| 'I Don't Wanna Lose You' | 86 | 13 | - | |
| 'Hijackin' Love' | 64 | 10 | - | |
| 1972 | 'Standing In For Jody' | 74 | 12 | - |
| 'Doing My Own Thing (Part I)' | - | 16 | - | |
| 'Stop Doggin' Me' | - | 13 | - | |
| 1973 | 'I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)' | 11 | 1 | - |
| 'Cheaper To Keep Her' | 15 | 2 | - | |
| 1974 | 'We're Getting Careless With Our Love' | 34 | 5 | - |
| 'I've Been Born Again' | 78 | 13 | - | |
| 'It's September' | - | 26 | - | |
| 1975 | 'Try Me Tonight' | - | 51 | - |
| 1976 | 'Disco Lady' | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| 'Somebody's Gettin' It' | 33 | 5 | - | |
| 1977 | 'Love Is Better In The A.M. (Part 1)' | 77 | 3 | - |
| 'Your Love Is Rated X' | - | 17 | - | |
| 'Disco 9000' | 86 | 24 | - | |
| 1978 | 'Keep On Dancing' | - | 32 | - |
| 'Ever Ready' | - | 84 | - | |
| 1979 | '(Ooh-Wee) She's Killing Me' / 'Play Something Pretty' | - | 37 79 | - |
| 1980 | 'I Got This Thing For Your Love' | - | 77 | - |
| 1982 | 'What About My Love' | - | 24 | - |
| 1983 | 'I'm So Proud' | - | 55 | - |
| 1984 | 'Lady, My Whole World Is You' | - | 74 | - |
| 1987 | 'Don't Make Me Late' | - | 74 | - |
| 1990 | 'Still Crazy For You' | - | 60 | - |
References[edit]
- ^Montier, Patrick. 'Johnnie Taylor'. Staxrecords.free.fr. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
- ^ abcdefghColin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. pp. 1164/5. ISBN1-85227-745-9.
- ^ abMurrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. pp. 249 and 338. ISBN0-214-20512-6.
- ^Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 241. CN 5585.
- ^Christgau, Robert (1981). 'Consumer Guide '70s: T'. Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN089919026X. Retrieved March 15, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 550. ISBN1-904994-10-5.
- ^'Johnnie Harrison Taylor (1934-2000)'. Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
- ^'Contact Support'. Estateofdenial.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^'The Estate of Johnnie Taylor'. IMDb.com. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ ab'Johnnie Taylor'. Grammy.com. June 4, 2019.
- ^'Johnnie Taylor | Discography'. AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
- ^'CD Reviews: The Beta Band, Default, Toploader and many more'. Chart Attack, July 17, 2001
- ^Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955-2002 (1st ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 700. ISBN0-89820-155-1.
- ^Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-1995. Record Research. p. 435.
- ^Betts, Graham (2004). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004 (1st ed.). London: Collins. p. 772. ISBN0-00-717931-6.
- ^No Billboard R&B chart published in this period
External links[edit]
- Johnnie Taylor at Find a Grave
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JOHNNIETAYLOR +
BIOGRAPHY
Despite Johnnie Taylor's awesomerun of hit records, he remains somewhat of an enigma, perhaps themost underrated recording artist of all time. Never-the-less,over the past twenty-five years, this 48-year old singingsensation has been one of the most versatile and durablerecording artists of the era. With a career than embraced Gospel,Pop, Blues, Doo Wopp, Memphis Soul, and even Disco, Taylor hasproven he can handle any piece of music.
Johnnie Harrison Taylor was born in Crawfordsville, Arkansas onMay 5, 1938, and reared in nearby West Memphis. Inspired equallyby gospel and blues (the legendary bluesman Junior Parker as hisneighbor), Taylor first recorded in the early fifties as part ofthe Five Echoes, a Doo-wopp group that had one release on theChance label in Chicago. However, he didn't receive any realrecognition of 'SOMEWHERE TO LAY MY HEAD'. Taylor'slead singing was strikingly close to Sam Cooke, so it wasn'tsurprising that he took Cooke's place in the Soul Stirrers in1957. During the next two years, Taylor would make a number offine recordings with that group, but he eventually left to pursuea short career as a preacher.
In the interim, Sam Cooke had formed the Sar label as a sidelineto his own successful recording career. Ironically, Cookerecruited Taylor for the label with the intention of making him aPop / R&B attraction. Taylor would score with 'ROMEWASN'T BUILT IN A DAY' in 1962, but his recording careerbogged down temporarily when Sar's operations were suspendedafter the tragic death of Sam Cooke.
All that was remedied in 1966 when Taylor signed on with StaxRecords in Memphis, scoring with the bluesy 'I HAD A DREAM'and 'I'VE GOT TO LOVE SOMEBODY'S BABY'. Two yearslater, Taylor's style easily adapted to the demands of modernSoul with his recording of 'WHO'S MAKING LOVE', whichshot to the top of the R&B charts. The record sold more thantwo million singles, and established Taylor as one of thenation's premier Soul attractions.
For the next seven years, Taylor's name rarely left thebestseller list. His first million seller was followed by suchclassics as 'TAKE CARE OF YOUR HOMEWORK', 'JODY'SGOT YOUR GIRL', 'STEAL AWAY' and 'CHEAPER TOKEEP HER' to name a few. It's true that much ink has beenspilled documenting the contributions Otis Redding, Booker T& The M.G.'s, Issac Hayes and Sam & Dave made to StaxRecords, but in fact, Johnnie Taylor was their all time bestselling recording artist.
With the demise of Stax, Taylor moved over to Columbia, waxingthe mega-hit, 'DISCO LADY', which was at the top ofeverybody's charts in 1975. Unfortunately, Columbia didn't fullyrecognize Taylor's talent, and they were content to mistakenlycast him as merely a Disco artist. Not surprisingly, his recordsales slipped.
After leaving Columbia, he made a brief stop at Beverly GlenRecords in 1982, recording a reasonable album and climbing backinto the charts with the 'WHAT ABOUT MY LOVE' single.But, as Taylor admits, at the time he was looking for a recordcompany that would work closely with him just as Stax once had.
Taylor found that company, or rather they found him in 1984, whenhe joined Malaco Records. His initial Malaco album, 'THIS ISYOUR NIGHT', was not only a well crafted piece of music, butsales wise, it was Taylor's biggest record in nearly a decade.The follow up 'WALL TO WALL' proved to be just assatisfying, featuring some for the best material. Blues, SoulBallads, down home Funk.....it doesn't matter to Taylor. He cando it all, and this album proved it.
Johnnie Taylor diedof a heart attack on may 31st, 2000 and is buried at the ForrestHill Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri.
STAX DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
Sar 114 : A WholeLotta Woman / Why Why Why
Sar 131 : Rome / Never Never
Sar 156 : Oh How I Love You / Run But You Can't Hide
Derby 1001 : Dance What You Wanna / Shine Shine Shine
Derby 1006 : Baby We've Got Love / (I'll Always Be) In Love WithYou
Derby 1010 : I Need Lots Of Love / Getting Married Soon
Stax 186 : I Had A Dream / Changes
Stax 193 : I Got To Love Somebody's Baby / Just The One I've BeenLooking For
Stax 202 : Little Bluebird / Toe Hold
Stax 209 : Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One) /Outside Love
Stax 226 : You Can't Get Away From It / If I Had It To Do AllOver
Stax 235 : Somebody's Sleeping In My Bed / Strange Things
Stax 247 : Next Time / Hello Sundown
Stax 253 : I Ain't Particular / Where There's Smoke There's Fire
Stax 0009 : Who's Making Love / I'm Trying
Stax 0023 : Take Care Of Your Homework / Hold On This Time
Stax 0033 : Testify / I Had A Fight With Love
Stax 0040 : Soul-A-lujah Pt. I / Pt. II (with E. Floyd, W. Bell,C. Thomas, etc.)
Stax 0041 : Never Let You Go / Ain't That Good (with M. Staples)
Stax 0042 : Just Keep On Loving Me / My Life (With C. Thomas)
Stax 0046 : I Could Never Be President / It's Amazing
Stax 0055 : Love Bones / Mr Nobody Is Somebody
Stax 0068 : Steal Away / Friday Night
Stax 0078 : I Am Somebody Pt. I / Pt. II
Stax 0085 : Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone / A Fool Like Me
Stax 0089 : I Don't Wanna Lose You Pt. I / Pt. II
Stax 0096 : Hijackin' Love / Love In The Streets (Ain't Good AsThe Love At Home)
Stax 0114 : Standing In For Jody / Shakin' Up
Stax 0122 : Doin' My Own Thing Pt. I / Pt. II
Stax 0142 : Stop Doggin' Me / Stop Teasin' Me
Stax 0155 : Don't You Fool With My Soul Pt. I / Pt. II
Stax 0161 : I Believe In You / Love Depression
Stax 0176 : Cheaper To Keep Her / I Can Read Between The Lines
Stax 0193 : We're Getting Careless With Our Love / Poor MakeBeliever
Stax 0208 : I've Been Born Again / At Night Time
Stax 0226 : It's September / Just One Moment
Stax 0241 : Try Me Tonight / Free
Stax 0251 : I'm So Glad I Met You / I'm So Grateful
Stax 0253 : Just Keep On Loving Me / It Don't Pay To Get Up InThe Morning
Stax 3201 : Just KeepOn Loving Me / It Don't Pay To Get Up In The Morning
Albums
WANTED ONE SOUL SINGER -Stax 715 : I Got To Love Somebody's Baby / Just The OneI've Been Looking For / Watermelon Man / Where Can A Man Go FromHere / Toe-Hold / Outside Love / Ain't That Loving You (For MoreReasons Than One) / Blues In The Night / I Had A Dream / SixteenTons / Little Bluebird. (reissued on CD)
WHO'S MAKING LOVE - Stax2005 : Who's Making Love / I'm Not The Same Person /Hold On This Time / Woman Across The River / Can't Trust YourNeighor / Take Care Of Your Homework / I'm Trying / Poor MakeBeliever / Payback Hurts / Mr. Nobody Is Somebody / I'd RatherDrink Muddy Water. (reissued on CD)
Johnnie Taylor Soul Heaven Live
SOUL EXPLOSION - Stax 2-2007(part) : Save Your Love For Me / Twenty Years From Today/ Boy Meets Girl. (reissued on CD)
RAW BLUES - Stax 2008 :Where There's Smoke There's Fire / Hello Sundown / Pardon Me,Lady / Where Can A Man Go From Here / That Bone / That's WhereIt's At / Part Time Love / If I Had It To Do All Over / You'reGood For Me / You Can't Keep A Good Man Down / You Can't Win WithA Losing Hand. (reissued on CD)
RARE STAMPS -Stax 2012 : Who'sMaking Love / You Can't Get Away From It / Toe Hold / Just TheOne (I've Been Looking For) / I Ain't Particular / Take Care OfYour Homework / I've Got To Love Somebody's Baby / Little BlueBird / I Had A Dream / Outside Love / Somebody's Sleeping In MyBed / If I Had To Do It All Over. (reissued on CD)
TESTIFY (I WONNA) THEJOHNNIE TAYLOR PHILOSOPHY CONTINUES - Stax 2023 : Testify(I Wonna) / Separation Line / Love Bones / Love Is A HurtingThing / I Had A Fight With Love / I Could Never Be President /It's Amazing / Who Can I Turn To / Games People Play / It's YourThing. (reissued on CD)
BOYS MEET GIRLS - Stax 2-2024(part) (reissued on CD)
ONE STEP BEYOND - Stax2030 : Time After Time / Party Life / Will You Love MeForever / I Am Somebody (pts. I & II) / I Don't Wanna LoseYou (pts. I & II) / Don't Take My Sunshine / Jody's Got YourGirl And Gone / A Fool Like Me. (reissued on CD)
Johnnie Taylor Soul Heaven Put It Up Youtube Mix
GREATEST HITS - Stax 2032: Steal Away / Who Can I Turn To / I Ain't Particular /Mr Nobody Is Somebody / I Could Never Be President / Testify (IWonna) / Who's Making Love / Love Bones / Hold On This Time / I'mNot The Same Person / Take Care Of Your Homework / Somebody'sSleeping In My Bed.
TAYLORED IN SILK - Stax3014 : We're Getting Careless With Our Love / StartingAll Over Again / Cheaper To Keep Her / Talk To Me / I Believe InYou (You Believe In Me) / One Thing Wrong With My Baby / I CanRead Between The Lines / This Bitter Earth. (reissued onCD)
SUPER TAYLOR - Stax 5509 :It's September / Darling I Love You / Try Me Tonight /Free / I've Been Born Again / At Night Time (My Pillow Tells ATale On Me) / I Don't Pay To Get Up In The Morning / Just OneMoment. (reissued on CD)
ACE VARIOUS - Ace074 : You Don't Know Like I Know ; Ace 102 : Sixty Minutes OfYour Love / Water.
Johnnie Taylor Soul Heaven Izlesene
WHO'S MAKING LOVE + - AceCDSXE 130 : Who's Making Love / I'm Not The Same Person/ Hold On This Time / Woman Across The River / Can't Trust YourNeighor / Take Care Of Your Homework / I'm Trying / Poor MakeBeliever / Payback Hurts / Mr. Nobody Is Somebody / I'd RatherDrink Muddy Water / Twenty Years From Today / Save Your Love ForMe / Rumors (67, previously unissued) / Lovin' On Borrowed Time (67,previously unissued).
Johnnie Taylor Soul Heaven Video
LIFETIME - FANTASY/ACE 3-CDSET 3SCD-4432-2 :
DISC 1 - SAR RECORDS: I Dreamed That Heaven Was LikeThis / Heaven Is My Home (take 1) / The Love Of God (take 7 -previously unissued alternate) / Out On A Hill (take 1 - alt.) /Until Then (take 3 - alt.) / When The Gates Swing Open / Never,Never / Rome (Wasn't Built In a Day) / Dance What You Wanna /Baby, We've Got Love. BLUE STAX RECORDS: I Had A Dream / EasyLovin' (previously unissued) / I've Got To Love Somebody's Baby /Just The One I've Been Looking For (take 7 - previously unissuedalt.) / Part Time Love (take 2 - previouslyunissued alt.) / Sixteen Tons (take 6 - previously unissued alt.)/ Somebody's Sleeping In My Bed / Blues In The Night (take 1 -previously unissued alt.). YELLOW STAX RECORDS: Save Your LoveFor Me (take 2 - previously unissued alt.) / I Need Lots Of Love(previously unissued) / You Can't Win With A Losing Hand (take 3- previously unissued alt.) / Rumors / You Don't Know Like I Know(take 3 - previously unissued) / Twenty Years From Today (take 4- previously unissued alt.) / Twenty Years From Today (take 7 -previously unissued alt.).
DISC 2 - BLUE STAX RECORDS: Little Bluebird / Toe Hold /That's Where It's At. YELLOW STAX RECORDS: I Ain't Particular /Woman Across The River / Who's Making Love / I'm Not The SamePerson / I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water / Mr. Nobody Is SomebodyNow / Take Care Of Your Homework / Testify (I Wonna) / SeparationLine / I Could Never Be President / Love Bones / Steal Away /Steal Away (live - previously unissued) / I Am Somebody (parts 1& 2) / Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone /IDon't Wanna Lose You (parts 1 & 2) / Don't Take My Sunshine /Hijackin' Love.
DISC 3 - YELLOW STAX RECORDS: Standing In For Jody -Doing My Own Thing (part 1) / Stop Doggin' Me / I Believe In You(You Believe In Me / Cheaper To Keep Her / We're Getting CarelessWith Our Love / Starting All Over Again / I've Been Born Again /It's September. CBS RECORDS: Try Me Tonight / Free / DiscoLady / Running Out Of Lies. MALACO RECORDS:God Is Standing By /Play Something Pretty / Lady, My Whole World Is You / Lover Boy /Last Two Dollars / Soul Heaven.
Johnnie Taylor Soul Heaven Lyrics
JOHNNIE TAYLOR / LIVE AT THESUMMIT CLUB (LA, september 1972) - Concord Records/Stax:Introduction (featuring Rufus Thomas) / Take Care Of YourHomework / Little Bluebird / Steal Away (Ver.1) / I Don't WannaLose You / Who's Making Love / Hello Sundown / Steal Away (Ver.2)/ Stop Doggin' Me / Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone.
Thanks to Yoni Neeman for part ofthe infos. The complete discography, including pre and post Staxrecords can be found on The Soul Of The Net web site (see theLINKS page).
Johnnie Taylor Songs
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