Where is johnnie taylor from

Julia Rubiner, ed. The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style , 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry. Handbook of Texas Music. The Handbook of Texas Music. Bibliography Categories Citation Published H. Published by the Texas State Historical Association. Connect to Spotify. A new version of Last. Johnnie Harrison Taylor born May 5, , Crawfordsville, Arkansas; died May 31, , Dallas, Texas was an American musician that sang in a wide variety of genres, including blues , disco , gospel , pop , and soul.

Then, after Cooke left the Soul Stirrers in , Taylor was hired to take Cooke's place as lead singer. While there he recorded with the label's house band, Booker T. After Stax folded in the mid s, Taylor switched to Columbia Records, where he made his best-known hit, "Disco Lady", in Columbia pigeonholed Taylor as a disco artist, however, and neglected his wide-ranging talent.

After leaving Columbia, he made a brief stop at Beverly Glen Records in , recording an album and climbing back into the charts with the "What About My Love" single. In , he joined Malaco Records. To Become a Musician or Singer.

All Music Guide. He recorded several more albums for the label through , but never came close to duplicating the success of "Disco Lady" and left to sign with the smaller Beverly Glen imprint in Debuting with 's This Is Your Night , Taylor and Malaco clicked right away, and he wound up recording a total of 12 albums for the label over the next 15 years, ranking as one of their best-selling artists.

In , his album Good Love! Taylor 's final album was 's Gotta Get the Groove Back ; on May 31, , he suffered a heart attack at his home in Duncanville, TX a suburb of Dallas , and died at the hospital.

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