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| - American male singers
- 20th-century American singers
- American gospel singers
- American rhythm and blues singers
- 1934 births
- 2000 deaths
- American blues musicians
- American soul musicians
- Musicians from Arkansas
- People from Crittenden County, Arkansas
- People from West Memphis, Arkansas
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| - Gospel/r&b/soul singer, born 5 May 1937 in Crawfordsville, Arkansas, died 31 May 2000 in Dallas, Texas.He started his career in the mid-1950s as a member of gospel group [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1221681-The-Highway-QCs]The Highway QC's[/url] but left that group in 1957 to replace Sam Cooke as lead vocalist for [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Soul+Stirrers%2C+The]The Soul Stirrers[/url].Taylor has been active as a solo artist since the early 1960s, first at Sam Cooke's SAR Records, later at the Stax label where he had a string of hits. His best known song from that period is probably %22Who's Making Love%22 (1968).Following the bankruptcy of Stax in 1976 he signed at Columbia where he recorded his biggest hit %22Disco Lady%22 (1976), the first single to be rewarded with a platinum record in the US (for selling 2 million copies).After a brief period at Beverly Glen Music in the early 1980s he signed at Malaco Records in 1984 where he would record until his death.Please see [a294682], easily confused as contemporary & near namesake who hit with %22Part Time Love%22 in 1963.
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| - Johnnie Harrison Taylor (May 5, 1934 – May 31, 2000) was an American vocalist in a wide variety of genres, from blues, rhythm and blues, soul, and gospel to pop, doo-wop and disco.
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- G. Tayor
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- Johnnie Taylor (The Soul Philosopher)
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- Johnnie Taylor's
- Johnny Tailor
- Johnny Taylor
- Little Johnny Taylor
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