Johnnie Taylor
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.
Biography
Early years
Johnnie Taylor was born in Crawfordsville, Arkansas. 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 Chance Records label in the 1950s, as part of the gospel group Highway QCs, which had been founded by a young Sam Cooke. His singing then was strikingly close to that of Sam Cooke, and he was hired to take Cooke's place in the latter's gospel group, the Soul Stirrers, in 1957.
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. 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 MGs. 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", which reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart 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.
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- Taylored in Silk released: 2011
- Live at the Summit Club released: 2007
- Stax Profiles: Johnnie Taylor released: 2006
- There's No Good In Goodbye released: 2003
- Eargasm released: 1999
- Disco 9000 released: 1998
- Johnnie Taylor's Greatest Hits, Volume 1 released: 1995
- Real Love released: 1993
- Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits released: 1991
- In Control released: 1988
- Just Ain't Good Enough released: 1982
- Rated Extraordinaire released: 1977
- Super Taylor released: 1974
- One Step Beyond released: 1970
- The Johnnie Taylor Philosophy Continues released: 1969
- Raw Blues released: 1969
- Wanted: One Soul Singer released: 1967
- Who's Making Love released:
- The Best Of Johnny Taylor released:
- Good Love released:
- Stop Half-Loving These Women released:
Taylored in Silk
Released 2011- We're Getting Careless With Our Love
- Starting All Over Again
- Cheaper to Keep Her
- Talk to Me
- I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)
- One Thing Wrong With My Baby
- I Can Read Between the Lines
- This Bitter Earth
- Hijackin’ Love
- Love in the Streets (Ain't Good as the Love at Home)
- Standing in for Jody
- Shackin' Up
- Doing My Own Thing, Part 1
- Doing My Own Thing, Part 2
There's No Good In Goodbye
Released 2003- If You're Lookin' For A Fool
- This Is The Night For Makin Up
- Crazy 'bout You Baby
- Take Me To The Mardi Gras
- Too Wise To Be Your Fool
- Baby Sittin'
- You Know It Ain't Right
- I'm In A Midnight Mood
- If You Take Your Love Away
- I Found All These Things
- Please Sign The Dotted Line
- Where Is Your Woman Tonight
- Con Lover
- Is This Love Or Is This Business
- I Reach For You
- The Second Time Around
Eargasm
Released 1999- Disco Lady
- Please Don't Stop (That Song From Playing)
- Don't Touch Her Body (If You Can't Touch Her Mind)
- I'm Gonna Keep on Loving You
- You're the Best Girl in the World
- Running Out of Lies
- Somebody's Gettin' It
- It Don't Hurt Me Like It Used To
- Pick Up the Pieces
- Disco Lady (extended disco version)
- Somebody's Gettin' It (instrumental)
Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits
Released 1991- Who's Makin' Love
- Take Care of Your Homework
- Testify (I Wonna)
- I Could Never Be President
- Love Bones
- Steal Away
- I Am Somebody, Part I
- Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone
- I Don't Wanna Lose You
- Hijackin' Love
- Standing in for Jody
- Doing My Own Thing, Part I
- Stop Doggin' Me
- I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)
- Cheaper to Keep Her
- We're Getting Careless With Our Love
- I've Been Born Again
- It's September
- Try Me Tonight
- Just Keep on Lovin' Me
Who's Making Love
- Who's Making Love
- I'm Not the Same Person
- Hold on This Time
- Woman Across the River
- Can't Trust Your Neighbor
- Take Care of Your Homework
- I'm Trying
- Poor Make Believer
- Payback Hurts
- Mr. Nobody Is Somebody Now
- I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
- Twenty Years From Today
- Save Your Love For Me
- Rumors
- Lovin' On Borrowed Time
Born: 1934-05-05
Died: 2000-05-31
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I Believe In You
by: Johnnie Taylor[Unverified]
I feel sorry, I feel sorry
I feel sorry, I feel sorry
I feel for sorry for any man out there
When he can't look around
And say, this is my woman
My woman alone
I feel sorry, yeah
For any woman out there
Who can't say I got somebody
That I can call my very own
I feel sorry, I feel sorry
I feel sorry, I feel sorry
One thing I can say about the people of the world today
They see you with a good thing
They want to take it away
But I believe in you, you believe in me too, yeah
Even your best friend will come around making sly remarks
Trying to put you down
I believe in you, you believe in me too
Listen honey, people talking, trying to pull us apart
Sticking pins and needles in both of our hearts
I love you no matter
Don't care about the stormy weather
I heard your mother say
Loving me didn't make no sense
But when she put me down
You stood up in my defense
I believe in you
Anytime you against your own mother
It makes me know
You believe in me, yeah
Here's another thing
We had our hard times
And almost didn't make it
We always worked it
Never tried to fake it
But I believe in you
You believe in me too
Here's anything about it
People talking, trying to pull us apart
Always ticking pins and needles in both of our hearts
Our love together
Don't care about the stormy weather
I believe in you
You believe in me too, yeah
I believe, that's why every time we get a chance
I tell you, honey, how much I love you
Love you, love you
Love you, love you
And most of all, how much I trust you
The reason why I trust you, baby
Is because of one thing
I can lean on you, yeah, baby
And you can lean on me too
One more time I'm gonna say
I believe in you
Honey, please let me believe in you
I know a lot of folk out there
Wish they had somebody they could believe in
I believe, I believe in you
You believe in me too
Anytime you against your own mother
It makes me know
You believe in me
I believe in you
And you've shown me enough to know
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