Known for singing sensitive and gentle songs, James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was born on March 12, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Carrboro, North Carolina. Taylor embarked on his music career in the mid-1960s, but he found his audience in the early 1970s. James Taylor was part of a wave of singer-songwriters of the age that also included Joni Mitchell, Tom Rush, Cat Stevens, Carole King, John Denver, Jim Croce, Don McLean, Gordon Lightfoot, and Jackson Browne. Taylor was later married to Carly Simon who also happened to be a singer-songwriter.
James Taylor grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He has sold around 40 million albums over the course of his career. Taylor started off his career back in 1968. He was soon signed to the Beatles' Apple Records. It was only a matter of time before he would make his mark, and released his first and only solo album titled 'James Taylor'. James indeed set an example for solo singer/songwriters as a recording and touring artist. He blazed a path to which countless numbers of sober young musicians have since aspired.
Taylor's Greatest Hits debut album earned him the RIAA's elite Diamond Award. The album had sold more than 11 million copies. Billboard magazine honored him a highest accolade, bestowed for distinguished creative achievement. Throughout his long career, Taylor has received 40 gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards. He also earned 5 Grammy Awards for a catalog running from 1970's Sweet Baby James to his Grammy Award-winning efforts.
James' warm baritone is among the most renowned voices in contemporary music and his guitar playing has established its own standard. The year 2000 witnessed his induction into both the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame and the prestigious Songwriter's Hall of Fame. Also in February 2006, The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences chose him its MUSICARES Person of the Year.
As for albums, Taylor released Sweet Baby James in 1970 that would go triple-platinum. It also spawned his first Top 10 hit, the intensely personal 'Fire and Rain'. The next year scored yet another million-seller album, 'Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon'. The album earned him a Grammy Award in 1971 for Best Pop Male Vocal. The year 1972 saw another Gold album titled One Man Dog. Taylor spawned Walking Man in 1973. Gorilla was released in 1975, two singles of which proved to be major hits; 'How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You' and 'Mexico'.
Taylor had retained a large audience well into the 1990s and early 2000s, when some of his best-selling and most-awarded albums were produced. He moved on to Columbia Records and released a string of such critically praised and commercially successful albums as JT, his 1977 double-platinum debut. In 1998, Taylor's album 'Hourglass' garnered him first Grammy Award for Best Pop Album. 'October Road' in 2002 was another Grammy winner and enjoyed platinum sales.
James Taylor's music represents the art of songwriting in its most fundamental form. He has been at it for decades: transforming introspective meditations into lyrics, melodies and harmonies. His music comforts and reassures the listener with the sense that these sometimes painful, sometimes celebratory moments are a part of life, shared by everyone.
Taylor's Greatest Hits debut album earned him the RIAA's elite Diamond Award. The album had sold more than 11 million copies. Billboard magazine honored him a highest accolade, bestowed for distinguished creative achievement. Throughout his long career, Taylor has received 40 gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards. He also earned 5 Grammy Awards for a catalog running from 1970's Sweet Baby James to his Grammy Award-winning efforts.
James' warm baritone is among the most renowned voices in contemporary music and his guitar playing has established its own standard. The year 2000 witnessed his induction into both the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame and the prestigious Songwriter's Hall of Fame. Also in February 2006, The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences chose him its MUSICARES Person of the Year.
As for albums, Taylor released Sweet Baby James in 1970 that would go triple-platinum. It also spawned his first Top 10 hit, the intensely personal 'Fire and Rain'. The next year scored yet another million-seller album, 'Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon'. The album earned him a Grammy Award in 1971 for Best Pop Male Vocal. The year 1972 saw another Gold album titled One Man Dog. Taylor spawned Walking Man in 1973. Gorilla was released in 1975, two singles of which proved to be major hits; 'How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You' and 'Mexico'.
Taylor had retained a large audience well into the 1990s and early 2000s, when some of his best-selling and most-awarded albums were produced. He moved on to Columbia Records and released a string of such critically praised and commercially successful albums as JT, his 1977 double-platinum debut. In 1998, Taylor's album 'Hourglass' garnered him first Grammy Award for Best Pop Album. 'October Road' in 2002 was another Grammy winner and enjoyed platinum sales.
James Taylor's music represents the art of songwriting in its most fundamental form. He has been at it for decades: transforming introspective meditations into lyrics, melodies and harmonies. His music comforts and reassures the listener with the sense that these sometimes painful, sometimes celebratory moments are a part of life, shared by everyone.
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