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JOHNNIE TAYLOR

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{{dablink|For a similarly named blues and soul singer, see Little Johnny Taylor; for other people called John Taylor, see John Taylor (disambiguation).
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Johnnie Harrison Taylor (May 5 1937 – May 31 2000) was an United States|American singer|vocalist in a wide variety of genres, from Gospel music|Gospel, blues and soul music|soul to pop music|pop, doo-wop and disco.

Musical career
Early years
Johnnie Taylor was born in Crawfordsville, Arkansas|Crawfordsville, Arkansas. As an adult, he had one release, "Somewhere to Lay My Head", on Chicago's Chance Records record label|label in the 1950s, as part of the gospel group Highway QCs, which had been founded by a young Sam Cooke. His singing was strikingly close to that of Sam Cooke, and he was hired to take Cooke's place in Cooke's gospel group, the Soul Stirrers, in 1957.

A few years later, after Cooke had established his independent SAR Records, Taylor signed on and sound recording and reproduction|recorded "Rome Wasn't Built In A Day" in 1962. However, SAR Records quickly became defunct after Cooke's death in 1964.

Stax Records
In 1966, Taylor moved to Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis, Tennessee, where he was dubbed "The Philosopher of Soul". Whilst there he recorded with the label's house band, Booker T. &... read all