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Person · Open Library
- Died
- 1957
- Works
- 592
Top works
- How a Schoolmaster Became a Catholic
- House of God Sabbath School Lessons LP - 2016
- Neurological fragments
- Complete Catalogue of British Tanks
- Rover Cars of the 1930s in Detail
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Film & TV
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. Taylor is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of…
Known for
- Joni Mitchell: Blue — Self (Guitar)2025
- Joni Mitchell: The Hissing of Summer Lawns — Self2024
- Joni Mitchell - The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song — Self2023
- Carole King and her Songs at the BBC — Self (archive footage)2023
- American Symphony — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2023
- Carole King & James Taylor: Just Call Out My Name — Self2022
- Immediate Family — Self2022
- 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self (archive footage)2022
- Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration — Self2019
- Garth Brooks: The Road I'm On — Self2019
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Key facts
- Born
- James Vernon Taylor , ( 1948-03-12 ) March 12, 1948 (age 78) , Boston , Massachusetts , U.S.
- Occupations
- Singer-songwriter guitarist
- Years active
- 1966–present
- Spouses
- Carly Simon ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1972 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1983 ) Kathryn Walker ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1985 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1995 ) Caroline Smedvig ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2001 )
- Children
- 4, including Sally Taylor
- Father
- Isaac M. Taylor
- Relatives
- Alex Taylor (brother) Kate Taylor (sister) Livingston Taylor (brother)
- Origin
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina , U.S.
- Genres
- Folk rock soft rock folk
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar harmonica
- Works
- James Taylor discography
- Labels
- Apple Capitol EMI Warner Bros. Columbia Sony Hear Fantasy
- Formerly of
- The Flying Machine
- Website
- jamestaylor .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Taylor
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Sibling
- Livingston Taylor
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- organ
- Official website
- www.jamestaylor.com
- Image
- James Taylor - Winterfest.jpg
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- Commons category
- James Taylor
- date of birth
- 1948-03-12
- topic's main category
- Category:James Taylor
- influenced by
- Woody Guthrie
- birth name
- James Vernon Taylor
- start of work period
- 1966-00-00
- different from
- James Taylor
- social media followers
- 98746
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Original Score
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Works in European collections
4 objects attributed to James Taylor, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the No. 3 single "Fire and Rain" and had his first No. 1 hit in 1971 with his recording of "You've Got a Friend", written by Carole King in the same year. Taylor's 1976 Greatest Hits album was certified Diamond and has sold 11 million copies in the US alone, making it one of the best-selling albums in US history.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “James Taylor” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.