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The official website of James Taylor, featuring tour dates, presale ticketing, news, the official store and more. Something In The Way She MovesSomething In The Way She MovesX (re-recording) Well, there s something in the way she moves Or looks my way or calls my name That seems to leave this troubled world behind And if I m feeling down and blue Or troubled by some fo...
As a recording and touring artist, James Taylor has touched people with his warm baritone voice and distinctive style of guitar-playing for more than 50 years, while setting a precedent to which countless young musicians have aspired. Over the course of his celebrated song writing and performing career, Taylor has sold more than 100 million albums, earning gold, platinum and multi-platinum ...
Listen to music by James Taylor on Apple Music. Find top songs and albums by James Taylor including Fire and Rain, Carolina In My Mind (1976 Version) and more.
James Taylor. Buy Album. top. Don t Talk NowDon t Talk NowX Where I ve been You don t know And what I ve got Baby, it don t show Now, I won t try To teach you how Don t talk now Don t talk roads Don t talk sand Don t talk dust Don t talk no man Don t talk rules Don t talk vows Do...
- 1966–1969: Early Career
- 1970–1972: Warner Bros. and Career Breakthrough
- 1973–1976: Continued Success and Greatest Hits
- 1977–1981: Move to Columbia Records
- 1981–1996: Troubled Times and New Beginnings
- 1997–Present: Current Ventures
At Kortchmar's urging, Taylor checked himself out of McLean and moved to New York City to form a band. They recruited Joel O'Brien, formerly of Kortchmar's old band King Bees to play drums, and Taylor's childhood friend Zachary Wiesner (son of academic Jerome Wiesner) to play bass. After Taylor rejected the notion of naming the group after him, the...
Once he had recovered, Taylor moved to California, keeping Asher as his manager and record producer. In December 1969, he held the recording sessions for his second album there. Titled Sweet Baby James, and featuring the participation of Carole King, the album was released in February 1970 and was Taylor's critical and popular breakthrough, buoyed ...
Taylor spent most of 1973 enjoying his new life as a married man and did not return to the recording studio until January 1974, when sessions for his fifth album began. Walking Man was released in June and featured appearances of Paul and Linda McCartney and guitarist David Spinozza. The album was a critical and commercial disaster and was his firs...
In 1977 Taylor signed with Columbia Records. Between March and April, he quickly recorded his first album for the label. JT, released that June, gave Taylor his best reviews since Sweet Baby James, earning a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year in 1978. Peter Herbst of Rolling Stone was particularly favorable to the album, of which he wrote in i...
Simon announced her separation from Taylor in September 1981 saying, "Our needs are different; it seem[s] impossible to stay together" and their divorce finalized in 1983. Their breakup was highly publicized. At the time, Taylor was living on West End Avenue in Manhattan and on a methadone maintenance program to cure him of his drug addiction. Over...
1997–2008
In 1997, after six years since his last studio album, Taylor released Hourglass, an introspective album that gave him the best critical reviews in almost twenty years. The album had much of its focus on Taylor's troubled past and family. "Jump Up Behind Me" paid tribute to his father's rescue of him after The Flying Machine days, and the long drive from New York City back to his home in Chapel Hill. "Enough To Be on Your Way" was inspired by the alcoholism-related death of his brother Alex ea...
Barack Obama's 2008 campaign and inaugural celebration
During October 19–21, 2008, Taylor performed a series of free concerts in five North Carolina cities in support of Barack Obama's presidential bid.On Sunday, January 18, 2009, he performed at the We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial, singing "Shower the People" with John Legend and Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland.On May 29, 2009, Taylor performed on the final episode of the original 17-year run of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
2009–2011
On September 8, 2009, Taylor made an appearance at the 24th-season premiere block party of The Oprah Winfrey Show on Chicago's Michigan Avenue. Taylor appeared briefly in the 2009 movie Funny People, where he played "Carolina in My Mind" for a MySpace corporate event as the opening act for the main character. On January 1, 2010, Taylor sang the American national anthem at the NHL Winter Classic at Fenway Park, while Daniel Powter sang the Canadian national anthem. On March 7, 2010, Taylor san...
This playlist is available now. Here's the official tracklist: Disc One: 01. Sweet Baby James 02. Fire And Rain 03. Long Ago And Far Away 04. You've Got A Fr...
James Vernon Taylor (Boston, 12 marzo 1948) è un cantautore statunitense, tra i più celebri a partire dagli anni settanta. È uno degli artisti che hanno venduto di più nella storia della musica leggera, con oltre 100 milioni di dischi in tutto il mondo.
