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James Taylor
Biography
James Vernon
Taylor (born
March 12, 1948)
is a Grammy
Award winning
American
singer-songwriter
and guitarist
born in Boston,
Massachusetts,
USA and raised
in Carrboro,
North Carolina,
USA .
Over the course
of his long
career, James
Taylor has
earned 40 gold,
platinum and
multi-platinum
awards and 5
Grammy Awards
for a catalog
running from
1970's Sweet
Baby James to
his Grammy
Award-winning
efforts
Hourglass (1997)
and October Road
(2002).
James Taylor's
first Greatest
Hits album
earned him the
RIAA's elite
Diamond Award,
given for sales
in excess of 10
million units in
the United
States. For his
accomplishments,
James was
honoured with
the 1998 Century
Award, Billboard
magazine's
highest
accolade,
bestowed for
distinguished
creative
achievement.
The year 2000
saw James
Taylor's
induction into
both the Rock
'n' Roll Hall of
Fame and the
prestigious
Songwriter's
Hall of Fame.
James Taylor's
CD/DVD, One Man
Band (2007), was
nominated for an
Emmy® Award for
“Outstanding
Variety, Music
or Comedy
Special,” in
September 2008
his most recent
recording,
Covers (2008)
features James
Taylor’s full
band and is his
own musical
interpretation
of tunes from
the 50s, 60s and
70s.
James Taylor
released Sweet
Baby James in
1970. It went
triple-platinum
and spawned his
first Top 10
hit, the
intensely
personal "Fire
and Rain." The
following year
saw the release
of another
million-seller,
Mud Slide Slim
and the Blue
Horizon and the
#1 single,
"You've Got a
Friend," written
by long time
friend Carole
King. The
recording won a
Grammy Award in
1971 for Best
Pop Male Vocal.
In 1972, Taylor
scored another
Gold album with
One Man Dog,
which was
followed up in
1973 with
Walking Man.
The album
Gorilla (1975)
included two
more major chart
entries: "How
Sweet It Is (To
Be Loved By
You)" and
"Mexico."
Following his
final Warner
Brothers
recording, In
The Pocket,
James moved on
to Columbia
Records and
released a
string of
critically
praised and
commercially
successful
albums: JT, his
1977
double-platinum
debut, included
a Top 10 cover
of Jimmy Jones'
"Handy Man," a
song that gave
Taylor another
Grammy for Best
Pop Male Vocal.
Flag (1979), Dad
Loves His Work
(1981), That's
Why I'm Here
(1985), Never
Die Young
(1988), New Moon
Shine (1991) and
the double-disc
Live album
(1993), show
Taylor's
consistency: all
were certified
platinum.
Hourglass
(1998), which
garnered James'
first Grammy
Award for Best
Pop Album, and
October Road
(2002), another
Grammy winner,
also enjoyed
platinum sales.
James Taylor's
music embodies
the art of song
writing in its
most fundamental
form. He has
been at it for
decades:
transforming
introspective
meditations into
lyrics, melodies
and harmonies
that comfort and
reassure the
listener with
the sense that
these sometimes
painful,
sometimes
celebratory
moments are a
part of life,
shared by us
all. In 1971,
James was
featured on the
cover of TIME
magazine, who
heralded him as
the harbinger of
'the
singer/songwriter
era".
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