During a recording career that spanned nearly half a century, Johnnie Taylor covered more genres of African-American music than any other major artist.Despite Johnnie Taylor's awesome run of hit ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Johnnie Taylor was one of the most versatile and enduring voices in American music, seamlessly bridging the worlds of gospel, soul, blues, and funk. Known as the “Philosopher of Soul ...

Due out October 25th on LP, CD, and digital formats, the collection features 12 heart-breaking songs of passion and betrayal. Summer may be over, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t turn up the heat ...

Before this, he had been in gospel outfits The Five Echoes – who he joined in 1951 or 1952 at age 17 – and, from 1957, The Highway QC’s, who Sam Cooke had passed through. In August 1960, he took on ...

Johnnie Taylor reportedly was born May 3, 1934, in Crawfordsville (Crittenden County), although he always claimed to be four years younger. He was raised in West Memphis by his grandmother. Like Lee ...