James Taylor
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Taylor in the mid-1970s
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| Born |
James Vernon Taylor March 12, 1948 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | James V. Taylor "Stringbean" "JT" |
| Alma mater |
Milton Academy Elon University |
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| Years active | 1966–present |
| Home town | Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
| Spouse(s) |
Carly Simon (m. 1972; div. 1983) Kathryn Walker (m. 1985; div. 1995) Caroline "Kim" Smedvig (m. 2001) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) |
Isaac M. Taylor Gertrude Woodard Taylor |
| Relatives |
Alex Taylor (brother) Kate Taylor (sister) Livingston Taylor (brother) |
| Website | jamestaylor |
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| Martin D-45 | |
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the No. 3 single "Fire and Rain" and had his first No. 1 hit the following year with "You've Got a Friend", a recording of Carole King's classic song. His 1976 Greatest Hits album was certified Diamond and has sold 12 million US copies. Following his 1977 album, JT, he has retained a large audience over the decades. Every album that he released from 1977 to 2007 sold over a million copies. His chart performance had a resurgence during the late 1990s and 2000s, when he recorded some of his most-awarded work (including Hourglass, October Road, and Covers). He achieved his first number one album in the US in 2015 with his recording Before This World.
He is notable for his popular covers of other peoples' songs, such as How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) and the aformentioned You've Got A Friend, as well as originals such as Fire and Rain.
James Vernon Taylor was born at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on March 12, 1948, where his father, Isaac M. Taylor, was a resident physician. His father was from a well-off family of Southerners of Scottish ancestry. His mother, the former Gertrude Woodard (1921–2015), studied singing with Marie Sundelius at the New England Conservatory of Music and was an aspiring opera singer before the couple's marriage in 1946. James was the second of five children, the others being Alex (1947–1993), Kate (born 1949), Livingston (born 1950), and Hugh (born 1952).
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