#OnThisDay in 2000, #JohnnieTaylor, American R&B and multi-genre singer ("Disco Lady"; "I Believe In You"), died at 66.
#RIP
#OnThisDay in 1938, #JohnnieTaylor, American R&B and multi-genre singer ("Disco Lady"; "I Believe In You"), born in Crawfordsville, Arkansas (d. 2000). ✞
#RIP
"Stand by Me" is a song originally performed in 1961 by American singer-songwriter #BenEKing and written by him, along with #JerryLeiberAndMikeStoller, who together used the pseudonym Elmo Glick. According to King, the title is derived from, and was inspired by, a #spiritual written by #SamCooke and #JWAlexander called "#StandByMe Father", recorded by #theSoulStirrers with #JohnnieTaylor singing lead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTd2ylacYNU
"Stand by Me" is a song originally performed in 1961 by American singer-songwriter #BenEKing and written by him, along with #JerryLeiberAndMikeStoller, who together used the pseudonym Elmo Glick. According to King, the title is derived from, and was inspired by, a #spiritual written by #SamCooke and #JWAlexander called "#StandByMe Father", recorded by #theSoulStirrers with #JohnnieTaylor singing lead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwZNL7QVJjE
"Stand by Me" is a song originally performed in 1961 by American singer-songwriter #BenEKing and written by him, along with #JerryLeiberAndMikeStoller, who together used the pseudonym Elmo Glick. According to King, the title is derived from, and was inspired by, a #spiritual written by #SamCooke and #JWAlexander called "#StandByMe Father", recorded by #theSoulStirrers with #JohnnieTaylor singing lead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTd2ylacYNU
3:37pm Little Bluebird by Johnnie Taylor from Wanted: One Soul Singer
#JohnnieTaylor #LittleBluebird #SoulfulStrut #KUVO
Johnnie Taylor // #JohnnieTaylor //
I Am Somebody (Pt. 2)
[album Stax Classics (compilation), 2017]
//via // #ConcordMusicGroup //
#brandunbrand #bandcamp #music #JohnnieTaylor #StaxClassics #IAmSomebody #IAmSomebodyPart2 #ArthurSnyder #DonDavis #Stax
link: https://johnnietaylor.bandcamp.com/track/i-am-somebody-pt-2
Johnnie Taylor // #JohnnieTaylor //
I Believe In You (You Believe In Me)
[album Stax Classics (compilation), 2017]
//via // #ConcordMusicGroup //
#brandunbrand #bandcamp #music #JohnnieTaylor #StaxClassics #IBelieveInYou #IBelieveInYouYouBelieveInMe #DonDavis #Stax
link: https://johnnietaylor.bandcamp.com/track/i-believe-in-you-you-believe-in-me
Johnnie Taylor // #JohnnieTaylor //
Just The One (I've Been Looking For)
[album Rare Stamps, 1969]
//via // #CraftRecordings #ConcordMusicGroup //
#brandunbrand #bandcamp #music #JohnnieTaylor #RareStamps #JustTheOne #JustTheOneIHaveBeenLookingFor #AlBell #EddieFloyd #SteveCropper #DonDavis #AlJacksonJr. #DaleWarren #Stax
link: https://johnnietaylor.bandcamp.com/track/just-the-one-ive-been-looking-for
#Memories from the UK Charts for #1976
Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady
(7 weeks in chart peaking at No. 25)
https://youtu.be/qOPYn1l1pvw
#Music #MusicHistory #MusicVideo #70s #Seventies
#JohnnieTaylor
#NowPlaying Johnnie Taylor - Raw Blues (Stax, US 1969).
Deep soul nugget