James Taylor
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1948-03-12
- Died
- 1957
- Works
- 592
Top works
- How a Schoolmaster Became a Catholic
- House of God Sabbath School Lessons LP - 2016
- Neurological fragments
- Complete Catalogue of British Tanks
- Rover Cars of the 1930s in Detail
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Film & TV
Acting · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. Taylor is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of…
Known for
- Joni Mitchell: Blue — Self (Guitar)2025
- Joni Mitchell: The Hissing of Summer Lawns — Self2024
- Joni Mitchell - The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song — Self2023
- Carole King and her Songs at the BBC — Self (archive footage)2023
- American Symphony — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2023
- Carole King & James Taylor: Just Call Out My Name — Self2022
- Immediate Family — Self2022
- 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self (archive footage)2022
- Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration — Self2019
- Garth Brooks: The Road I'm On — Self2019
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,499,852
- Total plays
- 26,404,778
Tags
folksinger-songwriteracousticclassic rockrock
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the No. 3 single "Fire and Rain" and had his first No. 1 hit in 1971 with "You've Got a Friend", written by Carole King. His 1976 album "Greatest Hits" was certified Diamond and has sold 11 million copies in the United States, making it one of the best-selling albums in
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 75,924x
- Special points for Brillouin-zone integrations
· 1976 · cited 66,940x
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 64,727x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 45,245x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,272x
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Key facts
- Born
- James Vernon Taylor , ( 1948-03-12 ) March 12, 1948 (age 78) , Boston , Massachusetts , U.S.
- Occupations
- Singer-songwriter guitarist
- Years active
- 1966–present
- Spouses
- Carly Simon ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1972 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1983 ) Kathryn Walker ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1985 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1995 ) Caroline Smedvig ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2001 )
- Children
- 4, including Sally Taylor
- Father
- Isaac M. Taylor
- Relatives
- Alex Taylor (brother) Kate Taylor (sister) Livingston Taylor (brother)
- Origin
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina , U.S.
- Genres
- Folk rock soft rock folk
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar harmonica
- Works
- James Taylor discography
- Labels
Key dates
- Born
- 12 March 1948
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Taylor
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Sibling
- Livingston Taylor
- Occupation
- musician
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
Article
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the No. 3 single "Fire and Rain" and had his first No. 1 hit in 1971 with his recording of "You've Got a Friend", written by Carole King in the same year. Taylor's 1976 Greatest Hits album was certified Diamond and has sold 11 million copies in the US alone, making it one of the best-selling albums in US history.
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