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Floyd Taylor, the son of the late blues and soul legend Johnnie Taylor has died at the age of sixty-years-old, according to a family friend.

Taylor, a Blues singer, had recently been touring with other musical acts across the country. His next show was slated for March 15, 2014 in Merrillville, Indiana at the Town Blues Festival.

Johnnie Taylor - Soul Heaven Lyrics. Last night I dreamed I was at a concert So many people, you had to stand in line One night only in Soul Heaven I didn't wanna wake up I was. Johnnie Taylor - Soul Heaven 1999 Tribute to Music Icons.

The Taylor family has not officially commented on his death.

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In the meantime, check out a performance of Floyd singing with his father Johnnie back in the day above.

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BIOGRAPHY

Despite Johnnie Taylor's awesomerun of hit records, he remains somewhat of an enigma, perhaps themost underrated recording artist of all time. Never-the-less,over the past twenty-five years, this 48-year old singingsensation has been one of the most versatile and durablerecording artists of the era. With a career than embraced Gospel,Pop, Blues, Doo Wopp, Memphis Soul, and even Disco, Taylor hasproven he can handle any piece of music.
Johnnie Harrison Taylor was born in Crawfordsville, Arkansas onMay 5, 1938, and reared in nearby West Memphis. Inspired equallyby gospel and blues (the legendary bluesman Junior Parker as hisneighbor), Taylor first recorded in the early fifties as part ofthe Five Echoes, a Doo-wopp group that had one release on theChance label in Chicago. However, he didn't receive any realrecognition of 'SOMEWHERE TO LAY MY HEAD'. Taylor'slead singing was strikingly close to Sam Cooke, so it wasn'tsurprising that he took Cooke's place in the Soul Stirrers in1957. During the next two years, Taylor would make a number offine recordings with that group, but he eventually left to pursuea short career as a preacher.
In the interim, Sam Cooke had formed the Sar label as a sidelineto his own successful recording career. Ironically, Cookerecruited Taylor for the label with the intention of making him aPop / R&B attraction. Taylor would score with 'ROMEWASN'T BUILT IN A DAY' in 1962, but his recording careerbogged down temporarily when Sar's operations were suspendedafter the tragic death of Sam Cooke.
All that was remedied in 1966 when Taylor signed on with StaxRecords in Memphis, scoring with the bluesy 'I HAD A DREAM'and 'I'VE GOT TO LOVE SOMEBODY'S BABY'. Two yearslater, Taylor's style easily adapted to the demands of modernSoul with his recording of 'WHO'S MAKING LOVE', whichshot to the top of the R&B charts. The record sold more thantwo million singles, and established Taylor as one of thenation's premier Soul attractions.
For the next seven years, Taylor's name rarely left thebestseller list. His first million seller was followed by suchclassics as 'TAKE CARE OF YOUR HOMEWORK', 'JODY'SGOT YOUR GIRL', 'STEAL AWAY' and 'CHEAPER TOKEEP HER' to name a few. It's true that much ink has beenspilled documenting the contributions Otis Redding, Booker T& The M.G.'s, Issac Hayes and Sam & Dave made to StaxRecords, but in fact, Johnnie Taylor was their all time bestselling recording artist.
With the demise of Stax, Taylor moved over to Columbia, waxingthe mega-hit, 'DISCO LADY', which was at the top ofeverybody's charts in 1975. Unfortunately, Columbia didn't fullyrecognize Taylor's talent, and they were content to mistakenlycast him as merely a Disco artist. Not surprisingly, his recordsales slipped.
After leaving Columbia, he made a brief stop at Beverly GlenRecords in 1982, recording a reasonable album and climbing backinto the charts with the 'WHAT ABOUT MY LOVE' single.But, as Taylor admits, at the time he was looking for a recordcompany that would work closely with him just as Stax once had.
Taylor found that company, or rather they found him in 1984, whenhe joined Malaco Records. His initial Malaco album, 'THIS ISYOUR NIGHT', was not only a well crafted piece of music, butsales wise, it was Taylor's biggest record in nearly a decade.The follow up 'WALL TO WALL' proved to be just assatisfying, featuring some for the best material. Blues, SoulBallads, down home Funk...it doesn't matter to Taylor. He cando it all, and this album proved it.

Johnnie Taylor diedof a heart attack on may 31st, 2000 and is buried at the ForrestHill Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri.

STAX DISCOGRAPHY

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Sar 114 : A WholeLotta Woman / Why Why Why
Sar 131 : Rome / Never Never
Sar 156 : Oh How I Love You / Run But You Can't Hide
Derby 1001 : Dance What You Wanna / Shine Shine Shine
Derby 1006 : Baby We've Got Love / (I'll Always Be) In Love WithYou
Derby 1010 : I Need Lots Of Love / Getting Married Soon
Stax 186 : I Had A Dream / Changes
Stax 193 : I Got To Love Somebody's Baby / Just The One I've BeenLooking For
Stax 202 : Little Bluebird / Toe Hold
Stax 209 : Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One) /Outside Love
Stax 226 : You Can't Get Away From It / If I Had It To Do AllOver
Stax 235 : Somebody's Sleeping In My Bed / Strange Things
Stax 247 : Next Time / Hello Sundown
Stax 253 : I Ain't Particular / Where There's Smoke There's Fire
Stax 0009 : Who's Making Love / I'm Trying
Stax 0023 : Take Care Of Your Homework / Hold On This Time
Stax 0033 : Testify / I Had A Fight With Love
Stax 0040 : Soul-A-lujah Pt. I / Pt. II (with E. Floyd, W. Bell,C. Thomas, etc.)
Stax 0041 : Never Let You Go / Ain't That Good (with M. Staples)
Stax 0042 : Just Keep On Loving Me / My Life (With C. Thomas)
Stax 0046 : I Could Never Be President / It's Amazing
Stax 0055 : Love Bones / Mr Nobody Is Somebody
Stax 0068 : Steal Away / Friday Night
Stax 0078 : I Am Somebody Pt. I / Pt. II
Stax 0085 : Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone / A Fool Like Me
Stax 0089 : I Don't Wanna Lose You Pt. I / Pt. II
Stax 0096 : Hijackin' Love / Love In The Streets (Ain't Good AsThe Love At Home)
Stax 0114 : Standing In For Jody / Shakin' Up
Stax 0122 : Doin' My Own Thing Pt. I / Pt. II
Stax 0142 : Stop Doggin' Me / Stop Teasin' Me
Stax 0155 : Don't You Fool With My Soul Pt. I / Pt. II
Stax 0161 : I Believe In You / Love Depression
Stax 0176 : Cheaper To Keep Her / I Can Read Between The Lines

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