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James Taylor


Born
in Boston, Massachusetts, The United States
March 12, 1948

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Genre
Music, Poetry


Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.

James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Taylor's career began in the mid-1960s, but he found his audience in the early 1970s, singing sensitive and gentle acoustic songs. He was part of a wave of singer-songwriters of the time that also included Joni Mitchell, Tom Rush, Cat Stevens, Carole King, John Denver, Jim Croce, Don McLean, and Jackson Browne, as well as Carly Simon, whom Taylor later married.

His 1976 album Greatest Hits was certified diamond and has sold more than 11 million copies. He has retained a large audience well into the 1990s and early 2000 ...more

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James Taylor Complete, Volu...
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James Taylor Greatest Hits
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James Taylor Anthology
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“The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.”
― James Taylor
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“Shower the people you love with love!”
― James Taylor
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“Make today today.”
― James Taylor
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