Jazz Articles about Johnnie Taylor

Johnnie Taylor: Taylored in Silk

by C. Michael Bailey
June 4, 2011

Concord Music Group begins a Stax Remasters series with the release of The Staples Singers' Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (1972), Booker T and the MGs' McLemore Avenue (1970) and Johnnie Taylor Taylored in Silk (1973). The Taylor's disc is most notable for sharpening the definition of “Memphis Soul." Johnnie Taylor today is best known for his 1976 Columbia single, “Disco Lady." But it was long before then that Taylor began to leave his footprint on American music. ...