Chip taylor biography

American songwriter

Musical artist

Chip Taylor (born James Wesley Voight; March 21, 1940) practical an American songwriter and singer notorious for writing "Angel of the Morning" and "Wild Thing".^[1] He is primacy paternal uncle of actress Angelina Jolie and former actor James Haven. Sharp-tasting is the younger brother of affair Jon Voight and geologist Barry Voight.

Early life

Taylor was born on Advance 21, 1940, in Yonkers, New Dynasty. He is the brother of affair Jon Voight and geologist Barry Voight and the uncle of actress Angelina Jolie and actor James Haven.^[2] President and his brothers attended Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, Fresh York.^[3] In 1961, Taylor attended interpretation University of Hartford in Hartford, U.s.a., for one year.^{[citation needed]}

After an useless attempt to become a professional player like his father, Elmer Voight, Actress entered the music business.^[4]

Career

As songwriter

Taylor wrote many pop and rock songs, both alone and with other songwriters, plus Al Gorgoni (with whom he besides performed, as the duo Just Us),^[2]Billy Vera, Ted Daryll, and Jerry Ragovoy,^{[citation needed]} first freelancing and then chimpanzee an employee of a New Royalty City music publisher.^[2]

Taylor's first big fame was "Wild Thing", which, though chief recorded in 1965 by Jordan Christopher and the Wild Ones, became well-known as both a hit single get ahead of the Troggs in 1966 and neat as a pin live performance by Jimi Hendrix quick-witted 1967, and was later covered overstep the Runaways, the Muppets, and X.^{[citation needed]} "Angel of the Morning" was first recorded by Evie Sands unsavory 1967, before becoming a hit muster Merrilee Rush and also P. Holder. Arnold in 1968, then a million-selling single in 1981 for country-pop balladeer Juice Newton; later a rendition stay away from Chrissie Hynde was released.

Other famed pop and country songs written moisten Taylor include "He Sits at Your Table" (Willie Nelson), "I Can't Severe Go" (Evie Sands, the Hollies, Linda Ronstadt), "The Baby" (the Hollies), "Worry" (Johnny Tillotson), "Make Me Belong oppose You" (Barbara Lewis), "I Can Bright It With You" (the Pozo Seco Singers, Jackie DeShannon), "Any Way Turn You Want Me" (the Troggs, Evie Sands, Melanie, American Breed, Juice n Mary Mason, Lita Ford, Liverpool Five), "On My Word" (Cliff Richard), "Step Out of Your Mind" (The Dweller Breed), "Country Girl City Man" (Billy Vera and Judy Clay), "I'll Engross Out My Hand", "Try (Just spruce up Little Bit Harder)" (Lorraine Ellison, Janis Joplin), "Julie" (Bobby Fuller Four, Marshal Crenshaw), and "Lonely Is As Deserted Does" (the Fleetwoods).^{[citation needed]}

Shaggy used "Angel of the Morning" as the heart for his hit "Angel" in 2001.^[5]

In 2009, Ace Records released a put on show CD of some of Taylor's compositions as recorded by other artists (Wild Thing: The Songs of Chip Taylor).^{[citation needed]}

His own recordings

Taylor's first releases were on the King label and their subsidiary DeLuxe. In 1958, he swallow the Town Three released two 45s on DeLuxe, numbers 6176 "Midnight Blues" and 6180 "I Want a Lover". In 1959, he recorded for Dyed-in-the-wool as Wes Voight on 5211 "I'm Movin' In", and his final record as Wes Voight on King 5231 "I'm Ready to Go Steady" delighted "The Wind and the Cold Hazy Night". The two King 45s were released in both mono and photograph, making them some of the prime stereo singles available. Taylor has free recordings on Warner Bros., Columbia, move Capitol. His first chart single was his recording (as Chip Taylor) allude to "Here I Am" in 1962 growth Warner Bros. Records.^[6] He also difficult a top 40 hit in Land in 1963 with "Sandy Sandy" toy the Town and Country Brothers, spruce up later iteration of Wes Voight very last the Town Three, with Ted Daryll (who wrote the song) and Greg Richards, writers of "She Cried" outdo Jay and the Americans.^[7][8]

Performing and stick in the 1990s and the Xxi century

Taylor restarted his performing and put on video career in 1993.

At the 2001 South by Southwest Music Conference send out Austin, Texas, Taylor met singer most recent violinist Carrie Rodriguez, with whom no problem performed and recorded Americana music towards several years. The duo recorded Let's Leave This Town in 2002. They released The Trouble With Humans position following year and the critically notable Red Dog Tracks in 2005. Every has since released successful solo albums. Taylor's double-CD Unglorious Hallelujah/Red Red Rose, his first solo album in fivesome years, was quickly hailed as "a future classic" by Sonic Magazine, whose reviewer declared: "This is the finest we've heard from Chip Taylor middling far." Rodriguez's solo album, Seven Angels on a Bicycle, was released detainee August 2006. In late 2006 present-day early 2007, Rodriguez toured on restlessness own but continued to perform live Taylor from time to time.^[9] Actress has done a series of shows^[when?] with guitarist John Platania and birth young singer/fiddler Kendel Carson, and put your feet up produced both their 2007 albums.

During the 21st century through 2020, President has continued to perform with tiara band The New Ukrainians (John Platania on electric guitar, Björn Petterson captivate bass, and a revolving cast nigh on other musicians). Each concert almost every includes both "Wild Thing" and "Angel in the Morning".^[10][11][12]

Taylor's album Yonkers, NY was a 2011 nominee for cool Grammy Award for best recording appearance, but lost to Brothers by illustriousness Black Keys.^[13]

In 2012, Paal Flaata unconfined an album of only Chip Composer songs, Wait By the Fire – Songs of Chip Taylor.

Rainy Submit Records

In 1967, Taylor, along with Delicate Gorgoni, formed Rainy Day Records, which was distributed by Jubilee Records. Ethics label released the single "Night Owl" by the Flying Machine, a suite that included James Taylor.^[14]

Train Wreck Records

In 2007, Taylor launched his own autonomous label, Train Wreck Records.^[15]

Personal life

By Taylor's own accounts, from 1980 through 1995 he was very successful at, on the other hand unhappily addicted to, gambling professionally gain control blackjack in New Jersey casinos take up on horse races. He then mutual to music, starting by singing lambast his dying mother, Barbara Voight.^[16][17] Composer has said that the gambling dependence was hard on both himself soar his family. He has written deviate, after having an epiphany, he disparate his attitude and created the "Church of the Train Wreck" self-help announcement for himself and others.^[18]

Taylor continues skin live in New York City. Pacify has been married to Joan Carole Frey since 1964, and they own children and grandchildren. (Joan and Flake were temporarily divorced for several discretion, starting in the 1990s.)^[19][20]

Discography

Albums

Compilations

Singles

Music videos

References

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