More Info on Chip TaylorSimilar Undetermined MusicSearch Artistopia
Biography
Infobox musical artist| name = Chip Taylor| image = ChipTaylor 2006.jpg| caption = Taylor at Wolverhampton, 2006| image_size = 140px| background = solo_singer| birth_name = James Wesley Voight| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1940|3|21| origin = Yonkers, New York , U.S.| death_date =| instrument =| genre = Country music|Country | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 1971present| label = Buddah Records|Buddah , Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros. , CBS Records|CBS , Capitol Records|Capitol , Train Wreck| associated_acts = Carrie Rodriguez , Kendel Carson , John Platania | website = James Wesley Voight (born March 21, 1940), better known by his stage name as Chip Taylor , is an American songwriter , who is noted for writing the songs " Angel of the Morning " and " Wild Thing (Chip Taylor song)|Wild Thing ." He is the brother of actor Jon Voight and geologist Barry Voight. He is the uncle of actress Angelina Jolie and actor James Haven .
Early career
Taylor attended Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, New York . http://www.spectropop.com/ChipTaylor/index.htm Spectro Pop After an unsuccessful attempt to become a professional golfer , Taylor entered the music business, writing pop and rock songs, both alone and with other songwriters, including Al Gorgoni (as the duo Just Us (duo)|Just Us ), Billy Vera , Ted Daryll, and Jerry Ragovoy .
As "tune tailor"
Taylor's best-known songs are " Wild Thing (Chip Taylor song)|Wild Thing ," which, though originally recorded in 1965 by Jordan Christopher & The Wild Ones, became famous as both a 1966 hit single for The Troggs and a 1967 concert|live performance by Jimi Hendrix , and " Angel of the Morning ," a hit for Merrilee Rush in 1968, and then a million-selling single in 1981 for country-pop singer Juice Newton . http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-Peppard_0324gd.ART.State.Edition1.4cbe2a5.html Dallas News Other notable pop and country songs written by Taylor include "He Sits at Your Table" ( Willie Nelson ), " I Can't Let Go " ( Evie Sands , Linda Ronstadt ), "The Baby" ( The Hollies ), "Worry" ( Johnny Tillotson ), "Make Me Belong to You"( Barbara Lewis ), "I Can Make It With You" ( The Pozo Seco Singers , Jackie DeShannon ), "Any Way That You Want Me" (The Troggs, Evie Sands , Juice Newton), "Step Out of Your Mind", "Country Girl City Man" ( Billy Vera and Judy Clay ), "I'll Hold Out My Hand", "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)" ( Janis Joplin ), "Julie" ( Bobby Fuller|Bobby Fuller Four ), "Lonely Is As Lonely Does" ( The Fleetwoods ), "Sweet Dream Woman" ( Waylon Jennings ), "A Little Bit Later On Down the Line" (Bobby Bare) and "Son of a Rotten Gambler" ( Emmylou Harris , the Hollies , Anne Murray ).
In 2009, Ace Records (UK)|Ace Records released a compilation CD of some of Taylor's compositions as recorded by other artists ( Wild Thing: The Songs of Chip Taylor )
On his own
Taylor has released recordings on Warner Bros. , Columbia Records|Columbia , and Capitol Records|Capitol . His most popular recording is Last Chance, on Warner Bros. In the mid-1970s, Taylor gave up the music business for a career as a professional gambler specializing in blackjack and horse-racing handicapping. But the year 1980 saw Taylor make an appearance in the film Melvin and Howard .
Performing career
Taylor restarted his performing and recording career in 1993. At a SXSW|South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas in 2001, Chip met singer and violinist Carrie Rodriguez , with whom he performed and recorded Americana (music)|Americana music for several years. The duo recorded ''Let's Leave This Town in 2002. They released The Trouble With Humans the following year and the critically acclaimed Red Dog Tracks'' in 2005. Each has since released successful solo albums. Taylor's double-CD Unglorious Hallelujah/Red Red Rose , his first solo album in five years, was quickly hailed as "a future classic" by Sonic Magazine, whose reviewer declared: "This is the best we've heard from Chip Taylor so far." Rodriguez's solo album, Seven Angels on a Bicycle , was released in August 2006. In late 2006 and early 2007, Rodriguez toured on her own but continued to perform with Taylor from time to time. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=121293929 NPR
Taylor has also performed with alt-country singer-songwriter Robbie Fulks , playing bass for Fulks's January 2004 date at Double Door in Chicago. Taylor has done a series of shows with guitarist John Platania and the young singer/fiddler Kendel Carson , and he produced both their 2007 albums. In addition, the reggae rap star Shaggy (musician)|Shaggy utilized " Angel of the Morning " as the basis for his hit "Angel" in 2001. The song also used the bass line of the Steve Miller (musician)|Steve Miller song " The Joker (song)|The Joker "." Angel of the Morning " has sold over 13 million copies worldwide.
Chip Taylor΄s album " Yonkers, NY " was in 2011 nominee for Grammy Award , for best recording package but lost to "Brothers" by The Black Keys.cite web|url= http://www.countrystandardtime.com/news/newsitem.asp? xid=5061 |title=Black Keys package takes Grammy over Chip Taylor |publisher=Countrystandardtime.com |date=2007-10-23 |accessdate=2011-11-07
In Film
The 2011 indie film In the Family (by Patrick Wang) references and uses Chip Taylor's music and includes an appearance by the songwriter as "Darryl Hines". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1845804/combined In the Family IMDb entry
Train Wreck Records
In 2007, Taylor launched his own independent record label|independent label , Train Wreck Records. http://www.markpuccimedia.com/train_wreck_more.htm Train Wreck Records Press Release
Discography
Albums
Year
Album
Top Country Albums>US Country
Label
1971
Gorgoni, Martin & Taylor
& nbsp;
Buddha
1971
Gasoline
& nbsp;
Buddha
1973
''Chip Taylor's Last Chance
& nbsp;
Warner Bros.
1974
Some of Us
& nbsp;
1975
This Side of the Big River
36
1976
Somebody Shoot Out the Jukebox
& nbsp;
CBS
1979
Saint Sebastian
& nbsp;
Capitol
1996
Hit Man
& nbsp;
1997
Living Room Tapes
& nbsp;
1999
Seven Days In May... A Love Story
& nbsp;
2000
London Sessions Bootleg
& nbsp;
2001
Black & Blue America
& nbsp;
2002
''Let's Leave This Town
& nbsp;
Lone Star
2003
The Trouble With Humans
& nbsp;
Lone Star
2005
Red Dog Tracks
& nbsp;
2006
Unglorious Hallelujah
& nbsp;
Back Porch Music
2007
Live from the Ruhr Triennale
& nbsp;
MRI
2008
New Songs of Freedom
& nbsp;
Megaforce
2008
Songs From a Dutch Tour
& nbsp;
Train Wreck
2009
Yonkers NY
& nbsp;
Train Wreck
Compilations
Year
Album
Label
2008
Angels & Gamblers: Best of 1971-1979
Raven Records
2010
James Wesley Days Best of 99-10
Rootsy / Train Wreck
Singles
Year
Single
Chart Positions
Album
US Country
CAN Country
1973
"101 In Cashbox"
style="text-align:center;"
style="text-align:center;"
''Chip Taylor's Last Chance
1975
"Me As I Am"
80
& nbsp;
Some of Us
"Early Sunday Morning"
28
41
"Big River"
61
& nbsp;
This Side of the Big River
1976
"Circle of Tears"
92
& nbsp;
1977
"Hello Atlanta" (with Ghost Train)
93
& nbsp;
Somebody Shoot Out the Jukebox
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.spectropop.com/ChipTaylor/index.htm Interview with Chip Taylor by Spectropop
http://www.secondhandsongs.com/song/29292.html Cover History of Wild Thing on Second Hand Songs
http://www.trainwreckrecords.com/ Train Wreck Records site for Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez
imdb name|id=0852118|name=Chip Taylor
amg name|id=11:dpfrxq95ldte
Persondata | NAME =Taylor, Chip | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =March 21, 1944 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Chip Category:1940 births Category:Living people Category:People from Yonkers, New York Category:Musicians from New York City Category:Songwriters from New York Category:American gamblers Category:American musicians of Slovak descent Category:American musicians of German descent Category:American writers of German descent Category:American male singers Category:American singer-songwriters
bn:??? ????? cs:Chip Taylor de:Chip Taylor fr:Chip Taylor hi:??? ???? ru:??? ?????? sk:Chip Taylor tr:Chip Taylor
Copyright Citations
This article is licensed under the GNU License
Click here for original article: Chip Taylor
