James Taylor

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guitarist human recording artist singer-songwriter

James Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist known for his mellow voice, introspective lyrics, and classic hits like "Fire and Rain" and "You've Got a Friend."

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Label Occurrences
James Taylor canonical 174
James Taylor discography 4
James Taylor and his band (live performances) 1

Statements (82)

Predicate Object
instanceOf guitarist ⓘ
human ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1960s ⓘ
album Before This World ⓘ
Covers ⓘ
Dad Loves His Work ⓘ
Flag ⓘ
Gorilla ⓘ
Hourglass ⓘ
In the Pocket ⓘ
JT ⓘ
James Taylor self-link ⓘ
Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon ⓘ
Never Die Young ⓘ
New Moon Shine ⓘ
October Road ⓘ
One Man Dog ⓘ
Sweet Baby James ⓘ
That's Why I'm Here ⓘ
Walking Man ⓘ
associatedAct Carly Simon ⓘ
Carole King ⓘ
Jackson Browne ⓘ
Joni Mitchell ⓘ
Linda Ronstadt ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
birthName James Taylor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: James Vernon Taylor
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1948-03-12 ⓘ
genre adult contemporary music ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
Songwriters Hall of Fame ⓘ
movement 1970s singer-songwriter movement ⓘ
name James Taylor self-link ⓘ
notableCharacteristic introspective lyrics ⓘ
mellow voice ⓘ
notableEvent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 ⓘ
induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000 ⓘ
notableWork Carolina in My Mind ⓘ
Copperline ⓘ
Country Road ⓘ
Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight ⓘ
Fire and Rain ⓘ
Handy Man ⓘ
Her Town Too ⓘ
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
Millworker ⓘ
Shower the People ⓘ
Something in the Way She Moves ⓘ
Steamroller ⓘ
Sweet Baby James ⓘ
Walking Man ⓘ
You’ve Got a Friend ⓘ
surface form: You've Got a Friend
occupation composer ⓘ
guitarist ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
residence Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Massachusetts, United States

North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: North Carolina, United States
sibling Alex Taylor ⓘ
Hugh Taylor ⓘ
Kate Taylor ⓘ
Livingston Taylor ⓘ
spouse Carly Simon ⓘ
Caroline Smedvig ⓘ
Kathryn Walker ⓘ
voiceType baritone ⓘ

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Joni Mitchell → influenced → James Taylor ⓘ
Carole King → collaboratedWith → James Taylor ⓘ
Grammy Award for Song of the Year → hasAwardedTo → James Taylor ⓘ
2013 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama → hadMusicalPerformer → James Taylor ⓘ
"Appalachian Journey" album → featuresGuestArtist → James Taylor ⓘ
subject surface form: Appalachian Journey
"Appalachian Journey" album → featuresGuestVocalist → James Taylor ⓘ
subject surface form: Appalachian Journey
"Songs of Joy & Peace" album → hasGuestArtist → James Taylor ⓘ
subject surface form: Songs of Joy & Peace
Blue → influencedArtist → James Taylor ⓘ
River → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → James Taylor ⓘ
subject surface form: River (song)
A Case of You → hasMusicalArtist → James Taylor ⓘ
James Taylor → name → James Taylor self-link ⓘ
James Taylor → birthName → James Taylor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Vernon Taylor
James Taylor → album → James Taylor self-link ⓘ
Simon & Garfunkel → influencedArtist → James Taylor ⓘ
Taylor → hasNotableBearer → James Taylor ⓘ
Warner Bros. Records → hasArtist → James Taylor ⓘ
Tapestry → featuresMusician → James Taylor ⓘ
Up on the Roof → notableCoverVersionBy → James Taylor ⓘ
You’ve Got a Friend → performer → James Taylor ⓘ
You’ve Got a Friend → popularizedBy → James Taylor ⓘ
You’ve Got a Friend → notableVersionBy → James Taylor ⓘ
Heart of Gold → featuresVocalist → James Taylor ⓘ
Old Man → featuredMusician → James Taylor ⓘ
Old Man → backingVocalsBy → James Taylor ⓘ
Harvest → contributor → James Taylor ⓘ
Carly Simon → spouse → James Taylor ⓘ
Carly Simon → associatedAct → James Taylor ⓘ
Two-Lane Blacktop → hasCastMember → James Taylor ⓘ
Apple Records → notableArtist → James Taylor ⓘ
Hard Times Come Again No More → hasNotableRecordingBy → James Taylor ⓘ
Alison Krauss → collaboratedWith → James Taylor ⓘ
Carol Joan Klein → collaboratedWith → James Taylor ⓘ
David Spinozza → workedWith → James Taylor ⓘ
Michael Brecker → associatedAct → James Taylor ⓘ
Sammy Figueroa → associatedAct → James Taylor ⓘ
Shawn Colvin → associatedAct → James Taylor ⓘ
Musicians United for Safe Energy → hasParticipant → James Taylor ⓘ
song "Oh Shenandoah" → hasRecordingBy → James Taylor ⓘ
subject surface form: Oh Shenandoah
J.D. Souther → associatedWith → James Taylor ⓘ
J.D. Souther → wroteForArtist → James Taylor ⓘ
Mark O’Connor → collaboratedWith → James Taylor ⓘ
Russ Kunkel → workedWith → James Taylor ⓘ
Fire and Rain → artist → James Taylor ⓘ
Fire and Rain → performer → James Taylor ⓘ
Fire and Rain → writer → James Taylor ⓘ
Fire and Rain → composer → James Taylor ⓘ
Fire and Rain → isSignatureSongOf → James Taylor ⓘ
Carolina in My Mind → artist → James Taylor ⓘ
Carolina in My Mind → writer → James Taylor ⓘ
Carolina in My Mind → composer → James Taylor ⓘ