Performance · Production
Johnnie Taylor
Crawfordsville, United States • 1934-05-05 – 2000-05-31
Johnnie Taylor is credited on 171 releases across 69 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2018 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
171
Pressings credited
69
Albums
7
Decades active
171
In collections
Biography
Johnnie Harrison Taylor (May 5, 1934 – May 31, 2000) was an American recording artist and songwriter who performed a wide variety of genres, from blues, rhythm and blues, soul, and gospel to pop, doo-wop, and disco. He was initially successful at Stax Records with the number-one R&B hits "Who's Making Love" (1968), "Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone" (1971) and "I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)" (1973), and reached number one on the US pop charts with "Disco Lady" in 1976. In 2022, Taylor was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
171 releases · 69 albums · active 1954–2018
- Performance · 221
- Production · 18
- Other credits · 4
- Engineering · 2
Studios: Muscle Shoals Sound Studios · Federal Records Studio · Criteria Recording Studios · Powerplay Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Buhloone Mind State
1993

The Anthology
1999

Beats, Rhymes And Life
1996

Al Green Gets Next To You
1971

Roger Taylor's Fun In Space
1981

Wanted One Soul Singer
1967

Who's Making Love
1968

Only For The Lonely
1970

Sam Cooke
1961

Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story 1959 - 1965
1994

Ever Ready
1978

Taylored In Silk
1973

Boy Meets Girl
1969

UN Or U Out
2004

Disco 9000 (Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture)
1977

The Johnnie Taylor Philosophy Continues
1969

Presenting Gospel Pearls
1962

Live At The Summit Club
2007

Stax Profiles
2006

Mavis Staples / Only For The Lonely
1993

Jesus Gave Me Water
1993

I Know It's Wrong But I ... Just Can't Do Right
1991

Lover Boy
1987

She's Killing Me
1979
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Al Green
- Ernie Smith
- The Soul Stirrers
- Mavis Staples
- The Five Echoes
- Highway QC's
- The Chambers Brothers
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