![]() ![]() I mean, sometimes, I've felt, y'know, that I wish I wasn't so, uh, sort of personal or confessional. Taylor, along with former-wife Carly Simon, was one of the driving forces behind the early-'70s singer-songwriter era and admits that's he's still comfortable writing about his life: “That's the kind of work I do. James Taylor will forever be remembered for his string of classic hits, including “Fire And Rain,” “Sweet Baby James,” “You've Got A Friend,” “Up On The Roof,” “You Can Close Your Eyes,” “Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight,” “Handy Man,” “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You),” “Mockingbird,” “Mexico,” “Shower The People” “Her Town Too,” “Your Smiling Face,” and “Carolina In My Mind,” among many more. With album hitting Number Four on the Billboard 200 albums chart, Taylor became the first artist to earn a Top 10 album in each of the last six decades. The covers collection features tunes culled from the “great American Songbook,” including, “My Blue Heaven,” “Ol’ Man River,” “Pennies From Heaven,” “The Nearness Of You,” and “God Bless The Child,” among others. In 2020 Taylor released his latest album, titled American Standard. But it was actually a relief, like a laugh or a sigh,” Taylor told NPR.Happy Birthday to legendary singer-songwriter James Taylor, who turns 75 on Sunday (March 12th)!!! James Taylor kicks off his next series of tour dates over two nights - May 25th and 26th - at Woodinville, Washington's Chateau Ste. ![]() And that part was hard, having the feelings that needed to be expressed in that way. There were things that I needed to get rid of or at least get out of me or get in front of me or at least have some other relationship than feeling them internally, either by telling somebody else or by just putting them out in a form in front of me so that I could say, `There they are,’ you know, externalizing it somehow. “That song relieved a lot of sort of tension. The song, while dealing witha heavy subject, was quick and simple to write for Taylor, and he said the song was almost therapeutic to produce. He said he only learned of her death months later His friends kept the news from him because they didn’t want to distract him from his big break or make him sad, Taylor told NPR in 2000. When Schnerr died, Taylor was recording his debut album in London. Taylor wrote “Fire and Rain” in 1968 about his experience coping with a drug addiction and the death of his childhood friend, Suzanne Schnerr, who died by suicide. ![]() “After I play ‘You’ve Got a Friend,’ tears are streaming down their faces, and then for that 5 minutes and 12 seconds everybody is getting along,” said King. 1 spot on the Billboard 100.ĭuring their Troubadour Reunion Tour in 2010, Taylor and King played the song together, King on the piano and Taylor on the guitar. Taylor recorded it and won a Grammy for best pop vocal performance in 1971. “Hearing rendition of it for the first time, it was like oh my God. “It was extraordinary,” Taylor said of King’s generous act of friendship. That’s a great, great song,” recalled Taylor.Īt the time, King was recording her own album, but she allowed Taylor to have the first crack at it and he released the song as a single on his own album. “As soon as I heard it, I was just like, man, that’s just it. Taylor heard it the next day and knew the tune was going to be a hit. King composed “You’ve Got a Friend,” which she said was a song that quickly wrote itself. ![]()
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