Kate Taylor
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- This article deals with Kate Taylor, the singer. For other people of the same name, see Kate Taylor (disambiguation)Kate Taylor (disambiguation)Kate Taylor may refer to:* Kate Taylor , folk singer and singer-songwriter** Kate Taylor , her self-titled 1978 album* Kate Taylor , Canadian novelist and journalist* Kate Taylor , British sex columnist-See also:...
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Kate Taylor (born August 15, 1949) is an American
United States
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folk singer
Folk Singer
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, originally from Boston, Massachusetts
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Biography
Kate was born in Boston and grew up with her four brothers in Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina
Chapel Hill is a town in Orange County, North Carolina, United States and the home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Health Care...
, North Carolina
North Carolina
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, where her father was Dean of the medical school at the University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
. Her mother, Trudy, was a New England native and had received training as a lyric soprano in Boston.
As a member of one of the most famous musical families in America, Taylor and her four brothers, Alex
Alex Taylor (musician)
Alex Taylor was an American singer. Alexander Taylor was the eldest child of Dr. Isaac Taylor and Gertrude Taylor. He was a member of a family which produced a number of musicians, the most famous of whom is James Taylor, but also includes Livingston, Hugh and Kate Taylor.Alex Taylor had two sons,...
, Livingston
Livingston Taylor
Livingston Taylor is an American singer-songwriter, born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He attended the Westtown School in Pennsylvania...
, Hugh and James
James Taylor
James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000....
, have all enjoyed some measure of success as performing and recording artists, starting in the late 1960s. Kate, Livingston and James are still recording and have active touring careers; Hugh owns the Outermost Inn on Martha's Vineyard; Alex is deceased. James Taylor's career has been particularly successful.
Taylor formed her first band at age 15 and had her first record deal with Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records
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four years later. Produced by her manager at the time, Peter Asher
Peter Asher
Peter Asher is an English guitarist, singer, manager and record producer. He first came to prominence in the 1960s as a member of the vocal duo Peter and Gordon before going on to a successful career as a record producer.-Early life:He was born at the Central Middlesex Hospital, a child actor and...
, her debut album Sister Kate
Sister Kate (album)
Sister Kate is singer Kate Taylor's first album, released in 1971.The album features versions of songs by a number of different artists, including "Where You Lead" and "Home Again" which also appeared on Carole King's Tapestry album that same year, as well as two songs which had been recently been...
was released in 1971. Her second album, the 1978 self-titled Kate Taylor
Kate Taylor (album)
Kate Taylor is singer Kate Taylor's second album, released in 1978.The album provided Taylor with her best-selling single: a version of "It's in His Kiss ", which peaked at 49 on the Billboard charts.-Track listing:...
, was produced by her brother James and Lew Hahn on Columbia Records. It was well received, and produced another charting hit, "It's in His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)", done as a duet with James. It peaked at 49 on the Billboard charts.
The following year Taylor released It's in There
It's in There
It's in There… And It's Got To Come Out! is singer Kate Taylor's third album, released in 1979.It's in There failed to reach its public...
, produced by Barry Beckett
Barry Beckett
Barry Edward Beckett was a keyboardist who worked as a session musician with several notable artists on their studio albums...
at the famed Muscle Shoals studios. The label did not promote the album well and it did not achieve its expected success. After this release Taylor took a break from the music industry to raise her two young daughters, Elizabeth and Aretha. She continued to perform and contribute to various projects, including an appearance on the Mark Heard
Mark Heard
John Mark Heard was a record producer, folk-rock singer, and songwriter originally from Macon, Georgia, USA....
tribute album Orphans of God
Orphans of God
Orphans of God is a 2 CD compilation of songs performed by various artists in tribute to songwriter Mark Heard.Recorded and released after Heard's death in 1992, proceeds benefit the Heard Family Fund....
and as a back-up singer for various other artists.
In 2003 she released Beautiful Road
Beautiful Road
Beautiful Road is singer Kate Taylor's fourth album, released in 2003.After Taylor's previous album, 1979's It's in There failed to reach its public, Taylor took a break from the music industry for the next two decades, during which time she appeared sporadically as a performer and back-up singer...
, a particularly personal album, dedicated to her manager and husband, Charlie Witham, who fell ill while she was recording the album and died shortly before its release. It received high praise, including 3 stars from Rolling Stone magazine, who called it "a heartfelt folk rock gem."
In 2003, Taylor resumed her touring career and now plays regularly in New York City
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, New England
New England
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and the South
Southern United States
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. She was a featured performer at the 2008 Newport Folk Festival in Newport, RI.
In 2005, Taylor released her first live album, Kate Taylor Live at The Cutting Room
Kate Taylor Live at The Cutting Room
Kate Taylor Live at The Cutting Room is singer Kate Taylor's fifth album, released in 2005.The album is a live concert, recorded on December 10, 2004 at The Cutting Room in New York City. Tony Garnier, longtime Bob Dylan bandmember, plays bass...
, a recording of a live concert made the previous year.
In July 2009, Kate Taylor released her first album of all original songs, entitled "Fair Time!" and in September 2009 Kate and Film Truth productions released a documentary DVD called "Tunes from the Tipi and Other Songs from Home." The film traces the Taylor family's and Kate's musical history and journey from Chapel Hill to Martha's Vineyard.
Discography
- Sister KateSister Kate (album)Sister Kate is singer Kate Taylor's first album, released in 1971.The album features versions of songs by a number of different artists, including "Where You Lead" and "Home Again" which also appeared on Carole King's Tapestry album that same year, as well as two songs which had been recently been...
(1971) - Kate TaylorKate Taylor (album)Kate Taylor is singer Kate Taylor's second album, released in 1978.The album provided Taylor with her best-selling single: a version of "It's in His Kiss ", which peaked at 49 on the Billboard charts.-Track listing:...
(1978) - It's in ThereIt's in ThereIt's in There… And It's Got To Come Out! is singer Kate Taylor's third album, released in 1979.It's in There failed to reach its public...
(1979) - Beautiful RoadBeautiful RoadBeautiful Road is singer Kate Taylor's fourth album, released in 2003.After Taylor's previous album, 1979's It's in There failed to reach its public, Taylor took a break from the music industry for the next two decades, during which time she appeared sporadically as a performer and back-up singer...
(2003) - Kate Taylor Live at The Cutting RoomKate Taylor Live at The Cutting RoomKate Taylor Live at The Cutting Room is singer Kate Taylor's fifth album, released in 2005.The album is a live concert, recorded on December 10, 2004 at The Cutting Room in New York City. Tony Garnier, longtime Bob Dylan bandmember, plays bass...
(2005) - Fair Time! (2009)
Participations on compilation albums
- Strong Hand of LoveStrong Hand of LoveStrong Hand of Love: A Tribute to Mark Heard is a compilation of songs by various artists in tribute to songwriter, Mark Heard.Recorded and released in 1994, after Heard's death in 1992. Proceeds benefit the Heard Family Fund....
, tribute to Mark HeardMark HeardJohn Mark Heard was a record producer, folk-rock singer, and songwriter originally from Macon, Georgia, USA....
, 1994 - Orphans of GodOrphans of GodOrphans of God is a 2 CD compilation of songs performed by various artists in tribute to songwriter Mark Heard.Recorded and released after Heard's death in 1992, proceeds benefit the Heard Family Fund....
, tribute to Mark Heard, 1994 - Follow That Road, 1994