Taylor Ware
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Taylor Marie Ware is an American
singer and yodeler from Franklin
, Tennessee
, a suburb of Nashville
.
Before Ware knew how to yodel, she performed at a county fair at age four. Her talent was singing and playing a violin
. When she was six she decided to sing to seniors, so she started an Adopt-a-Grandparent program. According to Ware, she taught herself to yodel from an audiotape and instruction book when she was seven years old, after going to a convention with a friend.
In 2003, Ware won $10,000 in the Yahoo!
Yodel Challenge. She beat eight other yodelers to receive her prize. She was later featured in a Yahoo commercial. She also participated in a challenge to beat a Guinness world record.
Taylor honed her yodeling skills while taking lessons from country music star Margo Smith who is known worldwide as the Tennessee Yodeler. Shortly after taking yodeling lessons from Smith, Taylor was the runner-up on the NBC show America's Got Talent in August 2006.
Ware performed on the Grand Ole Opry
with Riders in the Sky when she was nine years old. At age eleven, she competed on NBC
's America's Got Talent
and was selected by the viewers on July 13, 2006 to advance to the final competition (which aired on August 16, 2006). She was one of the top five finalists but she lost to 11-year old Bianca Ryan
and Irish step-dancers/fiddlers, Celtic Spring
. The million-dollar prize was later awarded to Ryan.
When Ware was nine, she was given a dog as a gift by Wayne Brady
after she appeared on his now defunct television show, The Wayne Brady Show
. She named the dog Brady after him.
Ware's younger brother, Harrison, is also a singer and yodeler. He has performed onstage at the Tennessee State Fair
.
Ware released her self-titled debut album in 2004. In 2007, she released her second album, titled America's Yodeling Sweetheart. She appeared in an episode of Laguna Beach
as herself. Ware was an opening act at the Liberty Bowl
for singer LeAnn Rimes
in Memphis, Tennessee
on December 29, 2006, performing the national anthem
.
She also has appeared in commercials for Beech Bend Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
America's Yodeling Sweetheart track listing:
United States
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singer and yodeler from Franklin
Franklin, Tennessee
Franklin is a city within and the county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 62,487 as of the 2010 census Franklin is located approximately south of downtown Nashville.-History:...
, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
, a suburb of Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
.
Before Ware knew how to yodel, she performed at a county fair at age four. Her talent was singing and playing a violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
. When she was six she decided to sing to seniors, so she started an Adopt-a-Grandparent program. According to Ware, she taught herself to yodel from an audiotape and instruction book when she was seven years old, after going to a convention with a friend.
In 2003, Ware won $10,000 in the Yahoo!
Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine , Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping ,...
Yodel Challenge. She beat eight other yodelers to receive her prize. She was later featured in a Yahoo commercial. She also participated in a challenge to beat a Guinness world record.
Taylor honed her yodeling skills while taking lessons from country music star Margo Smith who is known worldwide as the Tennessee Yodeler. Shortly after taking yodeling lessons from Smith, Taylor was the runner-up on the NBC show America's Got Talent in August 2006.
Ware performed on the Grand Ole Opry
Grand Ole Opry
The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly country music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee, that has presented the biggest stars of that genre since 1925. It is also among the longest-running broadcasts in history since its beginnings as a one-hour radio "barn dance" on WSM-AM...
with Riders in the Sky when she was nine years old. At age eleven, she competed on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
's America's Got Talent
America's Got Talent
America's Got Talent is an American reality television series on the NBC television network, and part of the global British Got Talent franchise. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians, and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of...
and was selected by the viewers on July 13, 2006 to advance to the final competition (which aired on August 16, 2006). She was one of the top five finalists but she lost to 11-year old Bianca Ryan
Bianca Ryan
Bianca Taylor Ryan is an American singer and guitarist, who won the debut season of NBC's America's Got Talent at age 11....
and Irish step-dancers/fiddlers, Celtic Spring
Celtic Spring
Celtic Spring is an Irish-American dance and fiddle band from California, United States. The family band combine Irish Traditional Music with Irish and Cape Breton step dancing. The members of Celtic Spring are all members of the Wood family....
. The million-dollar prize was later awarded to Ryan.
When Ware was nine, she was given a dog as a gift by Wayne Brady
Wayne Brady
Wayne Alphonso Brady is an actor, singer, comedian and television personality, known for his work as a regular on the American version of the improvisational comedy television series Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and as the host of the daytime talk show The Wayne Brady Show...
after she appeared on his now defunct television show, The Wayne Brady Show
The Wayne Brady Show
The Wayne Brady Show was a variety show hosted by Wayne Brady that originally ran from August 8, 2001 to March 11, 2002 on ABC. Due to low ratings, the show was cancelled by ABC and reformatted into a daytime variety talk show for syndication...
. She named the dog Brady after him.
Ware's younger brother, Harrison, is also a singer and yodeler. He has performed onstage at the Tennessee State Fair
Tennessee State Fair
The Tennessee State Fair is the annual state fair, held in Nashville, Tennessee. The fair is generally held in the second week of September, as well as the weekends surrounding it. The fair regularly hosts over 200,000 people per year The State Fairgrounds have been under scrutiny since...
.
Ware released her self-titled debut album in 2004. In 2007, she released her second album, titled America's Yodeling Sweetheart. She appeared in an episode of Laguna Beach
Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County
Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, often referred to simply as Laguna Beach, is a reality television series which originally aired on MTV from September 28, 2004 until November 16, 2006. It documents the lives of several teenagers living in Laguna Beach, an affluent seaside community located in...
as herself. Ware was an opening act at the Liberty Bowl
Liberty Bowl
The Liberty Bowl is an annual U.S. American college football bowl game played in December of each year from 1959 to 2007 and in January in 2009 and 2010. The Liberty Bowl was sponsored by AXA Financial and was known as the AXA Liberty Bowl from 1997 to 2003...
for singer LeAnn Rimes
LeAnn Rimes
LeAnn Rimes is an American country/pop singer. She is known for her rich vocals and her rise to fame as an eight-year-old champion on the original Ed McMahon version of Star Search, followed by the release of the Patsy Cline-intended single "Blue" when Rimes was only age 13, resulting in her...
in Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
on December 29, 2006, performing the national anthem
National anthem
A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...
.
She also has appeared in commercials for Beech Bend Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Discography
| Year | Album |
|---|---|
| 2004 | Taylor Ware Taylor Ware (album) Taylor Ware is the self-titled debut album released by singer, yodeler and former America's Got Talent contestant, Taylor Ware. The album was released in 2004, before Ware's appearance on the television show... |
| 2007 | America's Yodeling Sweetheart |
America's Yodeling Sweetheart track listing:
- "How Does She Yodel?"
- "Yodeling Cowgirls"
- "Mockingbird Yodel"
- "Chocolate Ice Cream Cone"
- "Taylor's Yodel"
- "Cowboy's Sweetheart"
- "My Little Lady Who"
- "Nola"
- "Hillbilly Fever"
- "Jesse The Yodeling Cowgirl"
- "He Taught Me How To Yodel"
- "Yodel Your Troubles Away"