Kate Taylor

  • Atlantic
  • Columbia
Musical artist
Websitehttps://katetaylor.com/

Kate Taylor (born August 15, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, originally from Boston, Massachusetts. She is the younger (and only) sister of renowned singer-songwriter James Taylor, a six-time Grammy winner.

Biography

Taylor was born in Boston and grew up with her four brothers in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where her father Isaac Taylor was dean of the medical school at the University of North Carolina. Her mother, Trudy, grew up in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and received training as a lyric soprano in Boston.

Taylor formed her first band at age 15 and had her first record deal with Atlantic Records four years later. Produced by her manager at the time, Peter Asher, she released her debut album Sister Kate in 1971. Her second album, the 1978 self-titled Kate Taylor,[1] was produced by her brother James and Lew Hahn on Columbia Records.

The following year Taylor released It's in There, produced by Barry Beckett at the famed Muscle Shoals studios.

Discography

Participations on compilation albums

  • Strong Hand of Love, tribute to Mark Heard, 1994
  • Orphans of God, tribute to Mark Heard, 1994
  • Follow That Road, 1994
  • In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record, 1980

References

  1. ^ White, Timothy (October 1, 2005). Long Ago and Far Away: James Taylor: His Life and Music. Omnibus. p. 256. ISBN 978-1-84449-864-2. Retrieved July 30, 2011.

External links

  • Kate Taylor official website
  • v
  • t
  • e
James Taylor
Studio albumsLive albums
  • Live/Best Live
  • One Man Band
  • Amchitka
  • Live at the Troubadour
  • Live at the Beacon Theatre (DVD video)
Holiday albums
Compilation albumsExtended playsSingles
Other songsRelated articles
Authority control databases Edit this at Wikidata
International
  • ISNI
  • VIAF
National
  • United States
Artists
  • MusicBrainz
Other
  • SNAC