JT Taylor
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James "JT" Taylor was born August 16, 1953 in New Jersey.
James JT Taylor had a fall back job as he began his career. Before his rise to
fame, Taylor was a schoolteacher and amateur nightclub singer. When he was 13
years old, he and his friends started their own band. He joined Kool & The Gang
in 1978 and became the band's lead singer in 1979.
James JT Taylor was the lead singer for Kool & the Gang from 1979 to 1988,.
James "J.T." Taylor presided over the group's commercial if not artistic
peak of the early to mid-'80s, later moving on to a solo career. Born August 16,
1953, "J.T." Taylor joined Kool & the Gang at a point when the pioneering funk
band was beginning to lose steam amidst the rise of disco. Five years after
their last hit, the group enlisted both producer Eumir Deodato and "J.T." Taylor
and re-entered the Top Ten in 1979 with the decidedly disco-slanted "Ladies
Night," a track which topped the R&B charts. The following year, Kool & the Gang
delivered its first number one hit on the pop charts, "Celebration." Although
Top Ten placements were frequent from 1982 through 1987, "J.T." Taylor left the
band for a solo career in 1988, thanks in large part to the success. (One
monument to his impact with Kool & the Gang is that the group recruited three
people to replace him Skip Martin, Gary Brown, and Odeen Mays.)
James JT Taylor had instant success as a solo artist. After signing to Epic
Records in 1988, James "J.T." Taylor found a hit on his first at-bat: a duet
with Regina Belle called "All I Want Is Forever." The theme song to the Gregory
Hines film Tap, it reached number two on the R&B charts, but was unable to cross
over to the pop charts. "J.T." Taylor recorded three albums for MCA during the
early '90s, failing to trump the success of "All I Want Is Forever," though
"Long Hot Summer Night" made it to the R&B Top 20 in 1991. After a lengthy
hiatus, "J.T." Taylor resurfaced in mid-2000 with Brand New Me.
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