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  • Birth Name: James Vernon Taylor
  • Birth Place: Boston, MA
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 03/12/1948, Pisces
  • Profession: Singer; songwriter; musician
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James Taylor Fast Facts:
  • Learned how to play the guitar when he was 12 years old after studying cello as a child.
  • Dropped out of school at 16 to form his first band.
  • In his late teens, checked himself into McLean Psychiatric Hospital in Massachusetts after a brief relocation to New York.
  • Formed a new group called The Flying Machine with Kortchmar and Joel O'Brien in 1966.
  • Recorded his first debut solo album, entitled James Taylor, which was released in the U.K. at the end of 1968, and in the U.S. in February of 1969.
  • Released second album, Sweet Baby James, in February of 1970, which garnered much critical acclaim and spawned the poignant hit "Fire and Rain," a song that chronicled his experience in an asylum, as well as the suicide of his friend, Suzanne Schnerr.
  • Appeared on the cover of Time Magazine in 1971.
  • Forayed into acting with Beach Boy Dennis Wilson in the unsuccessful but well-reviewed movie about drag racing, Two-Lane Blacktop (1971).
  • Honored by Billboard Magazine with the Century Award, their highest accolade, in October of 1998.
  • Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000.
  • James Taylor Relationships:
  • Alex Taylor - Brother
  • Ben Taylor - Son
  • Carly Simon - Ex-wife
  • Caroline "Kim" Smedvig - Wife
  • Dr. Isaac M. Taylor - Father
  • Gertrude Taylor - Mother
  • Henry Taylor - Son
  • Hugh Taylor - Brother
  • Kate Taylor - Sister
  • Kathryn Walker - Ex-wife
  • Livingston Taylor - Brother
  • Rufus Taylor - Son
  • Sally Taylor - Daughter
  • James Taylor Awards:
  • 2003 Grammy: Best Country Collaboration With Vocals - Winner
  • 2001 Grammy: Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - Winner
  • 1997 Grammy: Best Pop Album - Winner
  • 1977 Grammy: Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male - Winner
  • 1971 Grammy: Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male - Winner
  • 1978 Tony: Score - Nominee
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