R&B Soul Music JukeboxDiscography and Biography of Little Johnny Taylor
Little Johnny Taylor Songs
Little Johnny Taylor (born Johnny Lamont Merrett; February 11, 1943 - May 17, 2002) was an American blues and soul singer, who made recordings throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and continued public performances through the 1980s and 1990s. His first hit was the mid-tempo blues "You'll Need Another Favor," sung in the style of Bobby Bland, on the San Francisco-based Fantasy Records' subsidiary label, Galaxy. The follow-up, "Part Time Love", written by Clay Hammond and featuring Arthur Wright on guitar, became his biggest hit, reaching #1 in the U.S. Billboard R&B chart, and # 19 on the pop chart, in October 1963. By 1971, Taylor had moved to the Ronn label subsidiary of Jewel Records in Shreveport, Louisiana, where he had his second R&B Top 10 hit with "Everybody Knows About My Good Thing". The following year, he had another hit with "Open House at My House". While at Ronn, Taylor also recorded some duets with Ted Taylor (unrelated). Though he recorded only occasionally during the 1980s and 1990s, he remained an active performer until his death in May 2002 in Conway, Arkansas, where he lived.
Below is a list of Little Johnny Taylor songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.
(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)
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to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did. 