{"title":"James Taylor","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAbout James Taylor\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Vernon Taylor was born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 12, 1948 and raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was the first non-British artist signed to the Beatles' Apple Records, releasing his self-titled debut James Taylor (1968) on the label. His move to Warner Bros. produced the landmark Sweet Baby James (1970), with the hit single Fire and Rain becoming a defining song of the early-1970s singer-songwriter movement. He was married to singer-songwriter Carly Simon from 1972 to 1983. He has won six Grammy Awards across multiple decades and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He continued releasing material across multiple decades, with Hourglass (1997) winning the Grammy for Best Pop Album and Before This World (2015) reaching number one on the Billboard 200.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSound and style\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Taylor's sound combines singer-songwriter, soft rock, folk rock, country rock, and Americana with his distinctive warm tenor vocal delivery and fingerpicked acoustic guitar work. His foundational influence on the 1970s singer-songwriter movement and on subsequent generations of American folk-rock is widely documented.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDiscography highlights\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJames Taylor (1968, Apple)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSweet Baby James (1970, Warner Bros.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971, Warner Bros.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne Man Dog (1972, Warner Bros.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGorilla (1975, Warner Bros.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJT (1977, Columbia)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlag (1979, Columbia)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHourglass (1997, Columbia)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOctober Road (2002, Columbia)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBefore This World (2015, Concord)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFor collectors\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal Warner Bros. and Columbia pressings of the 1970s James Taylor catalog are widely collected. Multiple anniversary editions, audiophile reissues, and the comprehensive Warner Archives reissue programs have been released.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhere to start\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eListeners new to James Taylor typically start with Sweet Baby James (1970) or JT (1977). \u003cspan class=\"related-collections\"\u003eExplore more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/folk-vinyl-records\"\u003eFolk \u0026amp; Indie Folk\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/classic-rock-vinyl-records\"\u003eClassic Rock\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"james-taylor-greatest-hits-vinyl-180g","title":"Greatest Hits LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eGreatest Hits is the first compilation album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor. Originally released in November 1976, it is the best-selling album of his career and one of the best-selling albums of all time, having sold over 11 Million copies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wax Trax Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48540880208055,"sku":"210000054526","price":28.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/5755\/4871\/files\/taylor.jpg?v=1781154592"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.waxtraxrecords.com\/collections\/james-taylor.oembed","provider":"Wax Trax Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}