When Disco conquered the R&B world in the seventies, it obliterated the two strains of classic soul-Detroit/Philly in the North and Memphis/Muscle Shoals in the South-that had between them made Rhythm & Blues a fixture of popular music. Listen to Johnnie Taylor singing 'Soul Heaven' on YouTube.

To automatically link to Johnnie Taylor's charted radio singles, awards, CD's and many other references on the website, go to 'Taylor, Johnnie' in Daddy B. 'ON THE IMPORTANCE OF BIG HEAD HUNDREDS (Which could have and should have been just the beginning of a new phase in Johnnie Taylor's career.)' (Tidbit #1) Nice's 'Johnnie Taylor Did It All Before' (Tidbit #4) and. See 'Tidbits' below for the latest updates on Johnnie Taylor.Īlso included: Daddy B. See Ronnie Lovejoy Artist Guide for the back-story. In doing so, 'Soul Heaven' moves back into the #1 spot on the Top 100 Southern Soul Songs chart, upending the more deserving 'Sho' Wasn't Me,' which I shall continue to headline as the '#1 Song in Southern Soul' on the Ronnie Lovejoy page. It's time to reinstate Taylor in the #1 spot of the Top 100 Southern Soul Artists chart where everyone intimate with southern soul knows he belongs. But that experiment, I think, has run its course.

Nice's Guide to Ronnie Lovejoy know that for the past year and a half I have relegated Johnnie Taylor to the #2 Southern Soul Artist so that I could right a perceived wrong and feature Lovejoy's 'Sho' Wasn't Me' as the #1 Song in Southern Soul.

July 14, 2019: Top Of The Charts Readers of Daddy B. Listen to a fantastic new documentary/video on Johnnie Taylor's career! Nice's Top 100 Countdown: The New Generation (Chart In Progress) Johnnie Taylor - Southern Soul Music Artist - Southern Soul RnB

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