Chip Taylor

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Chip Taylor , actually James Wesley Voight , (born March 21, 1940 in New York City , New York ) is an American songwriter .

Career

Taylor is the younger brother of actor Jon Voight and thus the uncle of Angelina Jolie and James Haven . After an unsuccessful attempt to become a professional golfer, Chip Taylor started a career in the music business. He composed pop and rock songs alone or with other composers such as Al Gorgoni, Billy Vera , Ted Daryll and Jerry Ragavoy. His best-known compositions are the Troggs ( The Troggs ) interpreted piece Wild Thing , Angel of the Morning , written for Merrilee & the Turnabouts , (a very successful cover version came from Juice Newton ); and Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) recorded by Janis Joplin . Other pieces include the pop hits I Can't Let Go , Make Me Belong to You , I Can Make It With You , Step Out of Your Mind , Country Girl City Man and I'll Hold Out My Hand as well as the country hits Sweet Dream Woman and Son of a Rotten Gambler .

At the end of the seventies Taylor gave up the music business and became a professional gambler ( blackjack and horse racing ). Since 1996 he has been releasing albums again, such as the album "Hit Man", on which he reinterpreted old songs (including Wild Thing , Angel of the Morning and Son of a Rotten Gambler - written for his son Kristian).

He also worked with the violinist Carrie Rodriguez , with whom he released several albums and, at the invitation of Bill Frisell, appeared in the Century of Song series at the RuhrTriennale in autumn 2005 .

Discography

Albums

  • 1971: Gasoline
  • 1974: Chip Taylor's Last Chance
  • 1974: Some of Us
  • 1975: This Side of the Big River
  • 1975: Early Sunday Morning
  • 1975: Me as I Am
  • 1976: Somebody Shoot out of the Jukebox
  • 1979: Saint Sebastian
  • 1996: Hit Man
  • 1997: The Living Room Tapes
  • 1999: Seven Days in May ... A Love Story
  • 2000: The London Sessions Bootleg
  • 2001: Black and Blue America
  • 2002: Let's Leave This Town
  • 2005: Red Dog Tracks
  • 2006: Unglorious Hallelujah / Red, Red Rose and Other Songs
  • 2008: New Songs of Freedom
  • 2008: Songs from a Dutch Tour
  • 2008: Live from the Ruhr Triennale October 2005 (& Carrie Rodriguez )
  • 2008: Angels & Gamblers: Best of 1971-1979
  • 2009: Yonkers, NY
  • 2011: Rock & Roll Joe
  • 2011: Golden Kids Rules
  • 2012: F..k All the Perfect People
  • 2013: Block Out the Sirens of This Lonely World
  • 2014: The Little Prayers Trilogy
  • 2016: Little Brothers
  • 2016: I'll Carry for You
  • 2017: A Song I Can Live With

Singles

  • 1961: If You Don't Want Me Now
  • 1975: Same Ol 'Story
  • 1975: Big River
  • 1976: Hello Atlanta (with Ghost Train)
  • 2002: Sweet Tequila Blues (& Carrie Rodriguez )
  • 2004: Angel of the Morning

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personal data
SURNAME Taylor, Chip
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Voight, James Wesley (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York