# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johnnie-taylor
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:57:12.536Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johnnie-taylor"
name: "Johnnie Taylor"
slug: "johnnie-taylor"
description: "Johnnie Harrison Taylor was an American recording artist and songwriter who performed a wide variety of genres, from blues, rhythm and blues, soul, and gospel to pop, doo-wop, and disco. He was initially successful at Stax Records with the number-one R&B hits \"Who's Making Love\" (1968), \"Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone\" (1971) and \"I Believe in You \" (1973), and reached number one on the US pop charts with \"Disco Lady\" in 1976."
tagline: "American male singer and songwriter (1934–2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johnnie_Taylor_at_the_1973_PUSH_Black_Expo.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1934-05-05"
deathDate: "2000-05-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.45218
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852650/"
    handle:    "nm0852650"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "جوني تايلور (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "جونى تايلور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "جونی تایلور (شارکیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB%D1%8A%D1%80"
    title: "Джони Тейлър"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnnie_Taylor"
    title: "Johnnie Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnnie_Taylor"
    title: "Johnnie Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnnie_Taylor"
    title: "Johnnie Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnnie_Taylor"
    title: "Johnnie Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnnie_Taylor"
    title: "Johnnie Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnnie_Taylor"
    title: "Johnnie Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnnie_Taylor"
    title: "Johnnie Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジョニー・テイラー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnnie_Taylor"
    title: "Johnnie Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Тейлор, Джонни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnnie_Taylor"
    title: "Johnnie Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4c1c21bc-56d9-4bed-8b58-360b08e76ffa"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q968938"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump