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James Taylor’s music embodies the art of songwriting in its most personal and universal forms. He is a master at describing specific, even autobiographical situations, in a way that resonates with people everywhere. In 1971, Taylor was on the cover of Time magazine, heralded as the harbinger of the singer-songwriter era. Five decades later, his warm baritone, introspective lyrics and unique style of guitar playing still blaze a path to which young musicians aspire. His songs have had a profound influence on songwriters and music lovers from all walks of life; “Fire and Rain,” “Country Road,” “Something in the Way She Moves,” “Mexico,” “Shower the People,” “Your Smiling Face,” “Carolina In My Mind,” “Sweet Baby James,” “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight,” “You Can Close Your Eyes,” “Walking Man,” “Never Die Young,” “Shed a Little Light,” “Copperline,” “Enough to be On Your Way, “You and I Again”, “Today Today Today” and many more.

Taylor has sold more than 100 million albums, earning gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards since the release of his self-titled debut album in 1968. H

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James Taylor

(1948-)

Who Is James Taylor?

Musician James Taylor rose to fame in the 1970s, when he became known for writing and performing sensitive, affecting songs. Over the course of a long-running career, Taylor has won five Grammy Awards and seen many of his albums go platinum. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 and received a National Medal of the Arts in 2011.

Early Life

James Vernon Taylor was born on March 12, 1948, in Boston, Massachusetts. At the age of three, he moved with his family to North Carolina, where he lived for the rest of his childhood (though his well-off family usually spent summers on Martha's Vineyard, off the coast of Massachusetts). Taylor's mother had studied singing, and Taylor, like all of her children, was also musically inclined. Initially a cellist, he began to play the guitar when he was around 12 years old.

Beginnings of Musical Career

In 1965, Taylor committed himself to McLean Psychiatric Hospital in Massachusetts. During his stay there, he honed his songwriting skills. After leaving McLean in 1966, he help

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Written By: Steve Rushin

The following is from LIFE’s new special edition on James Taylor, available online and at retail outlers:

He could have been any American college student visiting London in 1968, except that James Taylor wasn’t in college. He did have a guitar and he busked in the street for change, which he used to visit a record-your-own-record booth in Soho. There, he spent £8 for 45 minutes of time to record a demo of a song he had written, the one he considered his best. Taylor was 20 years old. The song was called “Something in the Way She Moves.”

In London, he crashed at the flat of a friend named Albie Scott. Another friend—his sometime bandmate Danny (Kootch) Kortchmar—had given Taylor the phone number for Peter Asher, the head of A&R for the Beatles’ new label, Apple Records. Asher, a former pop star as half of the duo Peter and Gordon, had had a number-one hit, “A World Without Love,” written by Paul McCartney. Now he was charged with finding new talent to ride the magnificent silk coattails of the post–Sgt. Pepper Fab Four. The exec agreed to m