Dennis Taylor (singer)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article may not meet the notability guideline for music. If you are familiar with the subject matter, please expand or rewrite the article to establish its notability. The best way to address this concern is to reference published, third-party sources about the subject. If notability cannot be established, the article is more likely to be considered for redirection, merge or ultimately deletion, per Wikipedia:Guide to deletion.
This article has been tagged since March 2008.
This article needs additional citations for verification.
Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2008)
Dennis Taylor
Birth name Dennis Taylor
Origin New Jersey
Genre(s) Soul (genre), R&B
Occupation(s) singer
Voice type(s) baritone
Label(s) Dome Records
Associated acts Robin S
Notable instrument(s)
saxophone
For other persons named Dennis Taylor, see Dennis Taylor (disambiguation).

Dennis Taylor (born in Brooklyn, New York) is a soul singer and performer, best-known in the UK.

As a child, Dennis was singing as part of a church choir in Brooklyn at the age of 7, but later moved to Virginia, and signed up to the US Air Force at 18, with whom he served for six years. Taylor then returned to New York, and following his earlier success in a talent competition, was able to secure a minor recording contract, although he failed to garner any wide-scale success. His biggest break came when he was asked to perform backing vocals on the Robin S hit Gonna Raise The Child in the early 1990s.

It wasn't until the year 2000 that he recorded his first album, 'Enough is Enough' at the Homeboy Studios in New Jersey, working with producers Fred McFarlane and Darryl James, a DJ well-known for his mixes on New York radio station WRKS. The album was received favourably, particularly among UK soul critics. Taylor performed his first UK concert at the Jazz Café in London, a gig that was partially responsible for the artist securing a contract with UK-based record label Dome in 2001. Dennis was well-received by the UK audience who particularly loved his songs 'Enough is Enough' and 'Out of Control'. His second album 'Unconditional' also won over reviewers, and owed its success in part to the heavy airplay of singles Steppin' and It's Over on the London radio station 102.2 Jazz FM (now jazzfm.com). A subsequent UK tour followed.

Taylor also duetted with soul performer Beverlei Brown on her album 'Next To You', collaborating on the song Could Be You.

Taylor's most recent album, 'In The Mood', was released in 2003 and included the Sam Dees-penned duet Am I Dreaming?, recorded with Wincey Terry. He continues to sporadically tour the UK.

Contents

[edit] Discography

  1. At the Place
  2. Now That I Found You
  3. In the Mood (appears on Jazz FM: The Album as track #6[1])
  4. Don't Wanna Give Up
  5. Want
  6. Can't Stop Lovin You
  7. Better Days
  8. Sometimes
  9. Respect
  10. Truly
  11. You Said
  12. Am I Dreaming
  1. Steppin'
  2. It's Over
  3. Unconditional
  4. Could It Be
  5. Do What You Like
  6. Fills Me Up
  7. Let Me
  8. It Had to Be You
  9. I'll Never Love This Way Again
  10. Lover for Life
  11. Without You
  12. Feelin' Good
  1. Enough Is Enough (8 weeks on Billboard.com's Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles in 2000, peaking at #6)[2]
  2. You Know Just When
  3. Bad As You Wanna Be
  4. Out Of Control, produced by Tony Stoute and Benny Quetell
  5. Here I Am
  6. Angel
  7. Love Need & Want You
  8. Smile
  9. Can We Do It
  10. Yesterday
  11. Rock U Good
  12. Should I
  13. Don't Give Up

[edit] Appearances in other songs/albums

  • Earl Gaines, Crankshaft Blues (2007) - tenor saxophone
  • Al Garner, Get Out Blues (2007) - saxophone
  • Roscoe Shelton, Save Me (2007)
  • Mike Younger, Every Stone You Throw (2006) - saxophone
  • Robert Gordon, Satisfied Mind (2005) - saxophone
  • Larry Ladon, Living on Borrowed Time (2003) - tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Jazz FM: The Album, track #6, In the Mood
  • Susan Werner, New Non-Fiction(2002) - saxophone
  • Buckwheat Zydeco
    • Ultimate Collection (2000) - tenor and baritone saxophone
    • Where There's Smoke, There's Fire (1990) - tenor saxophone

[edit] References

  1. ^ CD Universe track listing
  2. ^ Billobard.com week of May 27, 2000

[edit] External links