Johnnie Taylor

Johnnie Harrison Taylor (May 5, 1937–May 31, 2000) was a vocalist in a wide variety of genres, from gospel, blues and soul to pop, doo-wop and disco.

Taylor was born in Crawford, Arkansas. He had one release, "

Johnnie Harrison Taylor (May 5, 1937–May 31, 2000) was a vocalist in a wide variety of genres, from gospel, blues and soul to pop, doo-wop and disco.

Taylor was born in Crawford, Arkansas. He had one release, "Somewhere to Lay My Head", on Chicago's Chance Records in the 1950s, as part of the doo-wop group Five Echoes. His singing was strikingly close to that of Sam Cooke, and he was hired to take Cooke's place in Cooke's gospel group, the Soul Stirrers, in 1957.