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Chip Taylor

Person · male · United States · Yonkers · born 1940 · died 2026 · recording since 1973

American songwriter (1940–2026)

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Also known as James Wesley Voight · チップ・テイラー

Debut: 1973
Recording span: 51 years
Release groups: 40
Timeline events: 34
Wiki language versions: 26

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Timeline

34 events▣ Album 31◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1

1940s
1. 21 March 1940 · Birth
  Born 1940-03-21
  source: wikidata
1970s
1. 1973 · Debut release
  Debut release: VPRO Studios and In Concert Hilversum, The Netherlands
  First documented Broadcast in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1974 · Album
  Album: Some of Us
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1975 · Album
  Album: This Side of the Big River
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1979 · Album
  Album: Saint Sebastian
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. 17 September 1996 · Album
  Album: Hit Man
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1997 · Album
  Album: Chip Taylor's Last Chance
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 25 March 1997 · Album
  Album: The Living Room Tapes
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1999 · Album
  Album: The London Sessions - Bootleg+
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 6 April 1999 · Album
  Album: Seven Days In May...a Love Story
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. July 2000 · Album
  Album: Gorgoni, Martin & Taylor
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 20 September 2000 · Album
  Album: Gasoline
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2001 · Album
  Album: Black & Blue America
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 3 September 2002 · Album
  Album: Let's Leave This Town
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 2003 · Album
  Album: The Trouble With Humans
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 2005 · Album
  Album: Red Dog Tracks
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 2006 · Album
  Album: Unglorious Hallelujah
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 2008 · Album
  Album: New Songs of Freedom
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 26 October 2009 · Album
  Album: Yonkers NY
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. August 2011 · Album
  Album: Rock And Roll Joe
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 18 October 2011 · Album
  Album: Golden Kids Rules
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2012 · Album
  Album: F**k All the Perfect People
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 10 April 2013 · Album
  Album: Block Out the Sirens of This Lonely World
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 14 October 2014 · Album
  Album: The Little Prayers Trilogy
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 2015 · Album
  Album: Somebody Shoot Out the Jukebox
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 26 May 2016 · Album
  Album: Little Brothers
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 30 June 2016 · Album
  Album: I’ll Carry for You
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. September 2016 · Album
  Album: Gotta Get Back to Cisco
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
10. 17 February 2017 · Album
  Album: A Song I Can Live With
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
11. 2 March 2018 · Album
  Album: Fix Your Words
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
12. 17 May 2019 · Album
  Album: Whiskey Salesman 1958
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2020s
1. September 2021 · Album
  Album: Can I Offer You A Song
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 31 March 2023 · Album
  Album: The Cradle of All Living Things
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 23 March 2026 · Death
  Died 2026
  source: wikidata

Biography

English biography1,068 words · 8 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1369946642

Biography

James Wesley Voight (March 21, 1940 – March 23, 2026), known professionally as Chip Taylor, was an American songwriter and singer. He is noted for writing "Angel of the MorningAngel of the Morning2004 · EP · CompilationSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Angel of the Morning4:322[intro]0:083Laredo4:154Let's Leave This Town4:215Do Your Part5:166[intro]0:217Don't Speak in English3:558[intro]0:079We Come Up Shining4:1310[intro]0:2311I Wasn't Born in Tennessee4:26" and "Wild Thing".

Early life

Taylor was born in Yonkers, New York, on March 21, 1940. He was the brother of actor Jon Voight and geologist Barry Voight and the uncle of actress Angelina Jolie and actor James Haven. Taylor and his brothers attended Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, New York. In 1961, Taylor attended the University of Hartford in Hartford, Connecticut, for one year.
After an unsuccessful attempt to become a professional golfer like his father, Elmer Voight, Taylor entered the music business.

As songwriter

Taylor wrote many pop and rock songs, both alone and with other songwriters, including Al Gorgoni (with whom he also performed, as the duo Just Us), Billy Vera, Ted Daryll, and Jerry Ragovoy. He first freelanced and was later an employee of a New York City music publisher.
His first big hit was "Wild Thing", first recorded in 1965 by Jordan Christopher and the Wild Ones. It became famous as a hit single by the Troggs in 1966 and a live performance by Jimi Hendrix in 1967. The song was later covered by the Runaways, the Muppets, and X. "Angel of the MorningAngel of the Morning2004 · EP · CompilationSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Angel of the Morning4:322[intro]0:083Laredo4:154Let's Leave This Town4:215Do Your Part5:166[intro]0:217Don't Speak in English3:558[intro]0:079We Come Up Shining4:1310[intro]0:2311I Wasn't Born in Tennessee4:26" was first recorded by Evie Sands in 1967, before becoming a hit for Merrilee Rush and also P. P. Arnold in 1968. It was a million-selling single in 1981 for country-pop singer Juice Newton, and later a rendition from Chrissie Hynde was released.
Other notable pop and country songs written by Taylor included "He Sits at Your Table" (Willie Nelson), "I Can't Let Go" (Evie Sands, the Hollies, Linda Ronstadt), "The Baby" (the Hollies), "Worry" (Johnny Tillotson), "Make Me Belong to You" (Barbara Lewis), "I Can Make It With You" (the Pozo Seco Singers, Jackie DeShannon), "Any Way That You Want Me" (the Troggs, Evie Sands, Melanie, American Breed, Juice Newton, Mary Mason, Lita Ford, Liverpool Five), "On My Word" (Cliff Richard), "Step Out of Your Mind" (The American Breed), "Country Girl City Man" (Billy Vera and Judy Clay), "I'll Hold Out My Hand", "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)" (Lorraine Ellison, Janis Joplin), "Julie" (Bobby Fuller Four, Marshall Crenshaw), and "Lonely Is As Lonely Does" (the Fleetwoods).
Shaggy used "Angel of the Morning" as the basis for his hit "Angel" in 2001.
In 2009, Ace Records released a compilation CD of some of Taylor's compositions as recorded by other artists (Wild Thing: The Songs of Chip Taylor).

His own recordings

Taylor's first releases were on the King label and their subsidiary DeLuxe. In 1958, he and the Town Three released two 45s on DeLuxe, numbers 6176 "Midnight Blues" and 6180 "I Want a Lover". In 1959, he recorded for King as Wes Voight on 5211 "I'm Movin' In", and his final recording as Wes Voight on King 5231 "I'm Ready to Go Steady" and "The Wind and the Cold Black Night". The two King 45s were released in both mono and stereo, making them some of the first stereo singles available. Taylor released recordings on Warner Bros., Columbia, and Capitol. His first chart single was his recording (as Chip Taylor) of "Here I Am" in 1962 on Warner Bros. Records. He also had a top 40 hit in Australia in 1963 with "Sandy Sandy" with the Town and Country Brothers, a later iteration of Wes Voight and the Town Three, with Ted Daryll (who wrote the song) and Greg Richards, writers of "She Cried" by Jay and the Americans.

Performing and recording in the 1990s and the 21st century

Taylor restarted his performing and recording career in 1993. At the 2001 South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas, he met singer and violinist Carrie Rodriguez, with whom he performed and recorded Americana music for several years. The duo recorded Let's Leave This Town in 2002. They released The Trouble With Humans the following year and the critically acclaimed Red Dog Tracks in 2005. Each subsequently released successful solo albums. Taylor's double-CD Unglorious Hallelujah/Red Red Rose, his first solo album in five years, was hailed as "a future classic" by Sonic Magazine, whose reviewer declared: "This is the best we've heard from Chip Taylor so far." Rodriguez's solo album, Seven Angels on a Bicycle, was released in August 2006. In late 2006 and early 2007, Rodriguez toured on her own but continued to perform with Taylor from time to time. Taylor performed a series of shows with guitarist John Platania and the young singer/fiddler Kendel Carson, and he produced both their 2007 albums.
During the 21st century through 2020, Taylor continued to perform with his band The New Ukrainians (John Platania on electric guitar, Björn Petterson on bass, and a revolving cast of other musicians). Each concert almost always included both "Wild Thing" and "Angel in the Morning". Taylor's album Yonkers, NY was a 2011 nominee for a Grammy Award for best recording package, but lost to Brothers by the Black Keys. In 2012, Paal Flaata released an album of only Chip Taylor songs, Wait by the Fire – Songs of Chip Taylor. Taylor's performance of his song "On the RadioOn The Radio17 January 2020 · Single · SoundtrackSpotify YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1On the Radio (Music from the Netflix Original Series Sex Education)4:36" was featured in Episode 8 of Season 2 of the Netflix TV series Sex Education.

Rainy Day Records

In 1967, Taylor, along with Al Gorgoni, formed Rainy Day Records, which was distributed by Jubilee Records. The label released the single "Night Owl" by the Flying Machine, a group that included James Taylor.

Train Wreck Records

In 2007, Taylor launched his own independent label, Train Wreck Records.

Personal life and death

By Taylor's own accounts, from 1980 through 1995, he was very successful at, but unhappily addicted to, gambling professionally on blackjack in New Jersey casinos and on horse races. He returned to music, starting by singing to his dying mother, Barbara Voight. Taylor has said that the gambling addiction was hard on both himself and his family. He has written that, after having an epiphany, he changed his attitude and created the "Church of the Train Wreck" self-help program for himself and others.
Taylor continued to live in New York City. He was married to Joan Carole Frey from 1964, and they had children and grandchildren. Joan and Chip were temporarily divorced for several years, starting in the 1990s. She died in June 2025.
Taylor received treatment for throat cancer in 2023. He died from cancer at a hospital in New York on March 23, 2026, two days after his 86th birthday.

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

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Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	26	87.5th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	40	92.7th
Studio albums	31	98.3th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	34	97.4th
Recording span (years)	51	91.8th
Genres	7	93th

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Discography (40 release groups · 31 studio albums)

Albums · 31

Some of Us
1974 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 31:09
A1Me as I Am2:31
A2Early Sunday Morning3:13
A3(It’s a Long Way) Back to the Heart3:28
A4Something ’Bout the Way This Story Ends4:44
A5Funny Songs2:43
B1Comin’ From Behind2:06
B2If You’re Ever in Warsaw3:20
B3If I Can’t Be in Austin2:38
B4Here Again2:12
B5Some of Us4:14
This Side of the Big River
1975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 35:41
A1Same Ol' Story3:14
A2Holding Me Together2:44
A3Gettin' Older, Lookin' Back3:22
A4John Tucker's on the Wagon Again5:27
A5Big River3:15
B1May God Be With Me4:04
B2Circle of Tears2:35
B3Sleepy Eyes3:48
B4I've Been Tied2:45
B5You're Alright, Charlie4:27
Saint Sebastian
1979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 40:51
A1Mary Ann4:26
A2One Night Out With The Boys3:47
A3Something Young3:23
A4He Ain't Makin' Music Anymore4:14
A5Saint Sebastian5:17
B1Somebody Else's Love Song3:38
B2Julie4:46
B3Save Yourself4:14
B4Turn Out The Lights4:17
B5Some Tell The Truth2:49
Hit Man
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 46:30
1I Can Make It With You4:03
2I Can't Let Go2:16
3Angel of the Morning4:30
4Wild Thing3:45
5Any Way That You Want Me4:15
6Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)5:10
7Storybrook Children3:10
8Country Girl/City Man2:50
9Welcome Home3:22
10Sweet Dream Woman3:16
11It's Such a Lonely Time of Year3:28
12Just a Little Bit Later on Down the Line3:08
13Son of a Rotten Gambler3:17
Chip Taylor's Last Chance
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 37:30
1(I Want) the Real Thing3:21
2Son of a Rotten Gambler4:20
3I Read It in Rolling Stone3:39
4(The Coal Fields of) Shikshinny3:34
5I Wasn't Born in Tennessee3:13
6(The Likes of) Louise3:29
7It's Still the Same3:27
8101 in Cashbox3:39
9Family of One2:44
10Clean Your Own Tables3:24
11Last Chance2:40
The Living Room Tapes
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 45:28
1Something About Losing it All2:50
2Same Thing All Over Blues3:37
3The Hell With Her4:31
4Grandma's White LeBaron4:36
5Heroes Of This Song4:24
6Good Love Last Night3:59
7Why Milwaukee4:13
8Only One Joan3:57
9Shut You Down3:51
10Oh My Marie2:42
11Some Hearts3:16
12Florence Is The River3:32
The London Sessions - Bootleg+
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 25 tracks · 1:47:41
Disc 19 tracks · 43:52
1Head First4:24
2Same Damn Car2:42
3I Know Rain4:11
4Healer3:19
5Annie On Your Mind4:44
6Holy Shit4:11
7I Hate You Today3:59
8Farmer's Song3:22
9Here Come The Animals13:00
Disc 216 tracks · 1:03:49
1Same Old Fools4:09
2I Ain't Leaving Without You2:59
3Dalton Days3:46
4Hard Drive Times4:38
5Intro Commentary1:39
6Ghost Of Phil Sinclair3:44
7Back In '984:28
8Bigot's Graveyard4:11
9Curve Ball3:38
10Unstable Man3:22
11Lefty Frizzell4:22
12Three Alarm Fire4:05
13Shang A Lang A Rainbow3:54
14Jean Lit The Candle3:56
15Texas Friend3:30
16We Just Roll On7:28
Seven Days In May...a Love Story
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:00:10
1Seven Days in May5:08
2I Will Be Standing Again4:18
3Through Their Mother's Eyes3:31
4Just Keep Holding On5:32
5Florence, the Baby and Me3:35
6If I Don't Know Love4:05
7One Hell of a Guy3:19
8Florence Is the River3:46
9Oh Florence4:23
10Alexander4:37
11How Can I Get Through This3:12
12Walk Away from You4:34
13All My Days10:10
Gorgoni, Martin & Taylor
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 36:43
1Fuzzy3:35
2Fill in the Last Line2:46
3Toly Toly Guyluesha2:58
4You Crazy Girl5:15
5I Can't Let Go2:48
6That's When I Walk Down3:41
7Mama Write a Song3:06
8Choo Choo Sharoo2:45
9Help Yourself3:58
10I Can Make You Cry3:10
11Somethin' About the Sunshine2:41
Gasoline
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 34:44
1Londonderry Company3:29
2Angel of the Morning4:13
3Home Again2:54
4Lady Lisa3:02
5Oh My Marie4:00
6Gasoline2:14
7Lightning (Don’t Stay Mad with Me)3:38
8Dirty Matthew3:08
9You Didn’t Get Here Last Night3:34
10Swear to God, Your Honor4:32
Black & Blue America
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 32 tracks · 1:14:00
1Intro1:05
2Black & Blue America5:54
3Intro0:20
4Dance With Jesus3:54
5Intro0:15
6Could I Live With This4:47
7Intro0:23
8It Don't Get Better Than This (The J-Zoom Song)4:21
9Intro0:18
10Theme for an American Hero3:48
11Intro0:18
12Sometimes I Act Just Like a Fool2:58
13Intro0:37
14I Need Some Horses Around3:08
15Intro0:15
16Fort Worth Thursday Night4:11
17Intro0:29
18The Ship4:35
19Intro0:19
20In Your Weakness4:39
21Intro0:29
22Blind of the Midnight Hour4:22
23Intro0:36
24You Left Me Here3:00
25Intro0:27
26What a Smile You Had2:45
27Intro0:17
28Stroke City Girls3:39
29Intro0:28
30The Way of It4:05
31Intro0:16
32Temptation7:02
Let's Leave This Town
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 43:31
1Sweet Tequila Blues3:15
2Him Who Saved Me4:37
3Extra2:49
4There's a Hole in the Midnight4:18
5Let's Leave This Town3:24
6Storybook Children3:18
7Do Your Part4:54
8His Eyes4:37
9Say Little Darlin'2:51
10Midnight on the Water2:20
11You Are Danger3:41
12Was That for Me3:27
The Trouble With Humans
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 55:14
1Don't Speak in English4:02
2Memphis, Texas4:18
3All the Rain2:54
4Curves and Things3:46
5The Trouble With Humans4:31
6Oh Ireland3:40
7Fall3:50
8Laredo5:22
9Dirty Little Texas Story4:24
10Confessions4:43
11I Need a Wall4:32
12We Come Up Shining4:47
13WDVX4:25
Red Dog Tracks
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 55:52
1Must Be the Whiskey3:59
2Keep Your Hat on Jenny3:26
3Big Moon Shinin'6:15
4Oh Set a Light3:44
5Once Again, One Day...Will You Be Mine5:35
6Private Thoughts4:01
7My Bucket's Got a Hole in It2:32
8The Wonder of You4:03
9I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You)3:25
10Red Dog Tracks4:48
11Elzick's Farewell6:12
12Son of Man4:19
13Jenny Reprise3:33
Unglorious Hallelujah
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:26:32
Disc 112 tracks · 46:21
1I Don't Believe in That3:42
2What Would Townes Say About That5:04
3James Wesley Days2:47
4Unglorious Hallelujah5:24
5This Old Town3:30
6Christmas in Jail4:56
7Daddy Why'd You Take My Guitar Away3:33
8Hallelujah Boys2:44
9Jackknife4:25
10I Need Some Help With That3:29
11Michael's Song3:55
12Thursday Night Las Vegas Airport2:52
Disc 212 tracks · 40:11
1Red Red Rose3:18
2One Thing I Wanna Tell You3:46
3Bippity Boo2:48
4If I Stop Loving You5:09
5Little Darts3:19
6One More Lousy Picture Show2:51
7The Trouble With Scientists2:43
8Magic Girl3:19
9It's Different Now2:34
10Santa Cruz3:35
11Bride in Pink3:50
12I Dont Know Why I Love You (I Just Do)2:59
New Songs of Freedom
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 58:33
1Dance With a Hole in Your Shoe4:02
2Intro to Former American Soldier (Church of the Train Wreck Podcast)2:23
3Former American Soldier3:49
4New Song of Freedom3:51
5Sunshine's a Waterfall4:18
6Intro to Black and Blue America1:06
7Black and Blue America5:54
8Intro to Dance With Jesus0:21
9Dance With Jesus3:56
10Intro to Theme From an American Hero0:18
11Theme From an American Hero3:50
12The Making of Dance With a Hole in Your Shoe24:45
Yonkers NY
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:23:34
Disc 111 tracks · 45:13
1Barry Go On (Put Yourself On The Mountain)6:42
2Charcoal Sky4:39
3Gin Rummy Rules2:58
4Hey Jonny (Did You Feel That Movie)2:49
5Without Horses5:45
6No Dice4:26
7Bastard Brothers2:33
8Piece Of The Sky4:03
9Saw Mill River Road4:24
10Yonkers Girls2:43
11Yonkers N.Y.4:11
Disc 211 tracks · 38:21
1Barry Go On (Put Yourself On The Mountain)2:22
2Charcoal Sky4:39
3Gin Rummy Rules2:58
4Hey Jonny (Did You Feel That Movie)2:49
5Without Horses3:13
6No Dice4:26
7Bastard Brothers2:33
8Piece Of The Sky4:03
9Saw Mill River Road4:24
10Yonkers Girls2:43
11Yonkers N.Y.4:11
Rock And Roll Joe
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 58:30
1Rock and Roll Joe4:04
2The Savoy Files3:05
3Couldn't We Use Some of That Now5:21
4Monica (These Fingers Move for You)3:53
5I'm the Law in This Old Town4:16
6Sugar Sugaree5:04
7Malmo Nights4:34
8Hot Rod Carson2:13
9I Can't Let Go2:08
10Intro to Measurin'1:10
11Measurin'2:42
12Intro to the Van Song0:38
13The Van Song4:20
14The Union Song3:37
15Live and Die for Rock and Roll4:22
16R&R Joe Reprise7:03
Golden Kids Rules
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 37:53
1Golden Kids' Rules2:41
2I'm Just Thinkin' About What I'm Thinkin' About2:14
3Quarter Moon Shining3:46
4Big Ideas3:35
5Magical Horse4:02
6Daddy Is A Red Sox Fan / Mommy Is A Yankee Fan1:41
7Kids Try To Save The Planet2:39
8Did You Hear What Jennifer Did?3:01
9You Can Come & Play With Our Toys2:49
10Introduction To Wedding Songs0:06
11The Possum Hunter3:14
12Happy Wedding3:41
13Now That Kristian And Anna Have Wed4:24
F**k All the Perfect People
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:10:01
1Be Kind3:54
2The Dutchman Blues3:53
3Fuck All the Perfect People4:19
4Me and Rohillo4:47
5Passport Blues5:25
6New Things4:25
7Norrtälje Prison6:30
8Phoned in Dead3:14
9Outside the Human Condition4:34
10Too Dynamic3:01
11Weaker Moments3:40
12I Know Dark4:18
13Thoughts of a Child4:26
14The Baby3:58
15Nothin’ (I Suppose)4:37
16The Darkest Day5:00
Block Out the Sirens of This Lonely World
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:00:28
1Block Out The Sirens Of This Lonely World4:17
2Never Said Goodbye3:16
3God Bless Norwegians5:53
4Get Me Back Even Again3:21
5Hey Vinnie3:06
6Intro1:04
7North Caucasus Fight Club3:52
8That's How I Love You Tonight4:02
9It Wasn't Me - It Wasn't You3:38
10Pretty Good Order (Human Beings)4:09
11The Last Video4:09
12Tears From An Old Yonkers Child5:07
13Broken Down Bicycles2:11
14Better Put My Glasses On3:09
15Ukrainian Girls3:19
16Is That The Final Take?3:01
17Better Put My Glasses On [Radio Edit]2:54
The Little Prayers Trilogy
2014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 30 tracks · 1:51:57
Disc 111 tracks · 48:49
1He's a Good Guy (As Well You Know)5:45
2Sleep With Open Windows4:32
3Solitary3:46
4It'll Only Be Me Once5:34
5Czechoslovakian Heaven4:32
6Used to Be a White Boy3:06
7Nine Soldiers in Baltimore4:22
8Ontario Crimes5:49
9Merry F'n Christmas4:42
10Ted Williams5:12
11Reprise (Elmer's White Boy)1:29
Disc 28 tracks · 25:07
1Hold It Right There3:23
2Bardot3:58
3Track 2244:05
4The Same Way5:16
5Nothin' Comin' Out of Me That I Like3:12
6Girl & Boy Thing2:24
7Joan's Song2:06
8Reprise (Joan's Song)0:43
Disc 311 tracks · 38:01
1Tryin' to Let the Angels Know3:14
2Solitary3:38
3Czechoslovakian Heaven4:40
4Martha, Martha2:37
5Queen of the World5:22
6Lord What Are You Giving Me Now3:09
7He's a Good Buy (As Well You Know)5:45
8The Supreme Court3:40
9Little Prayers3:36
10Spoken Intro to Last Song0:12
11Wish I Could Die Just One More Time2:08
Somebody Shoot Out the Jukebox
2015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 38:18
1Peter Walker's Circus3:49
2Three Younger Bandits4:45
3Hello Atlanta4:02
4Farmer's Daughter3:28
5Nothin' Like You Girl3:50
6Somebody Shoot Out the Jukebox2:39
7The Gambler3:21
8Still My Son5:16
9I'd Like to Be That Man3:59
10Dad's Club Sizzlers3:09
Little Brothers
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 38:55
1Barry and the Buffalo3:38
2Bobby I Screwed Up3:49
3Enlighten Yourself5:28
4Little Brothers4:31
5Skebo Story2:30
6Refugee Children4:15
7St. Joan4:22
8Time Goes By4:34
9Book of Hope4:31
10Enlighten Yourself (reprise)1:17
I’ll Carry for You
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 28:25
1I’ll Carry for You4:04
2She Had No Time to Get Ready She Just Was4:20
3Let Me Fall My Own Way4:27
4St. Marguerite5:34
5Live to Strike Again2:37
6I’ll Carry for You1:13
7She Had No Time to Get Ready1:26
8Let Me Fall1:06
9I’ll Carry for You3:38
Gotta Get Back to Cisco
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 32:41
1Carolina Timber2:35
2Country Song3:28
3I Can't Do It for You2:42
4Stick-A-Lee2:29
5Sweet Dream Woman2:35
6Cisco2:55
7To Know the Girl3:45
8Love Was Not a Word2:38
9Dirty Matthew3:07
10Got the Feeling Something Got Away2:45
11The Baby3:42
A Song I Can Live With
2017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 46:28
1Crazy Girl2:59
2Until It Hurts4:35
3New York in Between4:36
4Young Brooks Flow Forever3:51
5Little Angel Wings3:47
6Joan Joan Joan3:06
7Hey Lou3:53
8Senorita Falling Down2:41
9A Song I Can Live With3:49
10Save Your Blues and Your Money3:26
11Los Alamitos Story5:46
12Whisper Amen3:59
Fix Your Words
2018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 45:22
1Fix Your Words4:49
2Whatever Devil Is In Me3:19
3If I Am3:19
4A Little Bit Of Underground4:51
5The Ground Moving Around Me6:46
6Love Knows The Clouds2:55
7We Have Not To Say3:01
8When I Was A Kid6:44
9When He Goes3:16
10Crazy Dreams Crazy2:56
11You Just Think You Changed Your Mind3:26
Whiskey Salesman 1958
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks
A1Whiskey Salesman
A2Hold Her
A3I Love You Today
A4Some Hearts
A5Naples
B1A Sip Or Two Of Good Scotch
B2Whiskey Dreams
B3Turn The Clock Back Again
B4I Like Ridin’
B5See The Good Side Of The Guy
B6In The Stillness Of The Night
Can I Offer You A Song
2021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks
A1Can I Offer You A Song
A2Go
A3I Hope You Speak A Different Language
A4I Just Came Back
A5The Year Of Me And You
B1It’s A Long Way From Here
B2No Bigger Than My Shoes
B3Hey Joe
B4Hold Yourself In Your Own Light
B5Little Visitor
A1The Colour Of Your Thoughts
A2Lost Bride
A3Midnight Bar
A4Good Good Landing
A5Nine Old Friends
B1Tons Of Gold
B2You Flew In And Out Of Me
B3Little Songs
B4Come Back And Sing It With Me
B5Here’s To You Camille
The Cradle of All Living Things
2023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 28 tracks · 1:26:45
1The Cradle of All Living Things4:21
2Animals on the Beach4:34
3True Love2:33
4Spoken Intro to Anthony0:28
5Anthony3:44
6How Come That Always Happens2:27
7It Is Written2:44
8Even Money2:42
9Sofia4:39
10On Reflection3:00
11Twenty Years Ago3:25
12Oh If Feels Kinda Different2:19
13Talking Outside Yourself3:21
14The Good and the Bad3:00
15Closing Time2:41
16Lost Pictures3:29
17I Don’t Know Which Song I’ll Sing Tonight2:18
18Give Her Away Jonny3:27
19Only a Song2:43
20So Selfishly Loved3:00
21That’s What I Like About the Sky3:09
22Planetary Scheme of Things3:21
23One More Dream to Go3:10
24I Don’t Know Much2:41
25Do You Feel OK2:16
26Someone to Live For2:54
27Wounded Bird3:04
28Why Didn’t I Think of That Before5:15

Broadcast · 1

Broadcast release groups, by first release date
Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	1973	VPRO Studios and In Concert Hilversum, The NetherlandsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 36:04 1(I Want) The Real Thing3:21 2I Wasn’t Born In Tennessee/Okie From Muskogee (partial)/I Wasn’t Born In Tennessee3:30 3(The Coal Fields Of) Shickshinny3:36 4I Read It In Rolling Stone3:28 5101 In Cash Box3:52 6Clean Your Own Tables0:43 7song intro3:41 8Angel Of The Morning0:31 9song intro4:38 10Same Ol’ Story3:43 11band and song intro1:23 12Gettin’ Older, Lookin’ Back3:38	Live	1973

EP · 2

EP release groups, by first release date
Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	2004	Angel of the MorningSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 11 tracks · 31:57 1Angel of the Morning4:32 2[intro]0:08 3Laredo4:15 4Let's Leave This Town4:21 5Do Your Part5:16 6[intro]0:21 7Don't Speak in English3:55 8[intro]0:07 9We Come Up Shining4:13 10[intro]0:23 11I Wasn't Born in Tennessee4:26	Compilation	2004
	2018	A Bread FactorySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 6 tracks · 17:44 1Whose Side Are You On?2:38 2End of Part One2:53 3Could You Be a Little Less Supportive?3:32 4Sir Walter2:39 5Henry Kissinger's Heart2:54 6Credits Rolling3:08	Soundtrack	25 October 2018

Album · 4

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
2007	Live From the Ruhr TriennaleSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:07:55 1The Real Thing3:16 2Let's Leave This Town4:44 3Must Be the Whiskey4:45 4Today I Started Loving You Again4:11 5Laredo4:31 6Long Black Veil5:21 7Big River3:16 8Once Again You Will Be Mine6:02 9Maybellene4:09 10Oh Set a Light4:52 11Red Dog Tracks5:33 12Elzick's Farewell5:46 13Angel of the Morning5:06 14Wild Thing6:23	Live	7 October 2007
2008	Angels & Gamblers: Best Of 1971-1979Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 23 tracks · 1:16:26 1Sweet Dream Woman2:38 2I Can Make You Cry3:11 3I Can't Let Go2:50 4Angel of the Morning4:15 5Home Again2:54 6You Didn't Get Here Last Night3:34 7(I Want) The Real Thing3:22 8I Wasn't Born in Tennessee3:06 9Son of a Rotten Gambler4:21 10(The Likes Of) Louise3:31 11I Read It in Rolling Stone3:40 12101 in Cashbox3:39 13Funny Songs2:48 14Early Sunday Morning3:18 15Here Again2:19 16Same Ol' Story3:17 17Sleepy Eyes3:51 18Big River3:18 19The Gambler3:31 20Somebody Shoot out the Jukebox2:40 21Hello Atlanta4:07 22Something Young3:27 23Some Tell the Truth2:49	Compilation	15 April 2008
2010	James Wesley Days; The Best Of ChipSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 37 tracks · 2:28:59 Disc 118 tracks · 1:14:40 1The Real Thing3:16 2Sweet Tequila Blues3:18 3Black and Blue America5:53 4Somewhere in Some Town4:09 5I Need Some Help With That3:29 6One Hell of a Guy3:18 7Fort Worth Thursday Night4:12 8Red Dog Tracks4:47 9Some Old Fools4:08 10Charcoal Sky4:40 11Storybook Children3:17 12Wasn't Born in Tennessee4:07 13Could I Live With This4:47 14Don't Speak in English4:01 15New Song of Freedom3:52 16Memphis, Texas4:17 17James Wesley Days2:47 18Wild Whing6:22 Disc 219 tracks · 1:14:19 1Forever's Going Underground4:53 2Dance With Jesus3:56 3Let's Leave This Town3:22 4Without Horses3:14 5Sometimes I Act Just Like a Fool2:59 6Dance With a Hole in Your Shoe3:58 7The Way of It3:53 8All the Rain2:55 9If I Stop Loving You5:09 10Through Their Mother's Eyes3:30 11What a Smile You Had2:46 12Angel of the Morning4:36 13I Ain't Leaving Without You2:59 14Big River3:18 15You Are Danger3:43 16Holy Shit4:10 17Joe Frazier4:13 18We Come Up Shining3:47 19Temptation6:58	Compilation	1 September 2010
2010	The New Bye & ByeSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:17:03 1Your Name Is On My Lips3:35 2On An Island4:52 3Play It Again Sam3:48 4The New Bye & Bye5:30 5Sweet Tequila Blues3:17 6Him Who Saved Me4:36 7Don't Speak In English3:55 8All The Rain2:49 9Let's Leave This Town3:23 10Memphis, Texas4:11 11Keep Your Hat On Jenny3:26 12Must Be The Whiskey3:59 13Big Moon Shinin'6:15 14Laredo5:17 15We Come Up Shining3:40 16Angel Of The Morning (Live)5:12 17Wild Thing (Live)6:37 18The New Bye & Bye (Reprise)2:41	Compilation	12 October 2010

Single · 2

Single release groups, by first release date
Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	2020	On The RadioSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 4:36 1On the Radio (Music from the Netflix Original Series Sex Education)4:36	Soundtrack	17 January 2020
	2024	The Truth and Other ThingsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:05 1The Truth and Other Things3:05		14 November 2024

Stats & PK

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Chip Taylor metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	26	87.5th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	40	92.7th
Studio albums	31	98.3th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	34	97.4th
Recording span (years)	51	91.8th
Genres	7	93th

Awards & honours

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Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To	Role
Just Us(band)	—	present

Where this record comes from

portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chip_Taylor.jpg
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/df66124c-0c71-40ca-b5c1-0992c1f57f39
discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/df66124c-0c71-40ca-b5c1-0992c1f57f39
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q962604
genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q962604
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Taylor
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Taylor

Why this artist is in the database

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United States · Person

country music · pop music

2 shared genre tags · debut 1972, 1 year apart · from United States

35 wikis

Timeline

1940s

Born 1940-03-21

1970s

Debut release: VPRO Studios and In Concert Hilversum, The Netherlands

Album: Some of Us

Album: This Side of the Big River

Album: Saint Sebastian

1990s

Album: Hit Man

Album: Chip Taylor's Last Chance

Album: The Living Room Tapes

Album: The London Sessions - Bootleg+

Album: Seven Days In May...a Love Story

2000s

Album: Gorgoni, Martin & Taylor

Album: Gasoline

Album: Black & Blue America

Album: Let's Leave This Town

Album: The Trouble With Humans

Album: Red Dog Tracks

Album: Unglorious Hallelujah

Album: New Songs of Freedom

Album: Yonkers NY

2010s

Album: Rock And Roll Joe

Album: Golden Kids Rules

Album: F**k All the Perfect People

Album: Block Out the Sirens of This Lonely World

Album: The Little Prayers Trilogy

Album: Somebody Shoot Out the Jukebox

Album: Little Brothers

Album: I’ll Carry for You

Album: Gotta Get Back to Cisco

Album: A Song I Can Live With

Album: Fix Your Words

Album: Whiskey Salesman 1958

2020s

Album: Can I Offer You A Song

Album: The Cradle of All Living Things

Died 2026

Biography

Biography

Early life

As songwriter

His own recordings

Performing and recording in the 1990s and the 21st century

Rainy Day Records

Train Wreck Records

Personal life and death

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Discography (40 release groups · 31 studio albums)

Albums · 31

Broadcast · 1

EP · 2

Album · 4

Single · 2

Stats & PK

Awards & honours

Line-up

Where this record comes from

Why this artist is in the database

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