"[49] JT reached No. Livingston is still an active musician; Kate was active in the 1970s but did not record another album until 2003; Hugh operates a bed-and-breakfast with his wife, The Outermost Inn in Aquinnah on Martha's Vineyard; and Alex died in 1993 on James's birthday. In 2006, Taylor performed Randy Newman's song "Our Town" for the Disney animated film Cars. Taylor, and Hessberg’s sister, Caroline “Kim” Hessberg-Taylor, a longtime Boston Symphony Orchestra trustee and former BSO publicist, are paying restitution to … 61. [83], Taylor cancelled his 2016 concert in Manila as a protest to the extrajudicial killings of suspects in the Philippine Drug War. In December 2004, he appeared as himself in an episode of The West Wing entitled "A Change Is Gonna Come". She has been in one celebrity relationship averaging approximately 19.7 years. MusiCares 2014 person of the year tribute honoring Carole King, Los Angeles, January 24, 2014, See Flanked by two greatest hit releases, Taylor's Platinum-certified October Road appeared in 2002 to a receptive audience. James Taylor was born on March 12, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA as James Vernon Taylor.

[55] He was encouraged by the nascent democracy in Brazil at the time, buoyed by the positive reception he got from the large crowd and other musicians, and musically energized by the sounds and nature of Brazilian music.

He achieved his first number-one album in the US in 2015 with his recording Before This World.

Help keep James Taylor and Caroline Kim Smedvig profile up to date. Proceeds from the concert went to benefit the Natural Resources Defense Council, MusiCares, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, and the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank, a member of America's Second Harvest, the nation's Food Bank Network.

[77], He was active in support of Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign and opened the 2012 Democratic National Convention singing three songs. "Jump Up Behind Me" paid tribute to his father's rescue of him after The Flying Machine days, and the long drive from New York City back to his home in Chapel Hill. [57], The song "Only a Dream in Rio" was written in tribute to that night, with lines like I was there that very day and my heart came back alive. She has been in one celebrity relationship averaging approximately 19.7 years. Caroline Smedvig has been married to James Taylor since February 18, 2001. videos,

by 2Paragraphs in Culture | December 28, 2016, At the 33rd annual Kennedy Center Honors celebration in 2010, American singers Mavis Staples and James Taylor performed a medley of “Let It Be” and “Hey Jude” to honor former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney. Sweet Baby James was received at its time as a folk-rock masterpiece, an album that effectively showcased Taylor's talents to the mainstream public, marking a direction he would take in following years. American Standard debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, making Taylor the first act to earn a top 10 album in each of the last six decades.

On the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, the track also reached the top, and the follow-up single, the feelgood "Mexico", featuring a guest appearance by Crosby & Nash, also reached the Top 5 of that list. He faltered during his junior year, feeling uneasy in the high-pressure college prep environment despite having a good scholastic performance. Taylor's four siblings (Alex, Livingston, Hugh, and Kate) have also been musicians with recorded albums. Peter Herbst of Rolling Stone was particularly favorable to the album, of which he wrote in its August 11, 1977 issue, "JT is the least stiff and by far the most various album Taylor has done. On Sunday, January 18, 2009, he performed at the We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial, singing "Shower the People" with John Legend and Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland. James Taylor got married to his fellow singer-songwriter Carly Simon on November 3, 1972. Posted by James Taylor on Thursday, February 18, 2016. Later on, he appeared on CMT's Crossroads alongside the Dixie Chicks. "[17] Spending summer holidays with his family on Martha's Vineyard, he met Danny Kortchmar, an aspiring teenage guitarist from Larchmont, New York.