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{{Short description|American singer and songwriter (1934–2000)}}
{{For|a similarly named blues and soul singer|Little Johnny Taylor}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:Wik1iProject_Musicians -->
| name             = Johnnie Taylor
| image            = Black Soul Singer Johnny Taylor Performs At The International Amphitheater In Chicago, 10-1973 (8675935742) (cropped).jpg
| caption          = Taylor performing at the [[International Amphitheatre]] in Chicago, 1973
| background       = solo_singer
| birth_name       = Johnnie Harrison Taylor
| alias            = Philosopher of Soul<ref name="encyclopediaofarkansas"/>
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1934|5|5}}
| birth_place      = [[Crawfordsville, Arkansas]], United States
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|2000|5|31|1934|5|5}}
| death_place      = [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], United States
| origin           = 
| instrument       = 
| genre            = [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] '''·''' [[soul music|soul]] '''·''' [[Gospel music|gospel]] '''·''' [[blues]] '''·''' [[pop music|pop]] '''·''' [[doo-wop]] '''·''' [[disco]]
| occupation       = Singer, songwriter, record producer
| years_active     = 1953–2000
| label            = {{hlist|Chance|[[SAR Records|SAR]]|[[Stax Records|Stax]]|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]|Beverly Glen|[[Malaco Records|Malaco]]}}
| associated_acts  = 
| website          = 
}}

'''Johnnie Harrison Taylor''' (May 5, 1934 &ndash; May 31, 2000)<ref>{{cite web|first=Patrick|last=Montier|url=http://staxrecords.free.fr/jtaylor.htm |title=Johnnie Taylor|publisher=Staxrecords.free.fr|access-date=April 7, 2014}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|last1=Huey|first1=Steve|title=Artist Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/johnnie-taylor-mn0000198162/biography|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=March 5, 2022}}</ref> was an American recording artist and songwriter who performed a wide variety of genres, from [[blues]], [[rhythm and blues]], [[soul music|soul]], and [[Gospel music|gospel]] to [[pop music|pop]], [[doo-wop]], and [[disco]]. He was initially successful at [[Stax Records]] with the number-one [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B hits]] "[[Who's Making Love]]" (1968), "[[Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone]]" (1971) and "[[I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)]]" (1973), and reached number one on the US pop charts with "[[Disco Lady]]" in 1976.

In 2022, Taylor was inducted into the [[Blues Hall of Fame]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://blues.org/hall/|title=BLUES HALL OF FAME - About/Inductions|website=Blues.org|accessdate=March 20, 2022}}</ref>

==Biography==
===Early years===
[[File:Johnnie Taylor (1967).png|thumb|right|Taylor in 1967]]
Johnnie Taylor was born in [[Crawfordsville, Arkansas]], United States.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor-first=Colin|editor-last=Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|pages=1164/5}}</ref> He grew up in [[West Memphis, Arkansas]], performing in gospel groups as a youngster. As an adult, he had one release, "Somewhere to Lay My Head", on [[Chicago]]'s [[Vee Jay Records]] [[record label|label]] in the 1950s, as part of the gospel group [[The Highway Q.C.'s]], which included a young [[Sam Cooke]].<ref name="Larkin"/> Taylor's singing then was strikingly close to that of Cooke, and he was hired to take Cooke's place in the latter's gospel group, the [[Soul Stirrers]], in 1957.<ref name="Larkin"/>

A few years later, after Cooke had established his independent [[SAR Records]], Taylor signed on as one of the label's first acts and recorded "Rome Wasn't Built In A Day" in 1962.<ref name="Larkin"/> However, SAR Records quickly became defunct after Cooke's death in 1964.

In 1966, Taylor moved to [[Stax Records]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], where he was dubbed "The Philosopher of Soul". He recorded with the label's [[house band]], which included [[Booker T. & the M.G.'s]]. His hits included "I Had a Dream", "I've Got to Love Somebody's Baby" (both [[songwriter|written]] by the team of [[Isaac Hayes]] and [[David Porter (musician)|David Porter]]) and most notably "[[Who's Making Love]]",<ref name="Larkin"/> which reached No. 5 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] [[record chart|chart]] and No. 1 on the [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] chart in 1968. "Who's Making Love" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a [[music recording sales certification|gold disc]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://honormusicawards.com/johnnie-taylor-whos-making-love-gold-riaa-45-white-matte-record-award/|title=Johnnie Taylor "Who's Making Love" Gold RIAA 45 White Matte Record Award -|date=December 15, 2011|website=honormusicawards.com}}</ref> In 1970 Taylor married Gerlean Rocket, with their divorce finalized on May 10, 2000, 21 days before his passing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Estate-sale-showcases-blues-singer-s-personal-8872240.php|title=Estate sale showcases blues singer's personal effects|website=Myplainview.com}} {{subscription required|date=May 2024}}</ref> His children from that marriage are Jon Harrison Taylor, and Tasha Taylor, both musicians.

During his tenure at Stax, he became an R&B star, with over a dozen chart successes, such as "[[Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone]]", which reached No. 23 on the Hot 100 chart, "Cheaper to Keep Her" ([[Mack Rice]]) and [[record producer]] [[Don Davis (record producer)|Don Davis]]'s penned "I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)", which reached No. 11 on the Hot 100 chart. "I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)" also sold more than one million copies, and was awarded gold disc status by the [[R.I.A.A.]] in October 1973.<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{cite book|first=Joseph|last=Murrells|year=1978|title=The Book of Golden Discs|edition=2nd|publisher=Barrie and Jenkins Ltd|location=London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/249 249 and 338]|isbn=0-214-20512-6|url=https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/249}}</ref> Taylor, along with Isaac Hayes and [[The Staple Singers]], was one of the label's flagship artists, who were credited for keeping the company afloat in the late 1960s and early 1970s after the death of its biggest star, [[Otis Redding]], in an aviation accident. He appeared in the documentary film, ''[[Wattstax]]'', which was released in 1973.<ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years">{{cite book|first=John|last=Tobler|year=1992|title=NME Rock 'N' Roll Years|edition=1st|publisher=Reed International Books Ltd|location=London|page=241|id=CN 5585}}</ref>

===Columbia Records===
{{quote box|quote="For a journeyman he's a minor genius—who knows more about fucking around than [[Alfred Kinsey]]."|source=— ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]'' (1981)<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: T|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=T&bk=70|access-date=March 15, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>|width=22%|align=right|style=padding:8px;}}

After Stax folded in 1975, Taylor switched to [[Columbia Records]], where he recorded his biggest success with Don Davis still in charge of production, "[[Disco Lady]]", in 1976.<ref name="Larkin"/> It spent four weeks at number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and six weeks at the top of the R&B chart. It peaked at No. 25 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in May 1976.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2006|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|edition=19th|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|location=London|isbn=1-904994-10-5|page=550}}</ref> "Disco Lady" was the first certified [[music recording sales certification|platinum]] single (two million copies sold) by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]].<ref name="Larkin"/> Taylor recorded several more successful albums and R&B single hits with Davis on Columbia, before Brad Shapiro took over production duties, but sales generally fell away.

===Malaco Records===
After a short stay at a small independent label in Los Angeles, Beverly Glen Records, Taylor signed with [[Malaco Records]]<ref name="Larkin"/> after the company's founder Tommy Couch and producing partner Wolf Stephenson heard him sing at blues singer [[Z. Z. Hill]]'s funeral in spring 1984.

Backed by members of the [[Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section]], as well as in-house veterans such as former [[Stax Records|Stax]] keyboardist [[Carson Whitsett]] and guitarist/bandleader Bernard Jenkins, Malaco gave Taylor the type of recording freedom that Stax had given him in the late 1960s and early 1970s, enabling him to record ten albums for the label in his 16-year stint.

In 1996, Taylor's eighth album for Malaco, ''Good Love!'', reached number one on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Top Blues Albums]] chart (No. 15 R&B), and was the biggest record in Malaco's history. With this success, Malaco recorded a live video of Taylor at the [[Longhorn Ballroom]] in [[Dallas, Texas]], in the summer of 1997. The club portion of the ''Good Love'' video was recorded at 1001 Nightclub in [[Jackson, Mississippi]].

Taylor's final song was "Soul Heaven", in which he dreamed of being at a concert featuring deceased African-American music icons from [[Louis Armstrong]] to [[Otis Redding]] to Z.Z. Hill to [[The Notorious B.I.G.]], among others.

==Radio==
In the 1980s, Johnnie Taylor was a DJ on [[KKDA (AM)|KKDA]], a radio station in the Dallas area, where he had made his home. The station's format was mostly R&B and Soul oldies and their on-the-air personalities were often local R&B, Soul, blues, and jazz musicians. Taylor was billed as "The Wailer, Johnnie Taylor".

==Death==
Taylor died of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] at Charlton Methodist Hospital in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], on May 31, 2000, aged 66.<ref name="encyclopediaofarkansas">{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=637|title=Johnnie Harrison Taylor (1934-2000)|publisher=Encyclopedia of Arkansas|access-date=April 7, 2014}}</ref> Stax billed Johnnie Taylor as "The Philosopher of Soul". He was also known as "the Blues Wailer". He was buried beside his mother, Ida Mae Taylor, at Forrest Hill Cemetery in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[Missouri]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/taylor-johnnie-harrison-1934-2000/|title=Johnnie Harrison Taylor (1934-2000) •|first=Erika|last=Weber|website=Blackpast.org|date=August 6, 2018|access-date=July 9, 2021}}</ref><ref name="encyclopediaofarkansas"/>

His highly complex personal life was revealed after his death. Having six accepted children and three others with confirmed paternity born to three different mothers,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.estateofdenial.com/2011/11/27/flashback-johnnie-taylor-estate-dispute-tx/|title=Contact Support|website=Estateofdenial.com|access-date=May 18, 2018}}</ref> the difficulties associated with executing his will were presented in an episode of the TV program ''The Will: Family Secrets Revealed'' called "The Estate of Johnnie Taylor".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2518022/|title=The Estate of Johnnie Taylor|date=November 16, 2011|access-date=May 18, 2018|website=IMDb.com}}</ref> In a 2021 ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' article, Fonda Bryant, one of the nine heirs of Taylor's estate, shared some of the complexities that she and her other siblings have had to deal with during the past decade regarding her father's royalty payments from [[Sony Music]]. Bryant believed that the alleged lack of transparency concerning those payouts was reason enough for Sony to disclose her father's personal information. Sony's refusal to do so left Bryant and the other heirs in the dark. Music industry attorney [[Erin M. Jacobson]] stated in the article that "'a label is not just going to turn over a bunch of financial records to anyone that asks for it.'" An audit is a viable option for "heirs who are distrustful of a label's accounting" practices. The down side to doing one, though, is the exorbitant amount of money that it would cost to do so, something too "unrealistic for most heirs like Bryant."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Bernstein |first1=Jonathan |title=He Scored the First Platinum Hit. 45 Years Later, His Family Is Fighting for Every Penny |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/johnnie-taylor-fonda-bryant-sony-royalties-1241773/ |access-date=July 16, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=November 2, 2021}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
Taylor was given a Pioneer Award by the [[Rhythm and Blues Foundation]] in 1999. Taylor was also a three-time [[Grammy Award]] nominee.<ref name="grammy.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/johnnie-taylor|title=Johnnie Taylor|date=June 4, 2019|website=Grammy.com}}</ref> In 2015 Taylor was inducted into the [[National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame]]. In 2022, Taylor was inducted into the [[Blues Hall of Fame]].<ref name="auto"/> His induction citation stated "Taylor liked to emphasize that he could sing more than blues, as indeed he amply proved when performing gospel and soul, but among African-American audiences, he reigned as the top headliner of his era at blues events".<ref name="auto"/>

===Grammy Awards===
Taylor was nominated for three career [[Grammy Awards]] without a win.<ref name="grammy.com"/>
{{award table}}
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[11th Grammy Awards|1969]]
|rowspan="1"|"[[Who's Making Love]]"
|[[Best Male R&B Vocal Performance]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[19th Grammy Awards|1977]]
|rowspan="1"|"[[Disco Lady]]"
|[[Best Male R&B Vocal Performance]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[43rd Grammy Awards|2001]]
|rowspan="1"|''Gotta Get the Groove Back''
|[[Best Traditional R&B Performance|Best Traditional R&B Vocal Album]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|}

Johnnie Taylor was awarded the ''first-ever'' Platinum Record Award in history by the [[RIAA]] for his two-million-selling smash hit, "Disco Lady".

==Musical influence==
In 2004, the UK's [[The Shapeshifters|Shapeshifters]] [[sampling (music)|sampled]] Taylor's 1982 "What About My Love?", for their No. 1 hit single, "[[Lola's Theme]]".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Copsey|first1=Rob|title=Official Charts Flashback 2004: Rachel Stevens' Some Girls vs. Lola's Theme|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-2004-rachel-stevens-some-girls-vs-lolas-theme__19694/|publisher=[[Official Charts]]|access-date=November 2, 2022|date=July 22, 2021}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Album
! colspan="2"| Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2"| Label
|- style="font-size:small;"
! width="35"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref name="Awards">{{cite web|title=Johnnie Taylor - Awards|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/johnnie-taylor-mn0000198162/awards|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=March 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912063206/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/johnnie-taylor-mn0000198162/awards|archive-date=September 12, 2012}}</ref>
! width="35"| [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|US R&B]]<br /><ref name="Awards"/>
|-
| 1967
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Wanted: One Soul Singer''
| align=center| —
| align=center| 26
| rowspan="8"| [[Stax Records|Stax]]
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1968
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Who's Making Love...''
| align=center| 42
| align=center| 5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Raw Blues''
| align=center| 126
| align=center| 24
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Rare Stamps''
| align=center| —
| align=center| 33
|-
| 1969
| style="text-align:left;"| ''The Johnnie Taylor Philosophy Continues''
| align=center| 109
| align=center| 10
|-
| 1971
| style="text-align:left;"| ''One Step Beyond''
| align=center| 112
| align=center| 6
|-
| 1973
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Taylored in Silk''
| align=center| 54
| align=center| 3
|-
| 1974
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Super Taylor''
| align=center| 182
| align=center| 10
|-
| 1976
| style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Eargasm]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/eargasm-mw0000311827|title=Eargasm - Johnnie Taylor|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=June 23, 2021}}</ref>
| align=center| 5
| align=center| 1
| rowspan="2"| [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1977
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Rated Extraordinaire''
| align=center| 51
| align=center| 6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Reflections''
| align=center| —
| align=center| 45
| [[RCA Records|RCA]]
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Disco 9000''
| align=center| 183
| align=center| 22
| rowspan="4"| Columbia
|-
| 1978
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Ever Ready''
| align=center| 164
| align=center| 35
|-
| 1979
| style="text-align:left;"| ''She's Killing Me''
| align=center| —
| align=center| 53
|-
| 1980
| style="text-align:left;"| ''A New Day''
| align=center| —
| align=center| 75
|-
| 1982
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Just Ain't Good Enough''
| align=center| 172
| align=center| 19
| Beverly Glen
|-
| 1984
| style="text-align:left;"| ''This Is Your Night''
| align=center| —
| align=center| 55
| rowspan="11"| [[Malaco Records|Malaco]]
|-
| 1985
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Wall to Wall''
| align=center| —
| align=center| 46
|-
| 1987
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Lover Boy''
| align=center| —
| align=center| 70
|-
| 1988
| style="text-align:left;"| ''In Control''
| align=center| —
| align=center| 43
|-
| 1989
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Crazy 'Bout You''
| align=center| —
| align=center| 47
|-
| 1991
| style="text-align:left;"| ''I Know It's Wrong But I... Just Can't Do Right''
| align=center| —
| align=center| 59
|-
| 1993
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Real Love''
| align=center| —
| align=center| 76
|-
| 1996
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Good Love!''
| align=center| 108
| align=center| 15
|-
| 1998
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Taylored to Please''
| align=center| —
| align=center| 44
|-
| 1999
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Gotta Get the Groove Back''
| align=center| 140
| align=center| 30
|-
| 2001
| style="text-align:left;"| ''There's No Good in Goodbye''
| align=center| —
| align=center| 30
|-
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
|}

===Live albums===
* ''FunkSoulBrother'' - Fuel/Universal. Retrospective album 1970<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2001/07/1701.cfm|title=CD Reviews: The Beta Band, Default, Toploader and many more|website=Chart Attack|date=July 17, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010719224341/http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2001/07/1701.cfm|archive-date=July 19, 2001|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="number" | Year
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" | Single
! colspan="4" | Chart positions
|- style="font-size:small;"
! style="width:35px;" | [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br /><ref>{{cite book|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|author-link=Joel Whitburn|year=2003|title=Top Pop Singles 1955-2002|edition=1st|publisher=Record Research Inc.|location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin|isbn=0-89820-155-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur/page/700 700]|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur/page/700}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;" | [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US R&B]]<br /><ref name="whitburnr&b">{{cite book|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-1995|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|year=1996|publisher=Record Research|page=435}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;" | [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="betts">{{cite book|first=Graham|last=Betts|year=2004|title=Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004|edition=1st|publisher=Collins|location=London|isbn=0-00-717931-6|page=772}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;" | [[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=johnnie+taylor&ChartEn=Top+Singles&| title=RPM Top 100 Singles | website=[[Library and Archives Canada]] }}</ref><br><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=johnny+taylor&ChartEn=Top+Singles&| title=RPM Top 100 Singles | website=[[Library and Archives Canada]] }}</ref>

|-
|| 1963
| style="text-align:left;"| "Baby, We've Got Love"
| 98
| *<ref>No ''Billboard'' R&B chart published in this period.</ref>
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1966
| style="text-align:left;"| "I Had a Dream"
| —
| 19
| —
| —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "I Got to Love Somebody's Baby"
| —
| 15
| —
| —
|-
|| 1967
| style="text-align:left;"| "Somebody's Sleeping in My Bed"
| 95
| 33
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1968
| style="text-align:left;"| "Next Time"
| —
| 34
| —
| —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "I Ain't Particular"
| —
| 45
| —
| —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Who's Making Love]]"
| 5
| 1
| —
| 7
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1969
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Take Care of Your Homework]]"
| 20
| 2
| —
| 27
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[(I Wanna) Testify|Testify (I Wanna)]]"
| 36
| 4
| —
| 35
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "I Could Never Be President"
| 48
| 10
| —
| —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Love Bones"
| 43
| 4
| —
| 38
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1970
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Steal Away (Jimmy Hughes song)|Steal Away]]"
| 37
| 3
| —
| 36
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "I Am Somebody Part II"
| 39
| 4
| —
| 45
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1971
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone]]"
| 28
| 1
| —
| —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "I Don't Wanna Lose You"
| 86
| 13
| —
| —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Hijackin' Love"
| 64
| 10
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1972
| style="text-align:left;"| "Standing in for Jody"
| 74
| 12
| —
| —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Doing My Own Thing (Part I)"
| 109
| 16
| —
| —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Stop Doggin' Me"
| 101
| 13
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1973
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)]]"
| 11
| 1
| —
| 35
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Cheaper to Keep Her"
| 15
| 2
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1974
| style="text-align:left;"| "We're Getting Careless with Our Love"
| 34
| 5
| —
| 77
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "I've Been Born Again"
| 78
| 13
| —
| —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "It's September"
| —
| 26
| —
| —
|-
|| 1975
| style="text-align:left;"| "Try Me Tonight"
| —
| 51
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1976
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Disco Lady]]"
| 1
| 1
| 25
| 14
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Somebody's Gettin' It"
| 33
| 5
| —
| 94
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1977
| style="text-align:left;"| "Love Is Better in the A.M. (Part 1)"
| 77
| 3
| —
| 63
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Your Love Is Rated X"
| —
| 17
| —
| —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Disco 9000"
| 86
| 24
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1978
| style="text-align:left;"| "Keep On Dancing"
| 101
| 32
| —
| —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Ever Ready"
| —
| 84
| —
| —
|-
|| 1979
| style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="&quot;Ooh" | "(Ooh-Wee) She's Killing Me" /<br />"Play Something Pretty"
| —
| 37<br />79
| —
| —
|-
|| 1980
| style="text-align:left;"| "I Got This Thing for Your Love"
| —
| 77
| —
| —
|-
|| 1982
| style="text-align:left;"| "What About My Love"
| —
| 24
| —
| —
|-
|| 1983
| style="text-align:left;"| "I'm So Proud"
| —
| 55
| —
| —
|-
|| 1984
| style="text-align:left;"| "Lady, My Whole World Is You"
| —
| 74
| —
| —
|-
|| 1987
| style="text-align:left;"| "Don't Make Me Late"
| —
| 74
| —
| —
|-
|| 1990
| style="text-align:left;"| "Still Crazy for You"
| —
| 60
| —
| —
|-
| colspan="6" style="font-size:9pt" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030416223459/http://www.melingo.com/thesoulnet/jt.htm Complete Discography]
* {{discogs artist|Johnnie Taylor}}
* {{AllMusic|id=mn0000198162}}
*[https://www.ska2soul.net/wossjt.html Wanted One Soul Singer - Johnnie Taylor]
* {{IMDb name|0852650}}

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