Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez

Chip Taylor (b. 1940) is the stage name of American songwriter James Wesley Voight noted for writing the song, Wild Thing. Taylor is the younger brother of actor Jon Voight, and uncle of Angelina Jolie and James Haven. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1110x1700, 1168 KB) Summary Press release photo of Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1110x1700, 1168 KB) Summary Press release photo of Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... A stage name or a screen name is a pseudonym used by performers - such as actors, athletes, comedians, musicians and clowns. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Wild Thing is the name of two completely different songs: Wild Thing is a hit song from 1966 originally performed by the English band The Troggs, and written by New York-born songwriter Chip Taylor. ... Jon Voight at an April 2005 meeting with Senator Norm Coleman and rabbis from Chabad Lubavich. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... James Haven James Haven (born James Haven Voight on May 11, 1973 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor and producer. ...

Music career

Taylor began his professional career as a golf pro, but was not successful. Taylor then became a musical performer, but his primary success has come from songwriting, both alone and with other songwriters. Taylor's songwriting partners have included Al Gorgoni, Billy Vera, Ted Daryll, and Jerry Ragavoy. Golf (gowf in Scots) is a sport where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area. ... Billy Vera (born May 28, 1944) is an American singer and actor. ...

Taylor's best known songs are Wild Thing, originally written for the English band, The Troggs, and Angel of the Morning, a hit for Merilee Rush in 1968 then in 1981 for country-pop singer Juice Newton. Other Taylor compositions that made entries onto the pop charts include, I Can't Let Go (performed by The Hollies), Make Me Belong to You, I Can Make It With You (Jackie De Shannon), Any Way You Want Me (The Troggs), Step Out of Your Mind, Country Girl City Man, I'll Hold Out My Hand, and Try (Just a Little Bit Harder) (Janis Joplin). Country hits written by Taylor include Sweet Dream Woman (Waylon Jennings), and Son of a Rotten Gambler (Emmylou Harris and Anne Murray). The Troggs, were a successful English rock band of the 1960s, who had a number of hits in Britain and America, including their most famous song, Wild Thing. The Troggs were from the town of Andover in southern England. ... Angel of the Morning is a hit song from 1968 for the American singer Merilee Rush and the Turnabouts. ... Juice Newton (born Judith Kaye Cohen on February 18, 1952, in Lakehurst, New Jersey) is an American pop and country singer. ... The Hollies The Hollies are a British rock and roll band formed in the early 1960s. ... Jackie DeShannon, real name Sharon Lee Myers, (born August 21, 1944) is an American singer/songwriter with a string of hit song credits from the 1960s onwards. ... Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock singer and occasional songwriter with a distinctive voice. ... Waylon Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was a respected and influential American country music singer and guitarist, born in Littlefield, Texas. ... Emmylou Harris on the cover of her collection Profile Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is a country music singer-songwriter and musician from Birmingham, Alabama, USA. // Early years Harris graduated from high school as class valedictorian and won a drama scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. ... Anne Murray on the cover of her Christmas album What a Wonderful Christmas Anne Murray, CC , ONS , LL.D (born Morna Anne Murray June 20, 1945), is a Canadian singer born in Springhill, Nova Scotia, known for her rich alto voice and her taste in choosing songs that appeal to...

Taylor released recordings on Warner Brothers, Columbia, and Capitol records, and his most popular recording is his, Last Chance released through Warner Brothers. In the 1980 Taylor gave up the music business for a career as a professional gambler. 1980 also saw Taylor making a screen acting appearance in the film, Melvin and Howard. Warner Bros. ... Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI. // History The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Melvin and Howard was a 1980 movie directed by Jonathan Demme and written by Bo Goldman, based upon the claims of Utah service station owner Melvin Dummar concerning a purported will written by Howard Hughes, leaving Dummar 1/16th of his $2 billion estate, which would have amounted to $156...

Taylor today

Taylor restarted his performing and recording career in 1993. At at South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas, Chip met singer and violinist, Carrie Rodriguez with whom he currently performs and records. The duo performs Americana music. South by Southwest (SXSW, Inc. ... An apple pie and baseball bat sitting atop an American flag. ...

External links

• Train Wreck Records site for Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez
• Chip Taylor at the Internet Movie Database