Rated X-Traordinaire: The Best of Johnnie Taylor

Performer: Johnnie Taylor
Artist: Bootsy Collins; Michael Henderson; Fred Wesley
Distributor: Sony Music Entertainment

Notes: Personnel includes: Johnnie Taylor (vocals, guitar); Bernie Worrell, Rudy Robinson (arranger); Jay Graydon, Leroy Hadley, Willie Hampton (guitar); The Detroit Fisher Theatre Strings (strings); Fred Wesley And The Horny Horns (horns); Bobbie Barber, Barry Beckett, Reginald Burke (keyboards); William "Bootsy" Collins, Michael Henderson, Bob Ray (bass); Bobby Hall, Johnny Soul, Lee Nathan Marcus (drums, percussion); Diane Davis, Donna Davis (background vocals). Producers include: Don Davis, Wade Marcus, Johnnie Taylor, Jack Avery, Sr., Brad Shapiro. Compilation producer: Leo Sacks. Engineers include: Christopher Banninger, Pete Bishop, Don Davis. Includes liner notes by Kalamu Ya Salaam. All tracks have been digitally remastered. This is part of Legacy's "Rhythm And Soul" series.

Johnnie Taylor first achieved notoriety when he joined Sam Cooke's former group, the Soul Stirrers, in 1957. Taylor's blues-based R&B records of the '60s, like his biggest hit, "Who's Makin' Love?," featured an irresistible beat and Taylor's gruff, emphatic vocals. While he never achieved the fame of Otis Redding or Wilson Pickett, Taylor stuck around long enough to enjoy a second surge in popularity with the lusty hit "Disco Lady" in 1976.

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