Johnnie Taylor

Black boys ages 10-14 are twice as likely to die by suicide than their white counterparts. And every 4 and a half hours a Black person dies by suicide. Jacque Reid goes Inside Her Story with suicide prevention advocate Fonda Bryant, who is also the daughter of Johnnie Taylor. Bryant works to raise awareness of […]

Songwriter and performer Harvey Scales is the first songwriter of a platinum-selling single. Scales was a co-writer for singer Johnnie Taylor’s 70’s hit, “Disco Lady,” which is the first single to ever sell over 1 million copies. Scales, born 1941 in Osceola, Ark. and raised in Milwaukee, Wisc., got his start in the early 60’s […]

Floyd Taylor, the son of the late blues and soul legend Johnnie Taylor has died at the age of sixty-years-old, according to a family friend. Taylor, a Blues singer, had recently been touring with other musical acts across the country. His next show was slated for March 15, 2014 in Merrillville, Indiana at the Town […]