(ThyBlackMan.com) Johnnie Taylor was one of the most versatile and enduring voices in American music, seamlessly bridging the worlds of gospel, soul, blues, and funk. Known as the “Philosopher of Soul ...

Johnnie Taylor, 83, of Coos Bay, passed away on November 2, 2024. He was born on August 6, 1941 in El Paso, Texas to Ester Walls and James Meehan. Later, John was adopted by Howard Ellis Taylor.

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Before this, he had been in gospel outfits The Five Echoes – who he joined in 1951 or 1952 at age 17 – and, from 1957, The Highway QC’s, who Sam Cooke had passed through. In August 1960, he took on ...