Chip Taylor, the singer/songwriter identified for hits like ‘Wild Factor’ and ‘Angel of the Morning’, has died. He was 86.
The Grammy-nominated artist’s kids Kris and Kelly introduced their father’s dying in an announcement after Taylor (born James Wesley Voight), who was the brother of Jon Voight and uncle of Angelina Jolie, reportedly died Monday evening in hospice.
“Hello all – we’re unhappy to inform you that Chip handed away final evening,” Kris and Kelly stated in an announcement on his Fb. “His final days have been peaceable. Chip beloved the superb blessing it was to attach with folks by means of music and really appreciated this neighborhood. He thought-about you all associates. We’ll miss him drastically.”
Born March 21, 1940 in Yonkers, New York, Taylor initially adopted in his father Elmer Voight’s skilled {golfing} footsteps earlier than dropping out of school and transferring again to NYC to pursue a music profession, signing with April Blackwood, which later turned EMI after which Sony Music.
Taylor wrote ‘Wild Factor’, which The Troggs recorded in 1966 and was later inducted into the Grammy Corridor of Fame in 2019. Jimi Hendrix carried out his personal rendition in 1967, and The Runaways launched a canopy in 1976.
Additionally in 1967, Evie Sands recorded Taylor’s ‘Angel of the Morning’, which has since been coated by Dusty Springfield, Olivia Newton-John, Shaggy and extra.
He additionally wrote songs for the likes of Johnny Money, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty, Linda Ronstadt and Tina Turner.
As a performer, Taylor launched quite a few solo and group albums with numerous bands since 1971, launching his personal impartial label Practice Wreck Information in 2007.
Taylor is survived by his kids Kristian and Kelly, in addition to 5 grandchildren, with whom he recorded the 2011 music ‘Children to Save the Planet’. His spouse of greater than 60 years, Joan Carole Frey, died final 12 months.
In lieu of flowers, the household requests donations be made to the Metropolitan Golf Affiliation Caddie Scholarship Fund.