Johnnie Taylor

Not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Eligible since: 1993

First Recording: 1967

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Johnnie Taylor
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Once again, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has skipped over my father, the late R&B singer Johnnie Taylor who has been eligible since 1996. As each year passes, I get madder and madder at the artist who are put in over him.
I mean not only was my father a great singer but he had to deal with a very racist society in fine tuning his craft.
I talked to former president of the hall of fame, Terry Stewart about two years ago. He told me about the process and I think it stinks. I think there should be a poll that the public can vote on. No one really knows who picks these artist at all and no one can challenge it
I am going to keep challenge them, until my father is placed where he deserves to be. With Disco Lady, my father had the FIRST PLATINUM single.
Will I have passed away by the time you guys put my father in the hall of fame? I will be 53 on November 23 of this year. It's looking more and more that way. It's a shame he's been passed over so many times.

Posted by Fonda Bryant on Wednesday, 10/16/2013 @ 15:54pm


****JOHNNIE TAYLOR****

40 R&B CHART HITS between 1963 and 1990...including no less than 15 R&B Top 10's and 4 R&B # 1's 4Pop Top 20's, 1- Pop # 1 hit (Disco Lady) , which was the very FIRST CERTIFIED PLATINUM SINGLE in music history...but NOT IN THE ROCK HALL ?? WHY ??

Posted by Bill G. on Sunday, 06/29/2014 @ 18:41pm


He's worthy

Posted by Joe-Skee on Wednesday, 12/9/2015 @ 18:38pm


Okay. How many more years is my father, Johnnie Taylor going to be skipped over? we are at year 24 and counting????? After doing my homework on this site, he can't even be found with other artist that are eligible. How can the man that had the FIRST EVER, EVER, EVER PLATINUM record, Disco Lady, certified by the RIAA not be inducted? I won't rest until he is in his place at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. You can count on that.

Posted by Fonda Bryant on Monday, 09/19/2016 @ 14:46pm


Okay. How many more years is my father, Johnnie Taylor going to be skipped over? we are at year 24 and counting????? After doing my homework on this site, he can't even be found with other artist that are eligible. How can the man that had the FIRST EVER, EVER, EVER PLATINUM record, Disco Lady, certified by the RIAA not be inducted? I won't rest until he is in his place at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. You can count on that.

Posted by Fonda Bryant on Monday, 09/19/2016 @ 14:46pm


Are you really his daughter? If so, awesome!

The man had many great achievements and quite a career. Unfortunately though, he's got so much competition and on top of that there hasn't been much people in his genre inducted in the last decade. Don't worry, less and less people are taking the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame seriously.

Posted by Jason Voigt on Monday, 09/19/2016 @ 17:01pm


40 R&B CHART HITS between 1963 and 1990...including no less than 15 R&B Top 10's and 4 R&B # 1's 4Pop Top 20's, 1- Pop # 1 hit (Disco Lady) , which was the very FIRST CERTIFIED PLATINUM SINGLE in music history...but NOT IN THE ROCK HALL ?? WHY ??

Just because the "Hallowed Hall" wants to EXCLUDE R&B artists going forward in favor of RAP/HIP-HOP ?

The HUGE backlog of deserving R&B artists that are NOT getting inducted...or even NOMINATED is getting simply RIDICULOUS !!

Posted by Bill G on Monday, 02/6/2017 @ 00:46am


Are you kidding me. Johnnie Taylor, Patti Labelle, and Dione Warwick NOT in Rock Hall of Fame.

Posted by Frederick Glover on Sunday, 04/4/2021 @ 06:09am


I loved Johnny Taylor's music and i don't know why after all these years he is still not in the hall of fame

Posted by Willis Plair on Saturday, 08/21/2021 @ 11:31am


Johnnie Taylor should be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Hopefully, he is nominated in the future for induction. He was recently inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame this year.

Posted by J.W. on Sunday, 07/3/2022 @ 09:50am


30 years later, Johnnie Taylor is STILL waiting to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It is ridiculous!

Posted by Fonda Bryant on Monday, 02/6/2023 @ 12:47pm


Johnnie Taylor will probably never reach the rock & roll hall of fame,Johnnie once said himself I don,t care about the hall of fame,I care about the hall of my money ,he said himself the rock & roll hall of fame was not important to him,And Fonda Bryant needs to set down ,because Johnnie Taylor never even knew her ,Never owned her as his child,Never claimed Her.

Posted by Janet Boggs on Monday, 06/19/2023 @ 11:52am


Johnnie Taylor will probably never reach the rock & roll hall of fame,Johnnie once said himself I don,t care about the hall of fame,I care about the hall of my money ,he said himself the rock & roll hall of fame was not important to him,And Fonda Bryant needs to set down ,because Johnnie Taylor never even knew her ,Never owned her as his child,Never claimed Her.

Posted by Janet Boggs on Monday, 06/19/2023 @ 12:12pm


It has now been 30 years and my father still hasn't been even nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He deserves to be there with his friends, Otis Redding and Sam Cooke. He made MUSIC and BLACK HISTORY by being the first artist to have a platinum record certified by the RIAA, along with his body of work.

Now on a personal note, Janet Boggs, has been bothering me, my brother TJ, my son, and anyone else she can find who we have contact with. Janet Boggs, we believe is my father's ex-wife that he DIVORCED 10 days before he died. She has been bothering us for over 20 years and seems to have no life. She goes on anything that we post and says the same old stuff like Charlie Brown's teacher. She is a coward because, on her Facebook page, she doesn't have a real profile, but a picture of a flower. If she knows so much, why won't she show her face and who she is? Again, she is a COWARD with no life. It is sad, that someone waste so much time being hateful instead of living their life like we are.

I have forgiven my father who dealt with substance abuse and the times he grew up in but you don't forget. At the end of the day, we can't help how we come here. No matter how much this person vents and acts stupid, she. Gerlean Rockett Taylor, can't take away ME, and TJ are his children. There are nine of us on paper but others out there with the same blood flowing through us.

I have moved on from this and Gerlean/Janet you should too. Seek help instead of bothering people who aren't thinking about you and your stupidity, help someone, take up a hobby but move on with the rest of your life. You are old, in your 80s, and still can't let things go...that in itself is SAD.

You started bothering TJ again, let it go...P.S. Do you know that what you are doing is a crime, cyber stalking....Eventually, we will find out exactly who you are. Oh, we know who you are. Bye, Gerlean!

Posted by Fonda on Saturday, 12/16/2023 @ 14:29pm


Yes, if Bobby Womack and Percy Sledge can be inducted, Johnnie Taylor should at least be discussed.

Posted by power on Saturday, 12/16/2023 @ 20:20pm


Fonda Bryant,since you want me to show my face ,Why did,nt you show your face to Johnnie Taylor and his family instead of hiding for 40 years or more,and when he passed away you and your ma, pop up like a jack in the box,you and your mom,and your other outside sister and brother sound more like a coward than I do,because if I had a baby by him I would not have hid somewhere for 40 years,I would have came forward and confronted him when I saw he did Not want to do the right thing,And the o thing is this Not Gerlean Taylor,This Janet Boggs and for your information I been knowing Johnnie every since the early 1960S,But me and my husband belonged to a fishing and golf club ,he and Gerlean belong to that's how I met her,when you say she he divorced her 10 days before he died,You don,t use your brain too much , 10 days lol,they stayed together 30 YEARS,which is a whole lot longer than 10 days,and I case nobody has told you the real truth,It was Not him that wanted a divorce,It was her,had been lefted up to him there
would never have been a divorce,that's what was wrong with him,He had lost a nice wife.because Bobby Bland and Tyron David he told them down at Malaco records it was him not her and he was not going to fight her on it ,but they said he said she had been a good wife and good mother until he messed it ,Because he andBobby Bland and Tyrone David were just like brothers,I know that to be a fact.

Posted by Janet Boggs on Saturday, 01/13/2024 @ 21:29pm


Fonda Bryant and her mom,Tj Hooker and all the rest of Johnnie Taylor's outside children stayed hid for 40 years or more and never came forward while he was living and soon as he passes away they come running wanted his body exhumed,when they had 40 years or more to file paternity suits to get dna from him ,when they already knew the man never WANTED THEM,,and now they want to run a mans memory as tho they were in his life and wanted them ,PLEASE! The man were Strangers to them,He never bothered to go and see if they were living or what,and they going around here being Stupid enough to call him my father,DNA does Not make a man a father,and really in case ,He is their SPERM DONER,aman that never laid eyes on you ,Never even put his hands on you,Never seen you,Never claimed you how can he be your father,You need to quit hating on Gerlean ,because your Gerlean was the woman Johnnie fell in love with and wanted to marry,You need to quit being jealous because he Never wanted you Fonda and your ma.

Posted by Janet Boggs on Saturday, 01/13/2024 @ 21:53pm


Fonda and her mother came forward after Johnnie had passed,with all kinds of Lies,The only thing was True their DNA matched Johnnie two children ,because all that other lies were nothing but made up lies,Anybody with good sense knows it does not take a rocket scientist to figured it out,That's the reason she,s upset with me because she knows I,m telling the Truth,Johnnie Taylor was in Gastonia,NC one time and one night, the soul stirrers confirmed that in the early 2000s,And the next year when they went back after Johnnie had lefted the group,Fonda,s mother Peggye had another one time jumpoff with another soul stirrer Sonny Mitchell and had a baby by him ,Fonda won,t tell that,it's her brother,when Johnnie made Fonda on that one time jumpoff Johnnie had a wife and family back in Chicago ,his first wife who was Johnnie jr and Sabrina mother ,and Fonda have you ever thought about this,yes your DNA and the other two DNA Matched Jon,s And TashaDNA ,but it was Not confirmed by Johnnie ,he was dead So that means yes you are heirs to his estate Which nothing is probably never going to come from it anymore after you begged Sony for that little money,but this is my point You will never be accepted by Johnnie Taylor ,you will never be claimed or loved by him,because every time anybody ask him about his children he said Floyd,Johnnie Jr., Sabrina ,Jonathan and Latasha,,Johnnie,s family,the Taylor Side has a cousin that lives in west memphis,Ark.who is a friend of my husband and was very close to Johnnie told my husband that if you wanna see Johnnie act a damn fool,Say something to him about his Grandmother,his mother,Gerlean,Sabrina and Tasha then you would be in for a good old fashion Cussing out,So I,m Not trying to hide from you,my pic on Facebook into being shown is not because of you because I wish I could see you face to face it's a whole lot I could tell you about Johnnie ,because I can see you have been misinformed.

Posted by Janet Boggs on Saturday, 01/13/2024 @ 23:15pm


Fonda Bryant,just So you know it ,It's a lot you do not about Johnnie Taylor and his family,I know you do not like Gerlean ,but where you are concerned that's too bad,because Gerlean was the one he fell in love with and chose to marry and the one that he chose to have his other children with that he wanted,because the only children that he loved was Floyd,Johnnie jr., Sabrina,Jonathan and Latasha,It's sad but he Never Loved you or wanted you,Sabrina and Tasha were the two that got all the love from a father that girls are supposed to get,He had those two Spoiled Rotten when they were growing up, the family have the home videos,big Vacations,School activities, They have it all,Wish you could see them.

Posted by Janet Boggs on Sunday, 01/14/2024 @ 16:06pm


Johnnie Taylor will never be in the rock & Roll hall of fame,If it was intended for him to be in there ,his peers would have put him in there a long time ago,and Fonda for your information ,I live a good life,I,ve always had plenty,all my life,I have Never had to live in the projects,never had to go on Go Fund Me,begging,We are going on a family trip to Monaco,France this Spring,Last spring we to Italy on vacation,I know nothing about the kind of life and lifestyle you have lived.

Posted by Janet Boggs on Sunday, 01/14/2024 @ 18:19pm


Fonda Bryant said she gets madder and madder each year,Well looks like She will be for the rest of her life,because it's very unlikely that Johnnie will ever be in there now,S she will be mad,like who CARES AND WHO GIVES A RATS BEHIND,A nd like SHE SAID Gerlean Taylor cannot take away Her and Tj Hooker being Johnnie,s Children ,Well Fonda will Never be able to take away the Fact that Johnnie picked Gerlean to be his Wife and Share his life and and the luxury Rich life they enjoyed and shared together ,Which the biggest thing was the two beautiful children,Johnnie was ESCATIC ,She can get ready to deal with the FACT That the only thing Johnnie means to Her and the rest HIS OUTSIDE Children Is That He Is Only ThIER SPERM DONER,He DID NOT LOVE THEM, AndNever Will ,because How Can You Love Somebody That you Never Wanted in the first PLACE And Better yet Somebody that you Never Cared enough to ever Know,and the reason She cannot Stand the Stuff as she puts it ,is because she knows deep down She knows I,m telling the Truth,She wants people to believe her LIES .And if anybody needs help ,it's her because Johnnie Taylor,s outside children are what it is they are outside,they maybe heirs to his estate but that's all,he never claimed or wanted them ,he showed them he did not want them ,by staying out of their lives ,he had the family he wanted and loved,Fonda Bryant and TJ Hooker Cannot accept the Truthan do not want ,They know I,m telling the Truth,They do not want the truth told.

Posted by Janet Boggs on Tuesday, 01/16/2024 @ 10:20am


Fonda Bryant tried to throw off on Johnnie Taylor wife for being old,well She better hope that she be LUCKY enough to live a long life,I know she wish she could have traded that Sorry lifestyle of hers with the lifestyle that Gerlean had,Gerlean never been on Go fund Me begging people for money ,She did,nt have to go throught life ,being a single rundown that Know man wanted ,because of the lifestyle she led,Gerlean was a very respectful woman that lived up to it ,She was an upstanding woman ,Nobody can Never say that she sink to the bottom and is now trying to come up out of the gutter,Johnnie said out of his own mouth that she was a good wife until HE messed it up ,and Jon and Tasha She was the best mother anybody could ever have,and instead of you telling me to get it all together,you the one that needs to get it all together,Trifling ,opportunist,Shyster,you and tj Hooker the two that needs to stay out of af a man,s memory ,that Never wanted you in the first place ,Never wanted you in his life ,A piece of paper with DNA on it ,In this case don,t mean Nothing,the man was already dead he had Nothing to do with it,So he did Not Love ya,ll and Never Awill,And you need to get it out of your heads that drugs and alcohol kept him away from you,because that's a LIE, He DidNot want you because he knew your moms was run in,n and run outs ,he did,nt know them,he just what kind of female they wer,So he did Not want None of Ya,ll, ,Ya,ll needs to stay out of his memory,Thats for the wives and children that he accepted and Loved,Not people people that that he Never wanted and Claimed ,because he Never came to you because he did Not Want You,So if you wanted to know why he did Not Want You ,So you was the Trifling Coward that was hiding Something tha reason you did Not Want to Face Himand confront him,That was just like a coward to Stay hid and keep your mouth closed while he was living ,And the reason you talking about me is because you know I,m telling the TRuTH,And I will continue to tell the truth no matter what happens ,Because the TRUTH Stands ,Not Lies.

Posted by Janet Boggs on Thursday, 01/18/2024 @ 09:39am


The new people have been announced for the rock & roll hall of fame for 2024, glad Mary j. Bilge is up.

Posted by Janet Boggs on Sunday, 02/11/2024 @ 09:16am


The new people have been announced for the rock & roll hall of fame for 2024, glad Mary j. Bilge is up.

Posted by Janet Boggs on Sunday, 02/11/2024 @ 09:16am


The new people have been announced for the rock & roll hall of fame for 2024, glad Mary j. Bilge is up.

Posted by Janet Boggs on Sunday, 02/11/2024 @ 09:18am


Dear Ms or Mrs Janet Biggs,

I'm just an outsider and fan of Johnnie Taylor. I am also a Man of God. Looking at this thread is troublesome. I don't know what is going on between you and Ms or Mrs Bryant but I urge you two to forgive one another because God admonish us to so that we can be forgiven for our sins and transgressions. We can NOT get into heaven feeling like what I am seeing you write on this thread. It's definitely something that shouldn't be on a public site for the world to see, but I urge you all to fix it. The way we live our lives here on earth determines where we spend eternity. Bitterness (which rott the bones), anger, strife, and such things are gateways for satin to enter our lives. Please let go of the past, Mr Taylor has been deceased almost 25 years. His voice loves on through music. Add value to his legacy by ending division. Ps .. He will get in the Hall of Fame one day.

Posted by Roderick Rudolph on Thursday, 02/29/2024 @ 22:58pm


Mr.Roderick Rudolph,I read your comment and if you are a man of god as you say you are,then you would know that god do Not like Liars,Nobody ,not even myself is taking up for Johnnie Taylor wrong doings,but when you make up Lies on him is a different story,Everything I have said about Fonda Bryant and her mom is the Truth,and I know the good Lord would want me to forgive ,but I refused to back down on What Is The Truth,Fonda Bryant refuses to accept the Truthand DoNot want the Truth Told,She wants to live the lies She,s telling,I was Not only a fan of Johnnie Taylor I been knowing Johnnie for 46 years and I also knew his family,Now since you are a man of god ,then you need to address Fonda Bryant about this,because I refuse to try and pamper folk that I know is Not right ,And She is Not mrs. Bryant ,She and her mom both Never been married,And if you want to know my problem with this is ,Me and my husband was friends with Johnnie,s family,and the way this was handled was horrible,since you are a man of god ,How do you feel about them busting in on his wife and children when he died meddling all into their business why would you do that if you were the right kind of people ,his wife and children had nothing to do with what he had done,Why did,nt they confront Johnnie all those years,and that will documentary was nothing but deception and Lies told by the 3 that came forward and Fonda Bryant,s mom,So like I said I,m Not going to pamper people for doing what they did,I sticking to the Truth.

Posted by Janet Boggs on Saturday, 03/2/2024 @ 07:59am


Mr.Roderick Rudolph,I read your comment and if you are a man of god as you say you are,then you would know that god do Not like Liars,Nobody ,not even myself is taking up for Johnnie Taylor wrong doings,but when you make up Lies on him is a different story,Everything I have said about Fonda Bryant and her mom is the Truth,and I know the good Lord would want me to forgive ,but I refused to back down on What Is The Truth,Fonda Bryant refuses to accept the Truthand DoNot want the Truth Told,She wants to live the lies She,s telling,I was Not only a fan of Johnnie Taylor I been knowing Johnnie for 46 years and I also knew his family,Now since you are a man of god ,then you need to address Fonda Bryant about this,because I refuse to try and pamper folk that I know is Not right ,And She is Not mrs. Bryant ,She and her mom both Never been married,And if you want to know my problem with this is ,Me and my husband was friends with Johnnie,s family,and the way this was handled was horrible,since you are a man of god ,How do you feel about them busting in on his wife and children when he died meddling all into their business why would you do that if you were the right kind of people ,his wife and children had nothing to do with what he had done,Why did,nt they confront Johnnie all those years,and that will documentary was nothing but deception and Lies told by the 3 that came forward and Fonda Bryant,s mom,So like I said I,m Not going to pamper people for doing what they did,I sticking to the Truth.

Posted by Janet Boggs on Saturday, 03/2/2024 @ 07:59am


Mr. Roderick Rudolph,You are right I have decided to let go of the past,but like I said not back down on the Truth and what I know is right,But I wanted to share this with you about the rock & roll hall of fame ,Johnnie Taylor always said and I often heard him say this ,The rock & roll hall of fame is Not important to me,what is important to me is my hall of money,and my opinion is and knowing what I know about the music industry since I was a child is that if he was going to be in there ,his music would have voted him in years ago.

Posted by Janet Boggs on Saturday, 03/2/2024 @ 08:14am


Mr. Roderick Rudolph,You are right I have decided to let go of the past,but like I said not back down on the Truth and what I know is right,But I wanted to share this with you about the rock & roll hall of fame ,Johnnie Taylor always said and I often heard him say this ,The rock & roll hall of fame is Not important to me,what is important to me is my hall of money,and my opinion is and knowing what I know about the music industry since I was a child is that if he was going to be in there ,his music would have voted him in years ago.

Posted by Janet Boggs on Saturday, 03/2/2024 @ 08:14am


Mr. Roderick Rudolph,You are right I have decided to let go of the past,but like I said not back down on the Truth and what I know is right,But I wanted to share this with you about the rock & roll hall of fame ,Johnnie Taylor always said and I often heard him say this ,The rock & roll hall of fame is Not important to me,what is important to me is my hall of money,and my opinion is and knowing what I know about the music industry since I was a child is that if he was going to be in there ,his music would have voted him in years ago.

Posted by Janet Boggs on Saturday, 03/2/2024 @ 08:15am


Mr. Roderick Rudolph,You are right I have decided to let go of the past,but like I said not back down on the Truth and what I know is right,But I wanted to share this with you about the rock & roll hall of fame ,Johnnie Taylor always said and I often heard him say this ,The rock & roll hall of fame is Not important to me,what is important to me is my hall of money,and my opinion is and knowing what I know about the music industry since I was a child is that if he was going to be in there ,his music would have voted him in years ago.

Posted by Janet Boggs on Saturday, 03/2/2024 @ 08:15am


Mr.Roderick Rudolph,I read your comment and if you are a man of god as you say you are,then you would know that god do Not like Liars,Nobody ,not even myself is taking up for Johnnie Taylor wrong doings,but when you make up Lies on him is a different story,Everything I have said about Fonda Bryant and her mom is the Truth,and I know the good Lord would want me to forgive ,but I refused to back down on What Is The Truth,Fonda Bryant refuses to accept the Truthand DoNot want the Truth Told,She wants to live the lies She,s telling,I was Not only a fan of Johnnie Taylor I been knowing Johnnie for 46 years and I also knew his family,Now since you are a man of god ,then you need to address Fonda Bryant about this,because I refuse to try and pamper folk that I know is Not right ,And She is Not mrs. Bryant ,She and her mom both Never been married,And if you want to know my problem with this is ,Me and my husband was friends with Johnnie,s family,and the way this was handled was horrible,since you are a man of god ,How do you feel about them busting in on his wife and children when he died meddling all into their business why would you do that if you were the right kind of people ,his wife and children had nothing to do with what he had done,Why did,nt they confront Johnnie all those years,and that will documentary was nothing but deception and Lies told by the 3 that came forward and Fonda Bryant,s mom,So like I said I,m Not going to pamper people for doing what they did,I sticking to the Truth.

Posted by Janet Boggs on Saturday, 03/2/2024 @ 08:16am


Mr. Roderick Rudolph ,Yes you are right, I am going to leave this alone,but I wanted to share this with you about the rock & roll hall of fame,Johnnie Taylor often said I don,t care about the hall of fame,what's important to me is the hall of my money, So I think if he was going to be in the rock & roll hall of fame he would have been voted in years ago by his music peers.

Posted by Janet on Saturday, 03/2/2024 @ 08:24am


Mr. Roderick Rudolph ,Yes you are right, I am going to leave this alone,but I wanted to share this with you about the rock & roll hall of fame,Johnnie Taylor often said I don,t care about the hall of fame,what's important to me is the hall of my money, So I think if he was going to be in the rock & roll hall of fame he would have been voted in years ago by his music peers.

Posted by Janet on Saturday, 03/2/2024 @ 08:25am


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