Hits List: James Taylor

We learned of Sweet Baby James in 1970, and he became famous for introspective, deeply personal songs like "Fire and Rain" and "Her Town Too".  Here is the complete Hits List* for James Taylor:



1969:  "Carolina in My Mind"
           "Something's Wrong"

1970:  "Fire and Rain" (#3, #7 Easy Listening, #2 Canada, #42 U.K., #18 Netherlands)
           "Carolina in My Mind" (re-release--#67, #64 Canada)
 1971: "Country Road" (#37, #9 EL, #19 Canada)
            "You've Got a Friend" (#1, #1 EL, #2 Canada, #4 U.K., #14 Netherlands)
            "Long Ago and Far Away" (#31, #4 EL, #12 Canada)
1972:  "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" (#14, #3 EL, #18 Canada)
1973:  "One Man Parade" (#67, #55 Canada)
           "Hymn"
1974:  "Mockingbird" (with Carly Simon--#5, #10 EL, #3 Canada, #34 U.K.)
           "Daddy's Baby"
           "Walking Man" (#26 EL)

1975:  "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" (#5, #1 EL, #1 Canada, #30 New Zealand)
           "Mexico" (#49, #5 EL, #83 Canada)
1976:  "Shower the People" (#22, #1 EL, #54 Canada)--underrated
           "You Make It Easy"
1977:  "Woman's Gotta' Have It" (#20 EL)
           "Handy Man" (#4, #1 EL, #1 Canada, #24 New Zealand)
           "Your Smiling Face" (#20, #6 EL, #11 Canada)
1978:  "Honey Don't Leave L.A." (#61, #63 Canada)
           "(What a) Wonderful World" (with Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon--#17, #1 Adult Contemporary, #13 Canada)
           "Bartender's Blues" (with George Jones)
           "Devoted to You" (with Carly Simon--#36, #2 AC, #50 Canada)
1979:  "Up on the Roof" (#28, #7 Adult Contemporary, #36 Canada)

1981:  "Her Town Too" (with J.D. Souther--#11, #5 AC, #19 Canada, #29 New Zealand)
           "Hard Times" (#72, #23 AC)
           "Summer's Here" (#25 AC)
1985:  "Everyday" (#61, #3 AC, #93 Canada)
1986:  "Only One" (#6 AC)
           "That's Why I'm Here" (38 AC)
1988:  "Never Die Young" (#80, #3 AC, #80 Canada)
           "Baby Boom Baby" (#16 AC, #24 Canada)
1991:  "Copperline" (#13 AC, #43 Canada)
1992:  "(I've Got To) Stop Thinkin' 'Bout That" (#28 AC, #71 Canada)
           "Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha" (#19 AC, #70 Canada)

1994:  "Crying in the Rain" (with Art Garfunkel--#61 Canada)
1997:  "Little More Time with You" (#3 AC, #68 Canada)
2001:  "Sailing to Philadelphia" (with Mark Knopfler)
           "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (#4 AC)
2002:  "On the 4th of July" (#16 AC)
           "Whenever You're Ready" (#21 AC)
2003:  "September Grass" (#25 AC)
2004:  "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (#12 AC)
           "Deck the Halls" (#5 AC)
           "Winter Wonderland" (#8 AC)

2008:  "It's Growing" (#11 AC)
2012:  "Soul Companion" (with Mary Chapin Carpenter)
2013:  "Don't Try So Hard" (with Amy Grant)

 

Totaling them up, that's 21 career hits for J.T., with five Top 10's and one #1 (although "Fire and Rain" should have been).  Adults "get" James Taylor, and that is his core audience--he's enjoyed 36 Adult hits with 23 of those reaching the Top 10 and four #1's.