Tom Rush
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| - | '''James Vernon Taylor''' (born [[March 12]], [[1948]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[singer-songwriter]] and [[guitarist]], born in [[Belmont, Massachusetts|Belmont]], [[Massachusetts]]. | + | '''Tom Rush''' (born February 8, 1941) is an American folk and blues singer and songwriter. |
| - | Taylor's career began in the mid-1960s, but he found his audience in the early 1970s, singing sensitive and gentle acoustic songs. He was part of a wave of singer-songwriters of the time that also included [[Joni Mitchell]], [[Tom Rush]], [[Cat Stevens]], [[Carole King]], [[John Denver]],[[Jim Croce]], [[Don McLean]], [[Jackson Browne]] as well as [[Carly Simon]], whom Taylor later married. | + | His 1968 composition "[[No Regrets (Tom Rush song)|No Regrets]]" has become a standard, with numerous cover versions having been recorded (Rush did two radically different versions himself). These include [[The Walker Brothers]], who gave Tom Rush [[Record chart|Top Ten]] credit as a songwriter on the [[UK Singles Chart]], [[Emmylou Harris]], who included the song on her 1988 album ''[[Bluebird (Emmylou Harris album)|Bluebird]]'', and [[Midge Ure]] whose cover also made the UK Top Ten. |
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Tom Rush (born February 8, 1941) is an American folk and blues singer and songwriter.
His 1968 composition "No Regrets" has become a standard, with numerous cover versions having been recorded (Rush did two radically different versions himself). These include The Walker Brothers, who gave Tom Rush Top Ten credit as a songwriter on the UK Singles Chart, Emmylou Harris, who included the song on her 1988 album Bluebird, and Midge Ure whose cover also made the UK Top Ten.
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