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Was nominated for Broadway's 1978 Tony Award, for both music and lyrics, as one of several people sharing a nomination as Best Score for "Working." See more trivia »

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James Vernon Taylor
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2013 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
– Episode #21.64 (2013) (writer: "Never Die Young" - uncredited)
 
2012 The Voice (TV series)
– The Battles, Part 3 (2012) (writer: "Shower the People")
 
2012 No me la puc treure del cap (TV series)
– Cançons infantils (2012) (writer: "Sweet Baby James" / performer: "Sweet Baby James")
– Cançons que curen (2012) (performer: "You've Got a Friend")
 
2011 Mr. Sunshine (TV series)
– Lingerie Football (2011) (performer: "A Song for You" - uncredited)
 
2010/I The Way (performer: "Country Road")
 
2010 You Don't Know Jack (TV movie) (writer: "Copperline" / performer: "Copperline")
 
2010 The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (performer: "In My Life" - uncredited)
 
2010 Dancing on Ice (TV series)
– Episode #5.8 (2010) (performer: "You've Got a Friend")
 
2010 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
– Episode #17.78 (2010) (performer: " You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman" - uncredited, "How Sweet It Is" - uncredited)
 
2009 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
– Episode #6.65 (2009) (performer: "You've Got a Friend" - uncredited)
 
2009 House M.D. (TV series)
– Ignorance Is Bliss (2009) (performer: "Games People Play" - uncredited, "Enditol" - uncredited)
 
2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Feelin' Alright (video) (performer: "How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You")
 
2009 Funny People (writer: "Carolina in My Mind", "Fire and Rain" / performer: "Carolina in My Mind", "Fire and Rain")
 
2008 Qwerty (TV series)
– Episode #2.43 (2008) (performer: "Oh Susannah")
 
2007 Elvis Lives: The 25th Anniversary Concert, 'Live' from Memphis (video) (writer: "Steamroller Blues")
 
2007 Words to Music: The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame 2007 (TV movie) (performer: "Woodstock")
 
2006 The Holiday (performer: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" 1944)
 
2006 Elvis Presley: Love Me Tender (video) (writer: "Steamroller Blues")
 
2006 Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic (video) (performer: "Put on a Happy Face")
 
2006 Aloha from Sweden (video) (writer: "Steamroller Blues")
 
2006 My Name Is Earl (TV series)
– Dad's Car (2006) (performer: "How Sweet It Is To Be Loved by You" - uncredited)
 
2006 Cars (performer: "Our Town")
 
2005 Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost & Found (TV documentary) (writer: "That Lonesome Road" / performer: "That Lonesome Road")
 
2005 History Rings True: Red Sox Opening Day Ring Ceremony (video documentary) (performer: "America the Beautiful")
 
2005 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon (video) (writer: "Thanksgiving Day Song")
 
2002-2004 The West Wing (TV series)
– A Change Is Gonna Come (2004) (performer: "A Change Is Gonna Come")
– College Kids (2002) (writer: "Shed a Little Light")
 
2002 Stella Shorts 1998-2002 (video) (performer: "Fire and Rain")
 
2002 Barend en Van Dorp (TV series)
– Episode dated 10 September 2002 (2002) (performer: "You've Got a Friend" - uncredited)
 
2002 Stars and the Moon: Betty Buckley Live at the Donmar (video) (writer: "Fire And Rain")
 
2001 Heartbreakers (writer: "Like Everyone She Knows")
 
2001 Roswell (TV series)
– We Are Family (2001) (performer: "Her Town Too")
 
2000 The Ladies Man (writer: "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight")
 
2000 Remember the Titans (writer: "Fire and Rain" / performer: "Fire and Rain")
 
1997 Liberty! The American Revolution (TV mini-series)
 
1996 3rd Rock from the Sun (TV series)
– Brains and Eggs (1996) ("Secret O' Life")
 
1995 Bye Bye Love (producer: "I Will")
 
1994 The Simpsons (TV series)
– Deep Space Homer (1994) (writer: "Fire and Rain" - uncredited / performer: "You've Got a Friend" - uncredited, "Fire and Rain" - uncredited)
 
1993 Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV series)
– Strangers in the Night (1993) (performer: "Something In The Way She Moves" - uncredited)
 
1992 A League of Their Own (performer: "It's Only a Paper Moon", "I Didn't Know What Time It Was")
 
1992 Sharon, Lois & Bram Sing A to Z (video) ("Jellyman Kelly")
 
1990 Towards Evening ("Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight")
 
1990 Sing Yourself Silly! (video short) (music: "Jellyman Kelly" 1980 - uncredited / performer: "Jellyman Kelly" 1980 - uncredited)
 
1989 The Wonder Years (TV series)
– Math Class (1989) (performer: "You Can Close Your Eyes" - uncredited)
– Loosiers (1989) (performer: "You've Got a Friend")
 
1989 Tap (performer: "All I Want Is Forever' / as James "J.T." Taylor)
 
1988 Sesame Street, Special (TV movie) (performer: "Jellyman Kelly")
 
1988 Running on Empty (writer: "Fire And Rain" / performer: "Fire And Rain")
 
1985 Smooth Talk (performer: "Limousine Driver", "Handy Man", "Is That the Way You Look")
 
1985 Always (writer: "Secret O' Life" / performer: "Secret O' Life")
 
1982 Knight Rider (TV series)
– Knight of the Phoenix: Part 1 (1982) (writer: "Carolina In My Mind")
 
1982 American Playhouse (TV series)
– Working (1982) (music: "Un Mejor Dia Vendra", "Millwork", "Brother Trucker" / lyrics: "Millwork", "Brother Trucker" / performer: "If I Could've Been", "Brother Trucker")
 
1976-1980 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
– Paul Simon, James Taylor & David Sanborn (1980) (performer: "Cathy's Clown" - uncredited, "Sunny Skies" - uncredited, "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" - uncredited)
– Michael Palin/James Taylor (1979) (performer: "Johnnie Comes Back" - uncredited, "Up On The Roof" - uncredited, "Millworker" - uncredited)
– Lily Tomlin/James Taylor (1976) (writer: "Shower The People", "Sweet Baby James" / performer: "Shower The People", "Road Runner", "Sweet Baby James")
 
1979 Promises in the Dark (performer: "WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD")
 
1978 FM (performer: "Your Smiling Face")
 
1977-1978 James at 16 (TV series)
– Unrequited Love... Twice (1978) (performer: "Handy Man")
– Mrs. Carson (1977) (performer: "There We Are")
 
1975 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
– Episode dated 15 December 1975 (1975) (writer: "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight")
 
1974 Really Raquel (TV special) (writer: "Steam Roller")
 
1973 Badlands (Theme "Migration")
 
1973 Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii - Rehearsal Concert (TV movie) (writer: "Steamroller Blues")
 
1973 Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii (TV special documentary) (writer: "Steamroller Blues")
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
2011 Mr. Sunshine (TV series)
Billy
– Lingerie Football (2011) … Billy
 
1982 American Playhouse (TV series)
Trucker
– Working (1982) … Trucker
 
1971 Two-Lane Blacktop
The Driver
 
Show ShowMusic Department (3 titles)
2008 Great Performances (TV series) (music producer - 1 episode)
– James Taylor: One Man Band (2008) (music producer)
 
1998 James Taylor Live (TV documentary) (music producer)
 
1985 Smooth Talk (musical director)
 
Show ShowComposer (2 titles)
1982 American Playhouse (TV series)
– Private Contentment (1982)
 
1974 The Jack Jones Special (TV movie)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
2008 Great Performances (TV series)
– James Taylor: One Man Band (2008) (writer)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2003 Capturing the Friedmans (documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (76 titles)
2002-2013 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest / Himself
– Episode dated 22 January 2013 (2013) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 16 February 2011 (2011) … Himself
– Episode dated 3 December 2008 (2008) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 14 October 2002 (2002) … Himself - Guest
 
2012 Ànima (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.31 (2012) … Himself
 
2008-2012 The Colbert Report (TV series)
Himself
– Carrie Rebora Barratt (2012) … Himself
– James Taylor (2008) … Himself
 
2011 9/11 Memorial from Ground Zero, Tenth Anniverary (TV documentary)
Himself - Singer
 
2011 The Love We Make (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
2011 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
2011 Troubadours (documentary)
Himself
 
2003-2011 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Troubadours: Carole King/James Taylor & the Rise of the Singer-Songwriter (2011)
– Joni Mitchell: A Woman of Heart and Mind (2003) … Himself
 
2010 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself
 
2010 Breakfast (TV series)
Himself - Musician
– Episode dated 8 December 2010 (2010) … Himself - Musician
 
2010 Ray Charles America (documentary)
Himself
 
1979-2010 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 June 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 16 December 1991 (1991) … Himself
– Episode dated 20 September 1979 (1979) … Himself
 
2010 The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer: In Memoriam Segment
 
1993-2010 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #17.78 (2010) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #16.31 (2008) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode dated 16 June 1997 (1997) … Himself
– Episode dated 24 September 1993 (1993) … Himself
 
2010 Carole King & James Taylor: Live at the Troubadour (TV movie)
Himself - Vocals, Guitar
 
2010 More to Live For (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert (TV special)
Himself
 
2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Message of Love (video)
Himself
 
2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Sweet Emotion (video)
Himself
 
2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Light My Fire (video)
Himself
 
2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Feelin' Alright (video)
Himself
 
2009 The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 September 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Funny People
Himself
 
1993-2009 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself / Himself - From New York / Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #17.91 (2009) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #16.171 (2008) … Himself
– Episode #10.175 (2002) … Himself
– Episode #3.84 (1994) … Himself - From New York
– Episode #2.138 (1993) … Himself
 
2009 This Morning (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 February 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... (TV series)
Himself
– James Taylor (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy & Peace (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
2007-2008 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 October 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 16 November 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2008 Stand Up to Cancer (TV movie)
Himself
 
1997-2008 Later with Jools Holland (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #32.1 (2008) … Himself
– Episode #9.2 (1997) … Himself
 
2007 1968 with Tom Brokaw (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 November 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Paul Simon: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (TV special)
Performer
 
2007 Words to Music: The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame 2007 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic (video)
Himself
 
2005 History Rings True: Red Sox Opening Day Ring Ceremony (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The West Wing (TV series)
Himself
– A Change Is Gonna Come (2004) … Himself
 
2004 The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (TV special)
James Taylor - Interviewee
 
2004 2004 World Series (TV mini-series)
Himself
 
2004 National Anthem: Inside the Vote for Change Concert Tour (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 James Taylor: Pull Over (video)
Himself
 
2003 The 45th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
2002 Barend en Van Dorp (TV series)
Himself - Musician
– Episode dated 10 September 2002 (2002) … Himself - Musician
 
2002 CMT Crossroads (TV series)
Himself - Performer
– Dixie Chicks & James Taylor (2002) … Himself - Performer
 
2001 The Concert for New York City (TV special documentary)
Performer
 
1985-2001 Rock in Rio (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Performer
– Episode #3.1 (2001) … Himself - Performer
– Episode #1.4 (1985) … Himself
– Episode #1.2 (1985) … Himself
 
2000 Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 An All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
1999 ABC 2000: The Millennium (TV documentary)
 
1998 James Taylor Live (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Motown 40: The Music Is Forever (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Miracle on Highway 31 (TV movie)
Himself
 
1997 Live by Request: James Taylor (TV movie)
Himself
 
1997 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 May 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
1994 VH1 Honors (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1994 The Simpsons (TV series)
Himself
– Deep Space Homer (1994) … Himself (voice)
 
1976-1993 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Rosie O'Donnell/James Taylor (1993) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Steve Martin/James Taylor (1991) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Robin Williams/James Taylor (1988) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Paul Simon, James Taylor & David Sanborn (1980) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Michael Palin/James Taylor (1979) … Himself - Musical Guest
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1992 James Taylor: Going Home (TV movie)
Himself
 
1990 American Tribute to Vaclav Havel and a Celebration of Democracy in Czechoslovakia (TV movie)
Himself
 
1989 The Ghost of Faffner Hall (TV series)
Himself
– Notation: The Sign That Gets the Sound (1989) … Himself
 
1988 Sesame Street, Special (TV movie)
Himself
 
1988 ABC Presents: A Royal Gala (TV movie)
Himself - Singers
 
1985-1988 Sesame Street (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #19.128 (1988) … Himself
– Episode #16.94 (1985) … Himself
 
1988 AIDS: The Facts of Life (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1986 The 28th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1984 In Our Hands (documentary)
Himself
 
1980 No Nukes (documentary)
Himself
 
1972 Beat-Club (TV series)
– Episode #1.81 (1972)
 
1971 Top of the Pops (TV series)
Guest
– Episode dated 30 September 1971 (1971) … Guest
 
1971 One in Ten a Singer and His Songs (TV series)
Himself
– James Taylor (1971) … Himself
 
1970-1971 Disco 2 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 May 1971 (1971) … Himself
– Episode dated 5 December 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1971 The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.20 (1971) … Himself
 
1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.226 (1970) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (11 titles)
2012 No me la puc treure del cap (TV series)
 
2008 The O'Reilly Factor (TV series)
 
The Drug Years (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2005 Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost & Found (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Singing in the Shadow: The Children of Rock Royalty (documentary)
Himself
 
The Beatles Anthology (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1995 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
 
1994 The Best of the Don Lane Show (TV movie)
Himself
 
1992 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
 
1991 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Robin Williams (video documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1990 Sing Yourself Silly! (video short)
Himself
 

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Trivia:

Was nominated for Broadway's 1978 Tony Award, for both music and lyrics, as one of several people sharing a nomination as Best Score for "Working." See more »

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