“He said, ‘Did you like it?’ And I said, ‘I think it’s the greatest! People won’t be able to stop singing it! I’m telling ya, this is great!” Voight’s assessment proved accurate a year later when the ...

“I wonder what it’s like up there?” ponders 83-year-old Chip Taylor on The Cradle of All Living Things, the extraordinary new album he feared would be his last. He’s addressing his wife, Joan, as he ...

Chip Taylor's grandchildren have some big ideas, such as what's beyond the sky, how to save the planet and the importance of sharing with others. So, Taylor thought, why not give Riley, 12, Samantha, ...

Chip Taylor remains best known—to the extent that he's known at all—for writing a string of classic old pop hits, among them "Wild Thing" (the Troggs, Jimi Hendrix), "Angel of the Morning" (Merrilee ...

The year was 1965, four years before Midnight Cowboy made Voight an A-lister. And he wasn’t listening to a record or to the radio but to the song’s 25-year-old composer, who, armed with an acoustic ...