Taylor Hicks
Taylor Reuben Hicks (born October 7, 1976 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an Ame… Read Full Bio ↴Taylor Reuben Hicks (born October 7, 1976 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Hicks got his start as a professional musician in his late teens and performed around the Southeastern United States for well over a decade. During that time he released two independent albums, In Your Time (1997) and Under the Radar (2005). His first major label album was Taylor Hicks (2006), released by Arista Records. Hicks rose to sudden prominence as the winner of the fifth season of the reality TV series American Idol, during which he became known for his dynamic, crowd-pleasing stage presence, wide-ranging musical influences derived from classic soul, rock, funk, blues, jazz, and R&B, and stunning harmonica playing. He has been called the "anti-Idol" because his music differs so strikingly from the usual formulaic pop showcased on Idol.
He bought his first harmonica when he was 16, for $2 at a flea market in Bessemer, Alabama, and taught himself to play blues harp. He discovered that he possessed absolute pitch when he was able to recognize the pitches of ordinary noises and mimic them on the harmonica. Hicks was 18 when he wrote his first song, "In Your Time", and he taught himself to play guitar when he was 19.
While in college, Hicks was part of a band called Passing Through, which he later quit to start his own band. He recorded In Your Time, an album which included both studio and live tracks, independently in 1997. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 2000 to pursue a music career. There, he worked with Nashville veterans Billy Earl McClelland and Percy Sledge and recorded a three-track demo but was unable to find a label that would sign him. He left Nashville after a year due to what he called the "oversaturation of the market". Hicks returned to Alabama and launched a professional music career, performing at various venues and parties, mostly around the Southeastern United States.
He recorded, produced, and released a second album, Under the Radar, in 2005. Despite releasing two albums prior to appearing on American Idol, he did not violate their requirements for contestants, as he had never held a recording contract.
Studio recording sessions for the eponymous major label debut Taylor Hicks ran in Calabasas, California between October and November 2006, and took six weeks in total. The album was produced by Matt Serletic, who has produced for Collective Soul, matchbox twenty, and Rob Thomas. The album was released on December 12, 2006 and debuted at the number two spot on the Billboard 200 charts. It was certified as a platinum album by the RIAA on January 17, 2007.
On February 21, 2007, Hicks launched a a three-month US promotional tour for his album, followed almost immediately by a summer tour. One of the high energy shows was captured on film and appeared on HDNet under the title "Whomp At The Warfield."
In 2009 Hicks released his second album, The Distance, on his own label, Modern Whomp Records, on March 10, 2009. The first single, "What's Right Is Right", was added to AC adds on January 27, 2009. So far the single reached #24 on Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks. It was produced by Simon Climie and Dennis Morgan.
Hicks returned to the American Idol stage on April 29, 2009 during Season 8 and performed the second single from The Distance, Seven Mile Breakdown, which was re-released in a country format.
Both "What's Right is Right" and "Seven Mile Breakdown" were made into music videos.
In May 2009, Taylor Hicks made Forbes "Top Ten earning American Idol stars" list, coming in at number 10, with over $300,000 earned from album sales and from his role as "Teen Angel" in the national tour of Grease.
He bought his first harmonica when he was 16, for $2 at a flea market in Bessemer, Alabama, and taught himself to play blues harp. He discovered that he possessed absolute pitch when he was able to recognize the pitches of ordinary noises and mimic them on the harmonica. Hicks was 18 when he wrote his first song, "In Your Time", and he taught himself to play guitar when he was 19.
While in college, Hicks was part of a band called Passing Through, which he later quit to start his own band. He recorded In Your Time, an album which included both studio and live tracks, independently in 1997. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 2000 to pursue a music career. There, he worked with Nashville veterans Billy Earl McClelland and Percy Sledge and recorded a three-track demo but was unable to find a label that would sign him. He left Nashville after a year due to what he called the "oversaturation of the market". Hicks returned to Alabama and launched a professional music career, performing at various venues and parties, mostly around the Southeastern United States.
He recorded, produced, and released a second album, Under the Radar, in 2005. Despite releasing two albums prior to appearing on American Idol, he did not violate their requirements for contestants, as he had never held a recording contract.
Studio recording sessions for the eponymous major label debut Taylor Hicks ran in Calabasas, California between October and November 2006, and took six weeks in total. The album was produced by Matt Serletic, who has produced for Collective Soul, matchbox twenty, and Rob Thomas. The album was released on December 12, 2006 and debuted at the number two spot on the Billboard 200 charts. It was certified as a platinum album by the RIAA on January 17, 2007.
On February 21, 2007, Hicks launched a a three-month US promotional tour for his album, followed almost immediately by a summer tour. One of the high energy shows was captured on film and appeared on HDNet under the title "Whomp At The Warfield."
In 2009 Hicks released his second album, The Distance, on his own label, Modern Whomp Records, on March 10, 2009. The first single, "What's Right Is Right", was added to AC adds on January 27, 2009. So far the single reached #24 on Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks. It was produced by Simon Climie and Dennis Morgan.
Hicks returned to the American Idol stage on April 29, 2009 during Season 8 and performed the second single from The Distance, Seven Mile Breakdown, which was re-released in a country format.
Both "What's Right is Right" and "Seven Mile Breakdown" were made into music videos.
In May 2009, Taylor Hicks made Forbes "Top Ten earning American Idol stars" list, coming in at number 10, with over $300,000 earned from album sales and from his role as "Teen Angel" in the national tour of Grease.
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Taylor Hicks Lyrics
Battlefield I live on a battlefield Surrounded by the ruins of the…
Do I Make You Proud I've never been The one to raise my hand That was not…
Dream Myself Awake I've been waiting I've been aching Now you're fading out of …
Georgia Georgia-Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet …
Give Me Tonight I'm rolling out On Friday night Got my good shoes on And I'm…
Gonna Move When I was a little boy, I felt so alone Quiet…
Heart & Soul Sometimes we get weary And find ourselves alone In a world f…
Heart And Soul Sometimes we get weary And find ourselves alone In a world…
Heaven Knows You took my heart, baby And you broke it in a…
Hell of a Day I've been doin' lots of time Workin' on Love's assembly lin…
Hold On To Your Love If you need her, you'll show it If she loves you,…
I Live On A Battlefield I live on a battlefield Surrounded by the ruins of the…
In Your Time Dark night, Cold stare Can't creep behind the back door sta…
Just To Feel That Way I feel you letting go Holding on, caught in between Could …
Keepin It Real Her daddy had the money All the milk and honey She never…
Levon Levon wears his war wound like a crown He calls his…
Maybe You Should I look around this room And feel the pool of tender…
My Friend I just want to say, my friend I just am really…
New Found Freedom New found freedom I'm leaving the past behind New found free…
Nineteen Nineteen The number on his back wore the captain of The high…
Once Upon A Lover She was my only one Loved me till kingdom come She took…
Places I've Been I think of all the places I've been It always comes…
Seven Mile Breakdown Sometimes I get lonely, And that's a hard thing to say Till…
Somehow There's too many things Left to be unsaid Some live in a…
Son Of A Carpenter In the times too short to follow A man as…
Soul Thing I've been traveling all these years, Just barely getting by.…
Takin You don't know me but I'm your brother I was raised…
Takin' It To The Streets You don't know me but I'm your brother I was raised…
Taking it to the Streets You don't know me but I'm your brother I was raised…
The Deal The sun's shining and it's raining No better way to describe…
The Distance Saw an old friend yesterday Guess we both had too much…
The Fall It's funny how my life changes With the snow takes a…
The Maze Shadows to the right, and to the left I see myself…
The Right Place If it's loving that you want Well, it's loving you'll recei…
The Runaround It's a whole new education, I'm learning from you all the…
Tighten Up Back in way back, way back, Way back, way back Way back…
Wedding Day Blues Today is the day, the day that I dread I hardly…
West Texas Sky So you're drivin' away these miles So far away from your…
What's Right Is Right When there's sadness in your eyes, I see it, You can't hid…
Wherever I Lay My Hat By the look in your eye I can tell you're…
You Send Me You Send Me (Sam Cooke) Darling you send me I know you …