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"Fire and Rain" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter James Taylor, released in August 1970 by Warner Bros. Records as the second single from Taylor's second studio album, Sweet Baby James. The song follows Taylor's reaction to the suicide of Suzanne Schnerr, a childhood friend, and his experiences with drug addiction ...
"Shower the People" reached No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S. that fall, remaining in the Top 40 for eight weeks. It also topped the Easy Listening chart for one week, Taylor's third song to do so, following 1971's "You've Got a Friend" and 1975's "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)". [5]
Sweet Baby James is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor, released on February 1, 1970, by Warner Bros. Records.. The album includes two of Taylor's earliest successful singles: "Fire and Rain", and "Country Road", which reached number three and number thirty seven on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively.
Columbia Music Video chose Taylor's live performance as its first program to be produced for the DVD format. [2] American audio engineer and mixer Frank Filipetti captured the audio track on a high-resolution 24-bit digital tape, that created stereo and surround-sound mixes of the concert.
King and Taylor also mounted the Troubadour Reunion Tour in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and North America during 2010. The album debuted at No. 4 in the United States with first-week sales of 78,000. This gives James Taylor a top 10 album in every decade since the 1970s and Carole King her first top 10 album since 1976. [3]
On November 22, 2011, Taylor performed "Fire and Rain" with Taylor Swift, who was named after him, [81] at the last concert of her Speak Now World Tour in Madison Square Garden. They also sang Swift's song, "Fifteen". Then, on July 2, 2012, Swift appeared as Taylor's special guest in a concert at Tanglewood. [82]
The premise for One Man Band is that instead of having a wide array of instruments, as with most concerts, Taylor is accompanied by only his guitar and Larry Goldings on piano, organ, and bass. There are some exceptions, such as the pre-recorded Tanglewood Festival Chorus sings on "My Traveling Star" and "Shower the People". Also, a "drum ...
The result of the sessions, which took place between late 1975 and early '76, was a very melodic album and one of his most diverse and polished [citation needed], highlighted with the single "Shower the People", which through the years became a Taylor standard and concert favorite