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Taylor and King performed "You've Got a Friend" together in 2010 during their Troubadour Reunion Tour. In 2015, Taylor performed an acoustic rendition of the song at Hôtel de Ville, Paris, at the invitation of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo in tribute to the victims of the January 2015 Île-de-France attacks. [9]
"Long Ago and Far Away" is a song written by James Taylor and first released on his 1971 album Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon.It was the follow-up single to "You've Got a Friend" and became a Top 40 hit in the U.S. and a Top 20 hit in Canada, and made the Top 10 on the Adult Contemporary chart in the U.S.
Released in April 1971, the album contains Taylor's biggest hit single in the US, a cover version of the Carole King standard "You've Got a Friend", which hit #1 on the Billboard charts on July 31, 1971, his only song to do so.
“You've Got a Friend” by Carole King Release year: 1971 Standout lyrics: You just call out my name / And you know, wherever / I am I'll come runnin' / To see you again
The Grammy-winning singer could be seen strumming his guitar as he rehearsed a performance of his 1971 hit "You've Got a Friend." James Taylor apologizes for scrapped performance.
"You Can Close Your Eyes" is a song written by James Taylor which was released on his 1971 album Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon. It was also released as the B-side to his #1 single "You've Got a Friend". It has often been described as a lullaby. It was initially recorded by his sister Kate Taylor for her 1971 album Sister Kate.
The same album was released in Europe as You've Got a Friend: The Best of James Taylor. [4] The album emphasizes Taylor's recordings for the label; fourteen of the twenty tracks on the album are from his time with Warner Bros. It contains one previously unreleased track, "Bittersweet", recorded for this release.
He highlights Taylor classics; Fire and Rain, You've got a Friend and Your Smiling Face, as "soul-soothing music that shines". He finished his review saying, "Taylor, the storyteller, is brilliant in a memorable show and classic DVD." [5]