Lydia Taylor

Lydia Taylor is a former Canadian rock singer, most noted for winning the Juno Award for Most Promising Female Vocalist at the Juno Awards of 1983.[1]

Originally from Sudbury, Ontario,[2] Taylor moved to Toronto after high school to become a singer.[2] Initially performing with an all-girl pop group called The Starlettes,[2] after a few years she left to join the rock band Trixter.[3]

She released her first single, "Love a Little Harder", in 1976.[3]

Her self-titled debut album was released on Falcon Records in 1979, and Taylor supported the release with a cross-Canada tour.[2] She followed up with Lydia Taylor Band in 1981,[4] breaking through to wider radio airplay and sales.[2]

Around the same time as her Juno Award win she released her third and final album, Bitch.[2] The album was an especially strong seller in Western Canada.[2] Before she could release another album, however, Falcon Records declared bankruptcy.[5] Taylor was unable to secure a deal with another label, and left the music industry.

Discography

References

  1. ↑ "Bands make Junos a West Coast affair". The Globe and Mail, April 6, 1983.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Lydia's success is Taylor-made". The Globe and Mail, June 11, 1983.
  3. 1 2 "Hustling show". Ottawa Journal, September 3, 1976.
  4. ↑ "Plenty of Canadian Product for Release". Billboard, October 25, 1980.
  5. ↑ "Falcon Records Inc. Notice of Intention to Dissolve". The Globe and Mail, February 18, 1985.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/25/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.