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About Vernon Taylor
- Vernon Taylor (born November 9, 1937) is an American rockabilly musician. Taylor grew up on a farm and listened to hillbilly music as a child.
- At the age of fifteen he formed a group called The Nighthawks with two of his schoolmates.
- While they were still in high school, Curley Smith performed in town; Taylor asked Smith if The Nighthawks could play in between sets.
- The Nighthawks' performance was so well-received that Smith eventually fired his backing band, The Blue Mountain Boys, and replaced them with The Nighthawks.
- However, when Smith was offered a steady gig in Arkansas, The Nighthawks declined to follow him, preferring to stay local in Virginia. In 1957, Taylor was offered a spot on a Saturday night television show broadcast out of Washington, D.C., which he kept for over three years.
- He was offered a contract with Dot Records, and performed on American Bandstand, as well as on regional television broadcasts throughout the eastern half of the United States.
- In 1958 he signed with Sun Records and released a few singles produced by Jack Clement and Sam Phillips. However, Taylor never scored a hit, and his involvement in the music industry waned over the course of the 1960s.
- By the end of the decade he had retired.
- In 1989, he was asked to play at a benefit concert for Charlie Feathers, which led to a comeback career.
- He has since performed in the United Kingdom and had a re-release of his Sun and Dot material on Germany's Eagle Records.
- In 1999, Run Wild Records released a 12-song CD of newly-recorded material by Vernon, titled "Daddy's Rockin'".
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