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R. Dean Taylor

real name Richard Dean Taylor

Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer

Toronto, Canada · 1939-05-11 – 2022-01-07

R. Dean Taylor is credited on 351 albums across 1,505 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1962–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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351

Albums

1,505

Pressings

Decades active

229

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Biography

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Canadian singer, songwriter, composer and producer, born May 11, 1939 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and died January 7, 2022.
Taylor began performing Country & Western music in the Toronto area as a teenager and made his first recordings in the early 1960s. After recording for several labels, he joined Motown in 1964 as both a recording artist and songwriter. He worked closely with Holland-Dozier-Holland and later became part of Motown's writing and production team known as The Clan.
In 1970, he moved to Motown's Rare Earth label and achieved his biggest solo success with "Indiana Wants Me," which became an international hit.
Taylor continued working as a songwriter, producer and recording artist throughout his career and later established his own recording studio in Los Angeles.

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