Cathie Taylor | |
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| Born | July 26, 1944 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician, actress |
Cathie Taylor (born July 26, 1944) is a Canadian-born singer of country music and later Gospel music who won two Academy of Country Music Awards and was a regular vocalist on several television series.
Cathie Taylor, the daughter of Anne and Cecil Taylor, was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on July 26, 1944. She has a sister and a brother. Taylor's father died when she was three years old, and her family moved to Vancouver, to live near a maternal aunt. When her sister received a scholarship to a teacher's training college in California her family moved to the United States. [1]
Taylor's first television performance was when she was 11-years-old, as a Mouseketeer on The Mickey Mouse Club . [2] At the age of 13 she had her own radio show, The Cathie Taylor Show, on KPER in Gilroy, California. [3]
In 1959, when Taylor was fifteen years old, [4] she signed a five year recording contract with Capital Records. [5]
Taylor was a guest performer on the June 30, 1961 episode of Five Star Jubilee . [6] In 1962 Taylor was a cast member on The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show , [7] and in 1963 she was a regular on The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show , [8] and had a small music role in the 1963 film Hootenanny Hoot . [9]
Taylor became a regular vocalist on the 1966 syndicated television series Gene Autry's Melody Ranch. During the same year she had a guest spot at Kraft Music Hall . [10]
In 1968 she was a regular singer during the final year of the daily Don McNeill Show (previously Don McNeill's Breakfast Club ), broadcast from Chicago, Illinois. She appeared on the long-running radio show's final episode, on December 27 of that year.
The Country Music Association Awards (CMA Awards) honored her as Most Promising Female Vocalist in 1966, [11] and Top Female Vocalist in 1968. [12]
During the 1970s Taylor was a regular vocalist on the CBN's The 700 Club and gave church concerts. [13]