James Taylor discography
Year Album Artist Role
1971 Blue Joni Mitchell guitar on various tracks
1972 Harvest Neil Young banjo and backing vocals on various tracks
1978 Kate Taylor Kate Taylor guitar , horn , backing vocals , and arrangements on various tracks
1978 Bartender 's Blues George Jones backing vocals on Bartender 's Blues
1986 Back in the High Life Steve Winwood backing vocals on Back in the High Life Again
1988 Life Is Good Livingston Taylor duet partner on City Lights
1991 Marc Cohn Marc Cohn vocals on Perfect Love
1995 Faust Randy Newman role of Lord
1996 Eat the Phikis Elio e le Storie Tese vocals on First Me , Second Me
1999 Brand New Day Sting featured artist on Fill Her Up
2000 Sailing to Philadelphia Mark Knopfler featured artist on Sailing to Philadelphia
2006 Duets : An American Classic Tony Bennett duet partner on Put on a Happy Face
2007 Shine Joni Mitchell guitar on Shine
2008 Songs of Joy & Peace Yo-Yo Ma featured artist on Here Comes the Sun
2010 The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Concerts Crosby , Stills & Nash featured artist on Love the One You 're With
2018 Voicenotes Charlie Puth featured artist on Change
2018 Honey Do n't Leave L.A Danny Kortchmar and Immediate Family guitar and backing vocals on Machine Gun Kelly
Other appearances -- Guest and session appearances
The discography of James Taylor, an American singer-songwriter, consists of seventeen studio albums, six compilation albums, at least five live albums, one tribute album, nine video albums, one extended play, and forty singles. Taylor signed his first recording contract with Apple Records, where he released his self-titled debut album in 1969. Prior to signing with Apple, Taylor released the single Night Owl with the group The Flying Machine. An album of their recordings, James Taylor and the Original Flying Machine was released in 1971 and reached #74 on the U. S. pop charts. Taylor released his second studio album Sweet Baby James on Warner Bros. Records in 1970. Its lead single Fire and Rain became a significant international hit and gained Taylor his first major exposure as an artist. In April 1971, Taylor released his third studio album Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon, which became his second album to certify multi-platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America and featured his first number one single You've Got a Friend. In 1972 and 1973, he released his fourth studio album, One Man Dog and his fifth, Walking Man; both peaked within the Top 20 on the Billboard 200 albums list. After releasing more albums between 1974 and 1976, Taylor signed with Columbia Records and issued JT in 1977, which peaked in the Top 5 and sold over two million copies in the United States, certifying two times multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. In 1979 and 1981, Taylor respectively released Flag and Dad Loves His Work, which both certified platinum in the United States and produced Top 40 singles. Nearly four years later, Taylor's next studio album That's Why I'm Here was released and spawned a cover of Buddy Holly's Everyday, which only became a minor hit in the United States. This was followed by Never Die Young three years later and then by New Moon Shine in 1991, both of which sold over one million copies.