Cathie Taylor
was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on 7/26/1944. As a child Taylor had moved with her family from Canada to Morgan Hill, California

Morgan Hill, California

Morgan Hill is a city located in the southern part of Santa Clara County, California, United States. Founded on November 10, 1906, the city was named after Hiram Morgan Hill, a San Franciscan who built a country retreat home there in 1884...

. At age 12, a talent contest appearance led to her singing western folk songs on San Francisco’s KQED-TV. After some time raising blue-ribbon cows, she landed her own radio show on KPER

KPER

KPER is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Hobbs, New Mexico, USA. The station is currently owned by Noalmark Broadcasting Corporation....

, Gilroy,CA

Gilroy, California

Gilroy is the southernmost city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The population was 48,821 at the 2010 census. Gilroy is well-known for its garlic crop and for the annual Gilroy Garlic Festival, featuring various garlicky foods, including garlic ice cream. Gilroy also produces...

. Word of her talent spread to Country & Western impresario Cliffie Stone

Cliffie Stone

Cliffie Stone , born Clifford Gilpin Snyder, was an American country singer, musician, record producer, music publisher, and radio and TV personality who was pivotal in the development of California’s thriving country music scene after World War II during a career that lasted six decades...

, who invited her to Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

, and guided her early career.

Taylor went on to appear on The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club (radio)

The Breakfast Club is a long-run morning variety show on NBC Blue Network/ABC radio originating in Chicago, Illinois. Hosted by Don McNeill, the radio program ran from June 23, 1933 through December 27, 1968. McNeil's 35½-year run as host remains the longest tenure for an M.C...

, The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (2/19/59), The Lawrence Welk Show

The Lawrence Welk Show

The Lawrence Welk Show is an American televised musical variety show hosted by big band leader Lawrence Welk. The series aired locally in Los Angeles for four years , then nationally for another 27 years via the ABC network and first-run syndication .In the years since first-run syndication...

 and The Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show

The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show

The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show was a Western comedy and variety program that ran on ABC television for 13 episodes from September 29 to December 29, 1962...

 (1962), as well as starring as a singer in Alfred Hitchcock’s Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. The series featured dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. By the premiere of the show on October 2, 1955, Hitchcock had been directing films for over three decades...

, Run For Doom (5/17/63).

She appeared in the 1963 film Hootenanny Hoot (which also featured Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash

John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...

, George Hamilton IV

George Hamilton IV

George Hege Hamilton IV is an American country musician. He began performing in the late 1950s as a teen idol, later switching to country music in the early 1960s.-Biography:Hamilton was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina...

, Judy Henske

Judy Henske

Judy Henske is an American singer and songwriter, once known as "the Queen of the Beatniks".-Life and recording career:...

 and many others), sang on Shindig!

Shindig!

Shindig! was an American musical variety series which aired on ABC from September 16, 1964 to January 8, 1966. The show was hosted by Jimmy O'Neill, a disc jockey in Los Angeles at the time who also created the show along with his wife Sharon Sheeley and production executive Art Stolnitz....

 (9/1/65), and won awards from the Academy of Country Music

Academy of Country Music

The Academy of Country Music was founded in 1964 in Los Angeles, California as the Country & Western Music Academy. Whereas the Country Music Association, founded in 1958, was based in Nashville, the Academy sought to promote country music in the western states. Among those involved in the...

 in 1966 (Most Promising Female Vocalist

1966 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1966.-Events:* March 15 — Roger Miller wins six Grammy Awards, five of them related to his hit "King of the Road". The Statler Brothers take two awards for "Flowers on the Wall"....

) and 1968 (Best Female Vocalist

1968 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1968.-Events:* January 13 — Johnny Cash records his legendary concert at Folsom State Prison...

).

In the 70’s she turned to gospel music, singing on the 700 Club on the Christian Broadcasting Network

Christian Broadcasting Network

The Christian Broadcasting Network, or CBN, is a fundamentalist Christian television broadcasting network in the United States. Its headquarters and main studios are in Virginia Beach, Virginia.-Background:...

 cable network.

In 2010 Taylor was still performing church concerts and released a new CD called Praising My Savior.

Discography

Toppa 1006 Tree Near My House/Two Straws And A Soda 4/59

Capitol

Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

 4565 Bobby Boy/I’ll Never Graduate From You (ps) 6/61

Columbia

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

 44459 Baby, Baby, Have You Got Cheatin’ On Your Mind / In Case Of A Storm 2/68

44714 It’s A Long Drop From A Dream/A Habit I Can’t Break 12/68

Cuca

Cuca Records

Cuca Records of Sauk City, Wisconsin was founded by James Kirchstein in 1959 and actively produced LP and 45 rpm recordings until the early 1970s. During this period, Cuca recorded and released primarily polka and ethnic music on LP but also issued other musical styles, including pop, rhythm and...

 1432 Make That Someday Today/I Wish I Had Somebody To Love /68 (Cathie Coleman)

6961 Make That Someday Today/Somebody Just Like You 6/69

Beverly Hills 9834 Something Pretty Bad/The Days And The Nights I Loved You /71

LP’s:

Capitol

Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

 1359 A Little Bit Of Sweetness 4/60

1448 The Tree Near My House /61

MGM

MGM Records

MGM Records was a record label started by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in 1946, for the purpose of releasing soundtrack albums of their musical films. Later it became a pop label, lasting into the 1970s...

 4172 Hootenanny Hoot (soundtrack – various artists) /63

Reprise 6121 Cathie Taylor Sings Of The Land And The People /64

Melody Ranch

Melody Ranch

Melody Ranch is a 1940 Western film which tells the story of a singing cowboy who returns to his hometown to restore order when his former childhood enemies take over the frontier town.-Movie:...

 101 Melody Ranch (various artists) /65

Cuca

Cuca Records

Cuca Records of Sauk City, Wisconsin was founded by James Kirchstein in 1959 and actively produced LP and 45 rpm recordings until the early 1970s. During this period, Cuca recorded and released primarily polka and ethnic music on LP but also issued other musical styles, including pop, rhythm and...

LP 7701 All Star Variety Album (various artists)

House Top 700 Naturally Beautiful /76

House Top 704 The Sparrow /77

House Top One Beautiful Morning /78