Hayley Taylor
Encyclopedia
Hayley Taylor is an American
singer-songwriter
, actress, and painter
from Los Angeles
, California
.
and raised in Los Angeles
, Taylor began performing at a young age, making her musical debut at the age of three roller skating and singing on the Jerry Lewis Telethon (dressed as Dolly Parton
).
She worked as a child actress. on television shows like Fame
and The Twilight Zone
, and appeared in films such as Nuts
, Poltergeist II: The Other Side
, and Touch of a Stranger.
Taylor won a Young Artist Award
for "Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama" (1987–1988) for her role in Touch of a Stranger, (beating out Julia Roberts
for her role in Mystic Pizza
).
As a young adult, Taylor also guest starred on television shows such as Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
, Unsolved Mysteries
, ER
, and 7th Heaven
.
(with her BA in English) and studying painting at the Sorbonne University in Paris
and the New York Academy of Art
, Taylor put out a solo EP, Waking, in 2006. A. J. Mogis
, known for his work with Saddle Creek Records
and Bright Eyes, co-produced. The EP featured performances by Taylor's friends John Lefler
(Dashboard Confessional
), Joshua Grange (Dwight Yoakam
), Brett Simons (Alexi Murdoch
, Fiona Apple
) on electric and upright bass, and Kristin McCord (The Walkmen
, Elliott Smith
) on cello.
Taylor was nominated by the Los Angeles
Music Awards for 2006 “Best Independent Album of the Year.” In 2007, she was interviewed on Entertainment Tonight
and on San Francisco's KRON news, and she performed with her band live on the music television show City Sessions: Los Angeles on the DISH Network
.
Taylor is currently working on her new album, entitled One Foot In Front of the Other, produced by Dan Romer
and Eric Robinson with additional production by Ofer Moses. It features an all-star cast of players, including Michael Chaves (John Mayer
) on guitar, Ben Peeler (Alexi Murdoch
) on guitar and pedal steel, Adrienne Woods (Josh Radin and the Jonas Brothers
) on cello, Elliot Jacobson
(Ingrid Michaelson
) on drums, and producer Marshall Altman
(Kate Voegele
) on backing vocals. Her song "No More Wishing" from her upcoming album was featured on the Canadian drama Heartland
in December 2008, and on the CBS
show How I Met Your Mother
in January 2009.
Single "Felt Like Love", 2010
Single "No More Wishing", 2009
Holiday Single "If There Really Is a Santa Claus", 2008
EP "Waking", 2006
, and other prime Los Angeles
venues. Her band features Adrienne Woods on cello, Drew Lawrence on piano, Ethan Schreiber on bass, and Chris Markwood on drums.
Entertainment Tonight
, 2006.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, actress, and painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
from 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...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.
Biography
Born in MichiganMichigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
and raised in 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...
, Taylor began performing at a young age, making her musical debut at the age of three roller skating and singing on the Jerry Lewis Telethon (dressed as Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...
).
She worked as a child actress. on television shows like Fame
Fame (1982 TV series)
Fame is an American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show was based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. Using a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although...
and The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone is an American television anthology series created by Rod Serling. Each episode is a mixture of self-contained drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist...
, and appeared in films such as Nuts
Nuts (film)
Nuts is a 1987 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Barbra Streisand and Richard Dreyfuss. The screenplay by Tom Topor, Darryl Ponicsan, and Alvin Sargent is based on Topor's 1979 play of the same title...
, Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Poltergeist II: The Other Side is a 1986 horror film. A sequel to Poltergeist, it features the return of the original's family and once again sees a spirit trying to harm their daughter, Carol Anne. It received mixed reviews from critics and did not gross as much at the box office as its...
, and Touch of a Stranger.
Taylor won a Young Artist Award
Young Artist Award
The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist...
for "Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama" (1987–1988) for her role in Touch of a Stranger, (beating out Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts
Julia Fiona Roberts is an American actress. She became a Hollywood star after headlining the romantic comedy Pretty Woman , which grossed $464 million worldwide...
for her role in Mystic Pizza
Mystic Pizza
Mystic Pizza is a 1988 American coming of age film directed by Donald Petrie and starring Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts, and Lili Taylor.The title of the film was based on a pizza shop that caught the eye of Hollywood screen writer, Amy Holden Jones...
).
As a young adult, Taylor also guest starred on television shows such as Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Sabrina the Teenage Witch is a comic book series published by Archie Comics about the adventures of a teenage fictional character named Sabrina Spellman. The character was created by writer George Gladir and artist Dan DeCarlo. The comic's characters have also appeared in various other media...
, Unsolved Mysteries
Unsolved Mysteries
Unsolved Mysteries is an American television program, hosted by Robert Stack, from 1987 until 2002, and later by Dennis Farina, starting in 2008...
, ER
ER (TV series)
ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
, and 7th Heaven
7th Heaven
7th Heaven is an American family drama television series, created and produced by Brenda Hampton. The series premiered on August 26, 1996, on the WB, the first time that the network aired Monday night programming, and was originally broadcast from August 26, 1996 to May 13, 2007...
.
Music career
Though Taylor was classically trained on piano and began singing early on, it was not until she learned to play guitar in college and began turning her poetry into songs that she realized music was her passion. After graduating from Vassar CollegeVassar College
Vassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings, including four National Historic Landmarks, ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to International,...
(with her BA in English) and studying painting at the Sorbonne University in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and the New York Academy of Art
New York Academy of Art
The New York Academy of Art or the Graduate School of Figurative Art is an American private, not-for-profit art university, located at 111 Franklin Street in the Manhattan borough of New York City.-Foundation:...
, Taylor put out a solo EP, Waking, in 2006. A. J. Mogis
A. J. Mogis
A.J. Mogis is a musician from North Platte, Nebraska. He currently plays bass guitar in the indie-rock band Criteria. His brother is Mike Mogis....
, known for his work with Saddle Creek Records
Saddle Creek Records
Saddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 . Conor soon turned over his role in the company to Robb Nansel...
and Bright Eyes, co-produced. The EP featured performances by Taylor's friends John Lefler
John Lefler
John C. Lefler, born March 18, 1975 is an American songwriter, singer, guitarist, pianist and has been with Dashboard Confessional since 2002.-Early history:...
(Dashboard Confessional
Dashboard Confessional
Dashboard Confessional is an American rock band from Boca Raton, Florida, led by singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba. The name of the band is derived from the song "The Sharp Hint of New Tears" from the debut album The Swiss Army Romance....
), Joshua Grange (Dwight Yoakam
Dwight Yoakam
Dwight David Yoakam is an American singer-songwriter, actor and film director, most famous for his pioneering country music...
), Brett Simons (Alexi Murdoch
Alexi Murdoch
Alexi Murdoch is a singer-songwriter born in London and raised in Scotland, Greece and France, now living in Berlin.- Background :Murdoch was born in London to a Greek father and Scottish-French mother and raised in Greece, just outside of Athens until he was ten, when his family moved to...
, Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Apple met international acclaim for her 1996 debut album, Tidal, which was a critical and commercial success...
) on electric and upright bass, and Kristin McCord (The Walkmen
The Walkmen
The Walkmen are an American indie rock band, with members based in New York City and Philadelphia. The band formed in 2000 with three members from Jonathan Fire*Eater—Paul Maroon , Walter Martin , and Matt Barrick —and two from The Recoys, Peter Bauer and Hamilton Leithauser . All but Bauer...
, Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith
Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and resided for a significant portion of his life in Portland, Oregon, where he first gained popularity...
) on cello.
Taylor was nominated by the 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...
Music Awards for 2006 “Best Independent Album of the Year.” In 2007, she was interviewed on Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...
and on San Francisco's KRON news, and she performed with her band live on the music television show City Sessions: Los Angeles on the DISH Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
.
Taylor is currently working on her new album, entitled One Foot In Front of the Other, produced by Dan Romer
Dan Romer
Dan Romer is an accomplished producer, recording engineer, mixer and composer. Out of his recording studio in Brooklyn, NY, Dan Romer has worked closely with singer-songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs, April Smith and the Great Picture Show, Ingrid Michaelson, Lelia Broussard, Chris Ayer, Ian Axel, The...
and Eric Robinson with additional production by Ofer Moses. It features an all-star cast of players, including Michael Chaves (John Mayer
John Mayer
John Clayton Mayer is an American pop rock and blues rock musician, singer-songwriter, recording artist, and music producer. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. He moved to Atlanta in 1997, where he refined his...
) on guitar, Ben Peeler (Alexi Murdoch
Alexi Murdoch
Alexi Murdoch is a singer-songwriter born in London and raised in Scotland, Greece and France, now living in Berlin.- Background :Murdoch was born in London to a Greek father and Scottish-French mother and raised in Greece, just outside of Athens until he was ten, when his family moved to...
) on guitar and pedal steel, Adrienne Woods (Josh Radin and the Jonas Brothers
Jonas Brothers
The Jonas Brothers are an American boy band. The band gained its popularity from the Disney Channel children's television network. From the shore region of New Jersey, the band consists of three brothers: Paul Kevin Jonas II , Joseph Adam Jonas , and Nicholas Jerry Jonas...
) on cello, Elliot Jacobson
Elliot Jacobson
Elliot Benjamin Jacobson is an American drummer for the New York-based singer/songwriter Ingrid Michaelson. He also plays drums for Jenny Owen Youngs, Bess Rogers, Allie Moss, Lelia Broussard and Lauren Zettler....
(Ingrid Michaelson
Ingrid Michaelson
Ingrid Ellen Egbert Michaelson is a New York-based indie-pop singer-songwriter. Her music has been featured in episodes of several popular television shows, including Scrubs, Bones, Grey's Anatomy The Big C and One Tree Hill, as well as in Old Navy's Fall 2007 Fair Isle and Opel's/Vauxhall's...
) on drums, and producer Marshall Altman
Marshall Altman
Marshall Noah Altman is a Nashville-based record producer and songwriter who owns the Galt Line studio in Nashville, Tennessee. He was formerly an A&R person for such labels as Capitol Records, Hollywood Records and Columbia Records, as well as the former frontman for the alternative band Farmer...
(Kate Voegele
Kate Voegele
Kate Elizabeth Voegele is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She is signed to Interscope Records. She is also known for her part as Mia Catalano in the CW TV series One Tree Hill.-Career:...
) on backing vocals. Her song "No More Wishing" from her upcoming album was featured on the Canadian drama Heartland
Heartland (Canadian TV series)
Heartland is a Canadian television drama series which debuted on CBC Television on October 14, 2007. The series is loosely based on the Heartland books by Lauren Brooke....
in December 2008, and on the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
show How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting...
in January 2009.
Discography
Full-Length Debut LP "One Foot in Front of the Other", (release date: August 24, 2010)Single "Felt Like Love", 2010
Single "No More Wishing", 2009
Holiday Single "If There Really Is a Santa Claus", 2008
EP "Waking", 2006
Placements
- "Felt Like Love" in Vick's Dayquil Commercial
- "No More Wishing" on MTV's The Challenge: Fresh Meat II
- "Bulletproof" on MTV's The Challenge: Fresh Meat II
- "All By Ourselves"* (duet with The 88) on How I Met Your MotherHow I Met Your MotherHow I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting...
, 2009 (Episode4, Season5) - "Waking" on Royal PainsRoyal PainsRoyal Pains is a USA Network television series that premiered on June 4, 2009, starring Mark Feuerstein, Paulo Costanzo, Jill Flint and Reshma Shetty. The series is based in part on actual concierge medicine practices of independent doctors and companies...
, 2009 - "Waking" on PrivilegedPrivileged (TV series)Privileged is an American television drama that premiered on The CW Television Network in the USA and Citytv in Canada on September 9, 2008. The series stars former Reba star Joanna García and is based on the Alloy Entertainment book How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls by Zoey Dean...
, 2009 (Episode16, Season 1) - "No More Wishing" on How I Met Your MotherHow I Met Your MotherHow I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting...
, 2009 (Episode12, Season4) - "No More Wishing" on HeartlandHeartland (Canadian TV series)Heartland is a Canadian television drama series which debuted on CBC Television on October 14, 2007. The series is loosely based on the Heartland books by Lauren Brooke....
, 2008 - "Falling" and "Orange Tree" in LonelyGirl15Lonelygirl15lonelygirl15 was an interactive web-based video series which began in June 2006 and ran through to August 1, 2008. Developed under the working title The Children of Anchor Cove, the show gained worldwide media attention when it was outed as fictional in September 2006.-Overview:lonelygirl15...
, 2008 - "Bulletproof" in It Was One of Us, Lifetime Movie, 2007
- "What Matters Most" in It Was One of Us, Lifetime Movie, 2007
- "Orange Tree" on Entertainment TonightEntertainment TonightEntertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...
, 2006 - "Raphael" in LeviLeviLevi/Levy was, according to the Book of Genesis, the third son of Jacob and Leah, and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Levi ; however Peake's commentary suggests this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite...
's Commercial, 2003 - "Orange Tree" on Johnny Appleweed, 2008
- "How Good We Had it" on, 2011 Pretty Little LiarsPretty Little LiarsPretty Little Liars is a series of more than 10 young adult novels by Sara Shepard, from 1981–present, which have been made into a television show . The series follows the lives of four girls — Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily — whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their leader,...
(Episode 3, Season 2) - "Plans" on Pretty Little LiarsPretty Little LiarsPretty Little Liars is a series of more than 10 young adult novels by Sara Shepard, from 1981–present, which have been made into a television show . The series follows the lives of four girls — Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily — whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their leader,...
Performances
Taylor frequently performs with her band at the famed Hotel CafeHotel Café
The Hotel Café is a live music venue located off an alley on the Cahuenga Boulevard strip in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California that has become known for helping to establish the careers of new singer-songwriters in the 2000s...
, and other prime 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...
venues. Her band features Adrienne Woods on cello, Drew Lawrence on piano, Ethan Schreiber on bass, and Chris Markwood on drums.
Live Televised Appearances
City Sessions: Los Angeles, Dish Network, 2006.Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...
, 2006.
Airplay
Taylor began garnering major airplay on XMU's Radar Report and Indie 103.1’s Suicide Girls’ Radio which led to her co-hosting the show for three months in 2008.Filmography
- "7th Heaven7th Heaven7th Heaven is an American family drama television series, created and produced by Brenda Hampton. The series premiered on August 26, 1996, on the WB, the first time that the network aired Monday night programming, and was originally broadcast from August 26, 1996 to May 13, 2007...
"- You Don't Know What You've Got 'Til He's Gone (2006) TV episode .... Andie - Nightstalker (2002) - Female Reporter #1
- "Unsolved MysteriesUnsolved MysteriesUnsolved Mysteries is an American television program, hosted by Robert Stack, from 1987 until 2002, and later by Dennis Farina, starting in 2008...
" - Without a Song (2002) TV episode (as Hayley Taylor-Block) .... Jenny - "Sabrina, the Teenage WitchSabrina, the Teenage WitchSabrina the Teenage Witch is a comic book series published by Archie Comics about the adventures of a teenage fictional character named Sabrina Spellman. The character was created by writer George Gladir and artist Dan DeCarlo. The comic's characters have also appeared in various other media...
" - The Whole Ball of Wax (2002) TV episode .... Female Council Member - "ERER (TV series)ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
" - Bygones (2002) TV episode .... Renee Carlson - Wild Horses (aka Lunch Time Special) (1998) (as Hayley Taylor-Block) ...Girl
- Touch of a Stranger (1990) (as Hayley Taylor-Block) ..Brownie
- "Max Monroe" - Legacy (1990) TV episode (as Hayley Taylor-Block) .... Chess Champion
- NutsNuts (film)Nuts is a 1987 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Barbra Streisand and Richard Dreyfuss. The screenplay by Tom Topor, Darryl Ponicsan, and Alvin Sargent is based on Topor's 1979 play of the same title...
(1987) (as Hayley Taylor-Block) .... 11 Year-old Claudia - Unfinished Business (1987) (as Hayley Taylor-Block) .... Kristina
- Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) (as Hayley Taylor-Block) .... Kane's People
- "The Twilight ZoneThe Twilight ZoneThe Twilight Zone is an American television anthology series created by Rod Serling. Each episode is a mixture of self-contained drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist...
" - The Beacon/One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty (1985) TV episode (as Hayley Taylor-Block) .... Townsperson (segment "The Beacon") - "FameFame (1982 TV series)Fame is an American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show was based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. Using a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although...
" - Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? (1985) TV episode (as Hayley Taylor-Block) .... Little Girl - Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983) (TV) (uncredited) .... Young Frances FarmerFrances FarmerFrances Elena Farmer was an American actress of stage and screen. She is perhaps better known for sensationalized and fictional accounts of her life, and especially her involuntary commitment to a mental hospital...