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daPrettyman

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J. T. Taylor - Long Hot Summer Night

Anyone remember when this was in regular rotation on BET?

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Reply #1 posted 04/02/12 3:13pm

nursev	What happened to him? Isn't he Donnie Simpson's brother? Loved him in Kool & The Gang.
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SoulAlive	nursev said: Isn't he Donnie Simpson's brother?
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SoulAlive said:

nursev said:

Isn't he Donnie Simpson's brother?

eek eek Damn for real? Never even knew that. Now that I think about it, they do look alike. doh!

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Reply #4 posted 04/03/12 5:13am

SoulAlive	J.T. Taylor is a tremendous talent,but I don't think he ever found the right material to establish him as a huge solo superstar."Long Hot Summer Night" is decent,but it's not extraordinary.I was thrilled when he reunited with Kool & The Gang in 1996.Unfortunately,it was a short-lived reunion.He bitterly departed (again) a few years later.
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SoulAlive said:

J.T. Taylor is a tremendous talent,but I don't think he ever found the right material to establish him as a huge solo superstar."Long Hot Summer Night" is decent,but it's not extraordinary.I was thrilled when he reunited with Kool & The Gang in 1996.Unfortunately,it was a short-lived reunion.He bitterly departed (again) a few years later.

I love that song he had with Regina Taylor. I think it was called "forever" or something like that. It was in the movie "Tap".

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missfee said:

SoulAlive said:

J.T. Taylor is a tremendous talent,but I don't think he ever found the right material to establish him as a huge solo superstar."Long Hot Summer Night" is decent,but it's not extraordinary.I was thrilled when he reunited with Kool & The Gang in 1996.Unfortunately,it was a short-lived reunion.He bitterly departed (again) a few years later.

I love that song he had with Regina Taylor. I think it was called "forever" or something like that. It was in the movie "Tap".

Regina Belle

From the movie Tap.

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mjscarousal	This must have appeared back in the day like 80s on BET Oh well the video does say 1991. I like the song.
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mjscarousal said:

This must have appeared back in the day like 80s on BET Oh well the video does say 1991.

I like the song.

No, it was the 90s.

If you listen to a lot of the r&b and pop songs of the late 80s and early 90s, they had this "euro" feel to the music. Lisa Stansfield, Sybil, Soul II Soul, etc. kinda established this sound. James JT came along in 91 (I think it was the end of 91) with this song.

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Remember it like it was yesterday. music

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Reply #10 posted 04/03/12 9:29am

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daPrettyman said:

mjscarousal said:

This must have appeared back in the day like 80s on BET Oh well the video does say 1991.

I like the song.

No, it was the 90s.

If you listen to a lot of the r&b and pop songs of the late 80s and early 90s, they had this "euro" feel to the music. Lisa Stansfield, Sybil, Soul II Soul, etc. kinda established this sound. James JT came along in 91 (I think it was the end of 91) with this song.

lol Yea when I looked at the video I realized it said 1991! Interesting facts, thanks for info! Ive never heard the song before, its nice.

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daPrettyman said:

missfee said:

I love that song he had with Regina Taylor. I think it was called "forever" or something like that. It was in the movie "Tap".

Regina Belle

From the movie Tap.

YES!!!!! music nod Oops, I didn't even realize I put Taylor instead of Belle. doh! Thanks for the correction. thumbs up!

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missfee said:

SoulAlive said:

Damn for real? Never even knew that. Now that I think about it, they do look alike.

They DO look alike, but I don't think they are actually brothers.

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missfee said:

Damn for real? Never even knew that. Now that I think about it, they do look alike.

They DO look alike, but I don't think they are actually brothers.

Are Donnie Simpson and James T Taylor brothers?

Answer: Yes, Donnie Simpson mentioned this on one of the episodes of Video Soul just before introducing a video of Kool & The Gang

I also recall Donnie mentioning it right before he showed the Regina Belle/JT Taylor video "All I Want Is Forever".He implied that those two are an item,saying "And I should know,because JT is my brother".

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missfee said:

daPrettyman said:

Regina Belle

From the movie Tap.

YES!!!!! Oops, I didn't even realize I put Taylor instead of Belle. Thanks for the correction.

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No problem.

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SoulAlive said:

JamFanHot said:

missfee said:

Damn for real? Never even knew that. Now that I think about it, they do look alike.

They DO look alike, but I don't think they are actually brothers.

Are Donnie Simpson and James T Taylor brothers?

Answer: Yes, Donnie Simpson mentioned this on one of the episodes of Video Soul just before introducing a video of Kool & The Gang

That was a joke. I'm pretty sure they aren't related.

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Reply #16 posted 04/04/12 8:25am

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Donnie has also said that The Time were his brothers. I don't see that much of a resemblance between him and Monte. razz

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Reply #17 posted 04/05/12 12:39am

SoulAlive	Donnie's one of my friends on Facebook,I'll ask him this question He'll probably joke about it and give me a crazy answer (lol)
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