Taylor was born in Boston and grew up with her four brothers in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where her father
Isaac Taylor was dean of the medical school at the
University of North Carolina. Her mother, Trudy, grew up in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and received training as a lyric soprano in Boston. Taylor formed her first band at age 15 and had her first record deal with
Atlantic Records four years later. Produced by her manager at the time,
Peter Asher, she released her debut album
Sister Kate in 1971. Her second album, the 1978 self-titled
Kate Taylor, was produced by her brother James and
Lew Hahn on
Columbia Records. The following year Taylor released ''
It's in There'', produced by
Barry Beckett at the famed
Muscle Shoals studios. ==Discography==