Chip Taylor

Born

March 21, 1940 · Yonkers, New York, USA

Died

March 23, 2026

• Composer
• Actor
• music_department

Chip Taylor (born James Wesley Voight; March 21, 1940) is an American songwriter, noted for writing "Angel of the Morning" and "Wild Thing." His songs have been covered, and often made into hits, by a wide range of artists, including P.P. Arnold, Janis Joplin, Juice Newton, Anne Murray, Ace Frehley, Jimi Hendrix, Chrissie Hynde, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia