14 Facts About Chip Taylor

Chip Taylor is the paternal uncle of actress Angelina Jolie and former actor James Haven.

Chip Taylor is the younger brother of actor Jon Voight and geologist Barry Voight.

Chip Taylor is the brother of actor Jon Voight and geologist Barry Voight and the uncle of actress Angelina Jolie and actor James Haven.

In 1961, Chip Taylor attended the University of Hartford in Hartford, Connecticut, for one year.

Chip Taylor wrote many pop and rock songs, both alone and with other songwriters, including Al Gorgoni, Billy Vera, Ted Daryll, and Jerry Ragovoy, first freelancing and then as an employee of a New York City music publisher.

Chip Taylor co-wrote with Ace Frehley "Rock Soldiers" in 1987.

Chip Taylor had a top 40 hit in Australia in 1963 with "Sandy Sandy" with the Town and Country Brothers, a later iteration of Wes Voight and the Town Three, with Ted Daryll and Greg Richards, writers of "She Cried" by Jay and the Americans.

At the 2001 South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas, Chip Taylor met singer and violinist Carrie Rodriguez, with whom he performed and recorded Americana music for several years.

Chip Taylor's album Yonkers, NY was a 2011 nominee for a Grammy Award for best recording package, but lost to Brothers by the Black Keys.

In 2007, Chip Taylor launched his own independent label, Train Wreck Records.

Chip Taylor then returned to music, starting by singing to his dying mother, Barbara Voight.

Chip Taylor has said that the gambling addiction was hard on both himself and his family.

Chip Taylor has written that, after having an epiphany, he changed his attitude and created the "Church of the Train Wreck" self-help program for himself and others.

Chip Taylor has been married to Joan Carole Frey since 1964, and they have children and grandchildren.