Album · James Taylor
Sweet Baby James by James Taylor
Sweet Baby James is an album by James Taylor, released in 1970. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 33 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Fire And Rain”, on 17 lists with a best position of #68.
Sweet Baby James, James Taylor's second album, came out on Warner Bros. in February 1970, and it made the soft-spoken singer one of the leading lights of the new singer-songwriter movement. It's a quiet, unhurried record that drifts easily between folk, country, blues and soft rock, with Taylor's warm, easy voice doing most of the work.
"Fire and Rain", his breakthrough, climbed to number 3 on the Hot 100, and "Country Road" made the chart as well, while the title track has stayed one of his signature songs. The album reached number 3 too, was nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammys, and went into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Sweet Baby James on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fire And Rain | 17 | #68 | – | 1997–2026 | |
| 2 | Sweet Baby James | 14 | #66 | – | 1997–2026 | |
| 3 | Country Road | 2 | #288 | – | 2001–2010 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.