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  • ‘Jody’s Got Your Girl And Gone’: Johnnie Taylor & Stax, Flying High In 1971

    02/20/2026 5:30:51 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 7 replies
    Udiscovermusic ^ | February 20, 2026 | Paul Sexton
    The soul man from Crawfordsville, Arkansas rang up his 14th soul chart entry, from an impressive total of 43.Early in 1971, Johnnie Taylor was in the middle of his heyday at Stax Records, flying as high as the label itself. On February 20 that year, one Stax hit replaced another at the top of the Billboard R&B list. Johnnie achieved his second No. 1 with “Jody’s Got Your Girl And Gone” and, in the process, replaced Rufus Thomas’ “Do The Push and Pull” at the peak. Taylor had topped the R&B survey in 1968 with the Top 5 US pop...