Listen: You Got it
Robert Taylor, Jr. is a gifted singer, actor and dancer whose greatest love, above all, is music. He started performing at the early age of eleven doing musicals and talent shows in and out of school such as “the Wizard of Oz” (Scarecrow), “Sweet Charity” and appearing at “Showtime at the Apollo” as a
singer/dancer.
His passion finally lead him to attend Marymount Manhattan College where he graduated successfully with a B.A. in dance and a minor in musical theatre. Sharing a great interest in singing and dancing, Robert also emerged as acapable choreographer and teacher. Robert’s most recent accomplishment was being featured as a dancer in Kat De Luna’s video “Whine
Up” choreographed by Danielle Pallanco & Tanisha Scott. Moreover he could be seen on various TV shows as “So You Think You Can Dance”, MTV’s “Say What? Karaoke” in 2003/2006 and “American Idol season 3″ where he was chosen out of out of 10,000 poeple in NY to make it to Hollywood as one of the last 87 contestants together with Fantasia Barrino and Jennifer Hudson. As a performer Robert was under the tutilage of Anthony Rue III and Adrian Wiltshire of the group of dancers, singers and rappers “Amountboyz” who have worked with Mario, JoJo, P.Diddyand Big Daddy Kane. With the group he has performed as an honorary Amountboy in the UK in 2005 at the “UK vs. US battle”. He is also currently performing with Jared Grimes who danced for singer Mariah Carey.
With the release of his first solo album (available on iTunes) Robert’s number one goal is now to become heard and seen as a solo R’n'B/Pop recording artist whose own original music is giving off a positive vibe displaying old school elements as James Brown, Jackie Wilson, The Temptations, New Edition and Michael Jackson are his strongest musical inspirations. He believes that he is determined to share his passion of being a performer with his audience which
motivates him to be at his best on stage simply catching a natural high while entertaining people.
For information and downloads visit:
www.myspace.com/roberttaylorjr
