Taylor Hanson

Early life

Taylor was born in a suburb of Tulsa, Oklahoma, the second of seven children born to Clarke Walker Hanson and Diana Frances Hanson. His siblings are Isaac, Zac, Jessica, Avery, Mackenzie and Zoé.

Music career

Taylor sings and plays keyboard and the piano with the band Hanson. He and his older brother, Isaac, started the band with younger brother Zac in 1992, and were initially known as The Hanson Brothers (later changed to just 'Hanson'). At the time, Isaac was eleven, Taylor was nine, and Zac was six. They performed as an a cappella group outside clubs in Tulsa. On May 6, 1997, the band released their first major studio album, Middle of Nowhere, with Mercury Records. The first single, "MMMBop", made it to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. May 6 has been declared "Hanson Day" in Tulsa in honor of the release of Middle of Nowhere.

Taylor Hanson is a co-founder and co-CEO of 3CG Records, along with brothers Isaac and Zac Hanson.

It was announced in early 2009 that Taylor, along with former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos and Fountains of Wayne bassist Adam Schlesinger, formed a new band called Tinted Windows. The band played their first publicized gig at SXSW in Austin, Texas on March 20, 2009. Their first album was released on April 21, 2009.

On November 20, 2016, Hanson performed "A Song For You" at the funeral service for fellow Tulsa native Leon Russell.

Personal life

In June 2002, Hanson married Natalie Anne Bryant, whom he had met in 1999. The couple have five children: sons Jordan Ezra Hanson (born 2002), River Samuel Hanson (born 2006), and Viggo Moriah Hanson (born 2008) and daughters Penelope Anne "Penny" Hanson (born 2005) and Wilhelmina Jane "Willa" Hanson (born 2012).