Allan Taylor (born 30 September 1945 in Brighton, England)[1] is an English singer-songwriter who has written and performed music around the world for over 50 years.

Inspired by skiffle and the beat generation, he started singing and playing guitar in the folk clubs of Brighton through his teenage years.

[1] Taylor moved to New York and became part of the singer-songwriter scene in Greenwich Village,[1] playing at clubs such as Gerde's, The Gaslight Cafe, The Bitter End, the Mercer Arts Center, and The Bottom Line.

[1] Taylor formed T Records in 1980 and made Win or Lose (1984), Lines (1988), Out of Time (1991), So Long (1993), Faded Light (1995), The Alex Campbell Tribute Concert (1997).

Taylor's song "Roll on the Day", developed from his personal experience of visiting with an ex-coal miner and witnessing the effects on him of a lifetime of working in a coal mine.