At the age of 15 she released a music video Running For Our Lives[2] and in 1988 joined a band named Street Cafe and played regularly around Perth.
When Taylor signed her record contract Meldrum suggested she change her name to Jo Beth as Joanne "wasn't good".
[4] A new track titled "A Prayer For Jane", penned by Steve Kipner who worked with Olivia Newton-John and Tina Turner, was released as a single in 1993.
[5] In February 1993, Taylor took over the hosting role of the top-rating Nine Network program Australia's Funniest Home Video Show.
This made Taylor not only the sole woman to be hosting a prime-time show in Australia, but at just 22 years old she was also the youngest person.
1996 saw Taylor make a brief return to music with the release of "I Love My Dog", a single for the 101 Dalmatians Movie soundtrack; reaching No.
After more than two years off-screen, Taylor made her return television appearance on In Melbourne Tonight in August 1999, singing "I Want You Back".
Taylor joined the cast of the Australian stage production, Happy Days: The Arena Mega Musical in October 1999.
In 2000, Taylor hosted Starstruck, a Saturday night talent quest show, in what was her final regular television role for more than seven years.
Taylor appeared as a guest on Greeks on the Roof in 2003 and on Australia Unites: Reach Out to Asia in 2005, a joint venture by the Seven, Nine, and Ten networks to raise money for the Boxing Day Tsunami.
[8] In 2006, Taylor joined Noosa's radio station Zinc 96.1 FM morning crew with Jamie Dunn and Agro for six months.
Taylor co-hosted an Australian version of Dirty Jobs on the Nine Network with Ben Dark between October and November 2007 and made an appearance on Mornings With Kerri-Anne in 2009 during a travel infomercial segment.
After disappearing from television in mid-1997, Taylor moved to San Diego, California, and remained out of the public eye for more than two years.
Taylor described that time of her life as extremely difficult and explained that her mental instability and weaknesses were not talked about back then, but that she is not ashamed.
[10][11] Taylor travelled to Ethiopia and Uganda in 1996 as an ambassador for World Vision Australia to meet her sponsor child and film a documentary.