Taylor also replaced the lead singer, Ronnie Lee Cunningham of Ohio based band THE LAW on tour, who scored a regional hit titled "Wake Up" in 1975.
In the early 1980s, Taylor joined with three former members of the progressive rock band Crack the Sky - Rick Witkowski (guitar), Joe Macre (bass), and Joey D'Amico (drums) - along with keyboardist Nat Kerr to form the B.E.
1 hit with the song "Vitamin L."[2] "Love Won the Fight" and "Beat Away" were also released as singles and fared well from Wheeling to Cleveland and, of course, Pittsburgh.
A second single, "Reggae Rock and Roll", placed inside the Top 100 in Cashbox and Bubbled Under at Billboard but the national breakthrough didn't materialize.
A 12 inch of Dangerous Rhythm from the 1985 EP was serviced to clubs and Dance stations and did garner air play in Germany but it was too little too late.
In 1987 an executive at Epic suggested the band record a Dan Hartman composition with lyrics and themes contrary to Taylor's Christian values.
On July 4th, 1987, after playing in front of over ten thousand people at Pittsburgh's The Point for the holiday, the band received the news they had been dropped from the label.
[3] In 1991, Taylor, a dedicated Christian, contributed a reworking of “Silent Night” to a local radio station’s Christmas compilation, launching his second career as a holiday performer.
and Rick Witkowski would regularly tour with Contemporary Christian singer Kathy Troccolli between 1994 and 1997 with one of the highlights performing for The Pope and over 70,000 people in Washington D.C. B.E.
would lend his voice to the Rick Witkowski produced jingles and bumpers for Old Navy and Nick at Night/ Nickelodeon TV network and shows.