[1] He was the youngest of four children and at age 11 his family moved to Spencerville, Maryland, where learned to play the guitar.
The Nighthawks went on to perform in an hour-long Saturday night TV show on WTTG channel 5 out of Washington, D.C., from 1957 to 1960.
In 1989 Taylor returned to music playing at a benefit concert for Charlie Feathers, which led to a comeback career.
[3] He has since performed in the United Kingdom and had a re-release of his Sun and Dot material on Germany's Eagle Records.
In 1999, Run Wild Records released a 12-song CD of newly-recorded material by Vernon, titled "Daddy's Rockin'".