When was taylor hicks born

Born in Birmingham, Hicks moved to Hoover after his parents divorce in He graduated in after the school was renamed Hoover High School. He had gained some fame in the state for his nightclub performances, and released two independent albums, In Your Time and Under the Radar Idol judges Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul were early fans of his quirky performance and humble manner, while Simon Cowell found his act grating.

Despite Cowell's predictions, Hicks never ranked among the lower ranks of contestants. During the seson, his fans adopted the nickname the " Soul Patrol ". His avid fans are known as the "Soul Patrol. The family later moved to Hoover when Taylor was eight.

His parents divorced when he was a teenager, and he developed an interest in music as a form of self-therapy to help cope with a difficult childhood. He taught himself to play the harmonica and wrote his first song, "In Your Time," when he was only He continued to practice other instruments, learning to play the electric guitar and organ without any formal training. By the time he was 19, Hicks was an accomplished self-taught musician and was already sporting salt and pepper hair.

Hicks pursued a major in business and journalism at Auburn University in Auburn , Lee County , but did not graduate. While at Auburn, he continued to perform in a band known as Passing Through. He later formed his own self-titled band and released an independently produced album titled In Your Time in He left college before graduating and went to Nashville for nine months to pursue a musical career. He has played for various venues around the United States. He has even played a couple nights at the Playboy Mansion.

On May 17 , joined Kelly Clarkson , and Carrie Underwood , as the only Idol contestants who were never voted in the bottom 2 or 3.

Worked at a shopping mall and would dress up as the Easter Bunny for Easter and spring promotions. Is close friends with Elliott Yamin. He was attending a friends wedding on the night Hurricane Katrina hit and used a ticket voucher to fly to Las Vegas. After he won Idol, driver David Stremme said that he hoped Hicks would come back for the October race weekend there.

Is a fan of the The Jonas Brothers. In his Idol audition, Simon predicted he'd never "make it to the finals", but instead ended up winning American Idol without ever being in the bottom two or three.

Simon quickly took back his words on the first week of voting. Not only is he the oldest person to win American Idol, he is also the first white man to win, and the first guy to win over a girl in the finale. Has a younger half-brother named Sean, who encouraged Taylor to audition.