Vince Taylor Vince Taylor (born Brian Maurice Holden on July 14, 1939 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England; died August 28, 1991) was a British rock and roll singer. As the frontman for The Playboys, Taylor was successful primarily in the UK and Europe during the late 1950s and early 1960s, afterwards falling into obscurity amidst personal problems and drug abuse. Brand New Cadillac His first singles for Parlophone, "I Like Love" and "Right Behind You Baby", were released in 1958, followed several months later by "Pledgin' My Love" and its b-side, "Brand New Cadillac", which has been covered by many other artists, most memorably by The Clash. Baby Lets Play House During his last years, Vince Taylor lived in Switzerland where he took work as an airplane mechanic. He said it was the happiest time of his life. In his 1999 song "Goin' Down Geneva", Van Morrison mentions Vince Taylor, singing: "Vince Taylor used to live here/No one's ever heard of him/Just who he was/Just where he fits in.", lamenting, perhaps, the decline in Taylor's reputation in the public mind.