Way to go, Chip! Here's the full proclamation from Mayor Philip A. Amicone:

HEREAS: As Mayor of the City of Yonkers, it is with a great sense of pride that I recognize those distinguished Yonkers natives who have risen to the highest levels of personal success and who remain true to their Yonkers' roots, and 

WHEREAS: Foremost among these individuals is CHIP TAYLOR, who is recognized this day, in celebration of the release of his newest album, Yonkers, NY, which chronicles his life history, and

WHEREAS: Raised in Yonkers, CHIP TAYLOR, also formally known as James Wesley Voight, began his love affair with music at an early age, and his penchant for the country genre found an outlet in his Archbishop Stepinac High School band, 'Town & Country Brothers', and upon graduation, entered the music business, writing and composing pop and rock songs and achieved success with a number of his songs, and

WHEREAS: A prodigious and prolific talent, CHIP TAYLOR's status as one of the most notable songwriters in American music is secure and in recent years has won praise for acclaimed recordings and collaborations and has penned dozens of classics, written in varied voices and styles, most notably Wild Thing and Angel of the Morning, and

WHEREAS: Throughout the course of a successful music career, CHIP TAYLOR released over twenty albums and with the release of his latest recording, Yonkers, NY, he relates the story of his childhood and adolescence, through an eleven song cycle which is filled with warmth and humor, enlivened with spoken reminiscences and packaged with a book of lyrics and vintage photos of the people and places that are their subjects, and

WHEREAS: Family has played an important part of the songwriting process of CHIP TAYLOR and many of the songs on his newest album are a reflection of the warmth and love of family and friends that he experienced during his youth, and

WHEREAS: The City of Yonkers raises its voice in tribute to CHIP TAYLOR and wish him much success with our namesake album.

NOW, THEREFORE I, PHILIP A. AMICONE, Mayor of the City of Yonkers, do hereby proclaim this 28th day of October 2009 to be:

CHIP TAYLOR DAY in the City of Yonkers, and I call upon all the residents of our City to join with me in congratulating this individual on the release of his newest musical endeavor and to express our gratitude to him for 'putting Yonkers, NY' on the musical map.

Given under my hand and the Seal of the City of Yonkers, New York this 28th day of October 2009.

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