On this date in 1970, JAMES TAYLOR released the single FIRE AND RAIN (Aug 6, 1970) Released ais a single from James Taylor's second album, Sweet Baby James, FIRE AND RAIN peaked at #2 on RPM's Canada Top Singles chart and at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Taylor wrote "Fire and Rain" in 1968 at three different times. He started it in London, where he auditioned for The Beatles' Apple Records. He later worked on it in a Manhattan Hospital, and finished it while in drug rehab at The Austin Riggs Cen