Posted on 10/12/2023 3:13:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The singer was one of the founding members of the Billboard chart-topping group.
Rudolph Isley, a founding member of the iconic trio the Isley Brothers, died Wednesday. He was 84.
The cause of death is currently unknown, but his brother Ronald confirmed the news in a statement to Billboard: “There are no words to express my feelings and the love I have for my brother. Our family will miss him. But I know he’s in a better place.”
After years of singing gospel in the church, Rudolph formed the Isley Brothers with his siblings Ronnie, O’Kelly and Vernon in 1954 when he was just a teenager. A year later, the group temporarily disbanded after 13-year-old Vernon was killed after getting hit by a car.
Jeff Burr, Director of 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre III,' Dies at 60 In 1957, the group rebanded with Ronnie as the lead vocalist, and the trio left their hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio, for New York. There, they recorded their first tracks including “Angels Cried” and “The Cow Jumped Over the Moon,” and signed a deal with RCA Records in 1959. They release their first album, Shout!, that same year. The trio added their younger brothers Ernie and Marvin and Rudolph’s brother-in-law Chris Jasper into the band in 1971.
Rudolph left the Isley Brothers in 1989 to pursue becoming a Christian minister. However, he has often reunited with his brothers over the years, including when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, an honor that was presented to them by Little Richard.
On the Billboard charts, the Isley Brothers have had two albums top the all-genre Billboard 200 chart: The Heat Is On in 1975 and Body Kiss in 2003. Over on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, the group has six No. 1 hits, including “Fight the Power Part 1,” “Take Me to the Next Phase,” “I Wanna Be With You,” “Don’t Say Goodnight,” “The Pride (Part 1)” and “It’s Your Thing.”
Their “Twist and Shout” is still the best version of the song, IMHO!
Indubitably.
I really liked their lone Motown hit This Old Heart Of Mine, and the late 60’s/70’s with It’s Your Thing, That lady and this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QZvoOqUkqw
My cousin who was about 14 at the time and I was 9 bought their first album and played it over and over all day long. He taught me to dance to that album. 😎
Fight the Power - start at 0308 into 0756
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBwqj8ADw34
Living for the Love of You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMdBs7uTLHw
Shout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEjLFpU2pJ4
Who’s that Lady
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3Kf1Iy5E6U
Don’t forget “Backstabbers”!
That is by the O'Jays:
I like Between the Sheets, Footsteps in the Dark, and Contagious w the dirtbag R Kelly.
Remarkable music. Not sure if they originated “Work to Do” but both their version and Average White Band were great. Some of this great soul music could fill your belly if you’re hungry.
I loved their albums from the 70s. RIP.
RIP.
Ping
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