Today's topic is the Issley Brothers. I'm Gayal Nobles and you're listening to Eagle
Harp celebrity and music news. I'm going to talk to you today about a
family musical group originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, that began as a vocal trio
consisting of brothers O'Kelly, Issy Junior, Rudolph Osley, and Ronald Eisley.
Do you remember the Issley Brothers popular song Shout? For a long time,
I didn't know they were the same group that I heard in nineteen eighty five
singing Caravan of Love. Shout was a popular song written and originally recorded by
American vocal group the Osley Brothers in nineteen fifty nine. The Isley Brothers had
a different sound and style back then. Shout was their fourth single, which
became their first single to chart on the Billboard Hot one hundred and sold over
a million copies. In the nineteen sixties, the group recorded songs for a
variety of labels, including the top twenty single Twist and Shout, and motown
single This Old Heart of Mind Is Weak for You, before recording and releasing
the Grammy Award winning hit It's Your Thing on their own label, t Neck
Records. Today, those record singles are still spinning. Radio stations are still
playing those songs. And what about the Osley Brothers in the nineteen seventies?
Do you remember the top hit single That Lady and the UK top ten cover
of Summer Breeze? What about hits like Fight the Power and for the Love
of You? Before music videos in the eighties, I only remembered hearing all
those songs from radio, and I never knew what the Osley Brothers really looked
like. When the eighties came along, I became interested in watching music videos
and began to see more of the faces of music. But before seeing the
Osley Brothers on video, I first heard Caravan of Love from radio in nineteen
eighty five. It was a nineteen eighty five R and B hit originally recorded
by Osley Jasper Isley after breaking away from the family group. The group,
notably Chris Jasper, wrote and produced this single, intending to reach audiences by
presenting Christian beliefs in his music. The song became the trio's biggest hit,
going to number one on the Billboard R and B Singles Chart and number fifty
one on the Billboard Pop Chart in nineteen eighty five. The Osley Brothers has
a long career in music. In nineteen eighty five, the original Issley's trio
of O'Kelly, Rudy and Ronnie signed with Warner Brothers Records and recorded and released
the album Masterpiece. Shortly a year after its release, Kelly Iisley died from
a heart attack while battling cancer in March nineteen eighty six. The remaining duo
of ron and Rudy released the Angela Winbush produced albums Smooth Sailing in nineteen eighty
seven and Spend the Night in nineteen eighty nine, and do you remember ron
Eisley. In the nineteen nineties, he recorded solo material. He gained popularity
as video villain ranked Biggs or Mister Biggs in the music video for R.
Kelly's hit down Low. There was a lot of past members of the Isley
Brothers, Rudolph, O'Kelly, Bernon, Marvin, and Chris Jasper. The
members now are Ronald and Ernie Eisley. Will I Hope you have a joy
today's topic. To find out more about the group and what they are doing
today, go to Official Isisley brothers dot com