Podcast appearances and mentions of ron isley

This episode is in tribute to Chris Jasper and brought to us by Lamont Patterson CEO of World Movement Enterprises and host of I AM INDI SHOW. Lamont interviews Chris Jasper, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner, and discusses his musical journey, starting with piano lessons at seven and later studying at Juilliard. He reflects on the music industry's evolution, noting a shift from talent-driven to image-focused, and expresses a preference for the past when music appreciation and variety were greater.The decline of music education in schools and the rise of a quick-fix mentality in music production are discussed. The importance of music education, particularly in fostering a work ethic and creativity, is emphasized. The conversation also touches on the broader societal issues of family breakdown and the lack of male role models, suggesting that these problems are interconnected with the state of music education.Chris Jasper discusses his new album, inspired by his wife and addressing love, social issues, and his relationship with God. He shares his experience performing with a choir in Virginia, highlighting the positive audience response to his gospel songs. The conversation then shifts to current events, including concerns about the state of the world and conspiracy theories about government weather control.Chris Jasper discusses his song “In My Dream,” inspired by a dream he had about a peaceful world. He believes God guides his music and wants him to share truth. Jasper reflects on his time working with Ron Isley, noting their age difference and differing musical styles.The conversation discusses the importance of group cohesion and humility in music groups, highlighting how ego can lead to financial disagreements and the downfall of a group. It emphasizes the significance of the group and the music as the “magic” that captivates audiences, and how artists should prioritize performing beloved songs to meet fan expectations. The discussion also touches on the importance of passing down knowledge and wisdom to the youth, and the potential for collaboration on a film soundtrack.Chris Jasper promotes World Movement, encouraging listeners to check out their music, books, movies, and culture. He emphasizes the importance of education and positivity, urging people to believe in themselves and make the world a better place.Recording and image use are conducted with permission.#ChrisJasper #LamontPatterson #WorldMovementEnterprises #IAMINDISHOW #GrammyLifetimeAchievementAward #IsleyBrothers #IsleyJasperIsley #RBMusic #FunkMusic #SoulMusic #RebeccaLMahan#RebeccaSounds Reveille

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Q: The Dude/A tribute to Quincey Jones This is a special feature on the legendary musician, composer, and arranger who has left us with an impressive catalogue second to none.Featuring Michael Jackson, James Ingram, Brothers Johnson, Michael McDonald, Nikolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Chaka Khan, Barry White, Babyface, Tamia, Portrait, Ron Isley, R. Kelly, Aaron Hall, Charlie Wilson, Naomi Campbell, Big Daddy Kane, Ice-T, Kool Moe Dee, Melle Mel, Tevin Campbell, Andre Crouch, Luther Vandross, Patti Austin, Queen Latifah, Tone-Loc, Al B. Sure, Donna Summer, El DeBarge, and others believe it or not. Remember when music was Music!PLAYLIST1. Sanford & Son Theme/Quincy Jones2. Stomp/The Brothers Johnson3. Off The Wall/Michael Jackson4. Yah-Mo Be There/James Ingram5. The Dude/Quincy Jones6. I'll Be Good To You/The Brothers Johnson7. Stuff Like That /Quincy Jones8. Slow Jams/Quincy Jones9. You Put a Move On My Heart/Quincy Jones10. Heaven's Girl/Quincy Jones11. Love Is In Control/Donna Summer12. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)/Michael Jackson13. Razzamatazz/Quincy Jones14. Back On The Block/Quincy Jones15. Give Me The Night/George Benson16. I'm Gonna Miss You In The Morning/Quincy Jones17. One Hundred Ways/Quincy Jones18. Smooth Criminal/Michael Jackson19. Cool Joe, Mean Joe/Quincy Jones20. Birdland/Quincy Jones21. The Secret Garden/Quincy Jones22. Roots Mural Theme - From "Roots" Soundtrack/Quincy Jones

In this Friday Quick Fix, Sonny discusses some of the many Duets that exist in music over the years. In each volume he will share a handful of his favorites. Let's start with Volume 3. The Friday Quick Fix Concept: The Friday Quick Fix is your single dose of Rock n Roll in 15 minutes or less to get your weekend off to a rockin' start. Every Friday, we will deliver a different segment that focuses on albums, songs, movies, Playlist, and generally just about anything we find entertaining and want to share with you. You will still get a regular full length episode every Sunday as usual Please Consider Supporting The Artist We Feature In This and Every Episode: (You can support them by purchasing Music, Merch, or A Concert Ticket) In This Episode You Heard: Lita Ford, Ozzy Osbourne, Rod Stewart, Ron Isley, Prince, Sheena Easton, Mike Reno, Anne Wilson Reach Out To Us: Email: growinuprock@gmail.com Follow Us@: Facebook Loud Minority Group Twitter Instagram Website: https://growinuprock.com Pantheon Podcast Network A Special THANK YOU to Restrayned for the Killer Show Intro and transition music!! Restrayned Website Please consider leaving us a five star review in one of the following places to help the podcast get discovered by others: GUR On Apple Podcast GUR On Podchaser GUR On Spotify Today's Spotify Playlist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's show I continue with the spotlight on Teddy Pendergrass as well as paying tribute to the incredible Quincy Jones. I also have music from Dave Lee and Mistura, October London, Sylvia Striplin, Matumza & Gurulogic amongst other things . . . Welcome To The Soul Show The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite) - Quincy JonesBody Heat - Quincy JonesQuincy Jones / Voice-over Intro Quincy Jones InterviewQuincy Jones Interview #1 -  Michael JacksonI Can't Help It - Michael JacksonHeaven's Girl - R. Kelly, Ron Isley, Aaron Hall, Charlie Wilson, Naomi CampbellLove Is What We Find (feat. JAEL) - Nao YoshiokaLose My Mind feat. Raheem DeVaugn & Jadakiss - K'JonI Don't Wanna Be Alone (Remix Radio) - ShaiLiving Inside Your Love - Phyllis HymanIf You Ever Need Somebody (feat. Tiffany T'Zelle) - Dave Lee & MisturaGive Me Your Love - Sylvia StriplinCome Touch Me - Bobby ValentinoShe Keeps Calling - October LondonBrother (feat. Natalie Lindi) - Blue Lab BeatsDo Me - Teddy PendergrassWhen Somebody Loves You Back - Teddy PendergrassHeaven Only Knows - Teddy PendergrassMy People (500 Years) - Teddy PendergrassHolding Back (Extended Version) - Cornell C.C. CarterRather Be (Ayce Remix Edit) - LCGC feat. Annette BowenMake It Alright (Feat. Laura Jackson) - BB SoulDown For The Third Time - Citrus SunHolding You Remix (Extended Mix) - Zoe KypriGuiding Lights - Earth, Wind & FireMichelin Music (feat. Kunle Ayo) - Matumza & GurulogicThank You Thank You - Roy Ayers

On this episode of Super Retro we talked about the Top 10 Most Rare and Expensive SNES Games,  our segment Who Ran the 80's made a return and we highlighted the iconic Sylvester Stallone, are we getting a Goonies 2 or not, Corner Stores in the hood, Stuff your rich friends had at their house, Mike Vallely iconic brawl on video, a Young Jeezy/GoldenEye 007 connection, the UGK banger "One Day" NOT being sung by Ron Isley, and what you picking for your Friday night: Blockbuster or Hollywood Video, favorite candy, favorite chips, favorite soda, favorite horror film and favorite video game, listener emails and a ton more! Email: SuperRetroPod@gmail.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/superretropodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@superretropodVideo episodes available at YouTube!

Welcome to the Liquid Late Nights podcast! In this heartfelt episode, we reflect on the life and legacy of two musical legends who have recently passed away: Frankie Beverly and Tito Jackson. We dive into their incredible contributions to the music world, sharing personal anecdotes and memories that highlight their influence and impact. Our hosts reminisce about unforgettable concerts, including Frankie Beverly's timeless performances and the iconic Victory Tour featuring the Jacksons. We discuss the emotional tributes from other artists, such as Ron Isley, Patti LaBelle, and Usher, who have honored Frankie Beverly's legacy with their heartfelt performances. We also pay tribute to Tito Jackson, exploring the rich history of the Jackson family and their groundbreaking role in the music industry. We touch on the discipline and dedication instilled by their father, Joe Jackson, and how it shaped the Jackson 5's extraordinary success. This episode is a celebration of the music, the memories, and the lasting legacies of Frankie Beverly and Tito Jackson. Join us as we honor these legends and their everlasting contributions to the world of music.

This week, Wavy & Brooklyn chop it up about who's the best artist Charlie Wilson & Ron Isley, the Grammy's, the dopest Hip Hop lyrics from Big Daddy Kane to Rakim, cooking tips for Valentines, Drakes PPP, Black History Props, and nose picking that leads to fatal diseases.... Listen to other topics and thoughts that affects your community... We are making fun of everything!!!  Live Radio Broadcast Saturday's 12pm-1pm  92.6 The Spot Streaming on YouTube! YouTube Channel Email: Ignorantknowitalls@gmail.com IG: @ignorantknowitalls

Listen on your favorite podcast service: https://pods.to/wesoundcrazy Three powerful words: The Isley Brothers! The title “Legend” gets tossed around loosely these days, but our guests this week fit the definition in every way. The Isley Brothers are American music royalty. With a career that now spans eight decades, they are the most influential, long lasting force in modern popular music. The Isley Brothers' long list of accomplishments is unmatched but their hunger for greatness is still as fresh as ever. Mr. Ron Isley & Mr. Ernie Isley sit with our co-hosts this week in St. Louis, Missouri to share stories about their remarkable journey. Their influence can be felt in every corner of popular culture. If you love music, this conversation is essential.  Press play now!  Special thanks to our We Sound Crazy team! Director: Aaron Walton Camera Op: Tiffany Young  Editing: Aaron Walton Producer: Michael "Roux" Johnson Assistant: Brittany Guydon Intern: Montez Freeman Grooming for Phillionaire & Tamone Bacon: Delvin "Redd The Barber" Washington Thank you to all of our listeners, as well as our partners at Visit Music City.  Special thanks to Ronald Isley, Ernie Isley, Kandy Isley, and Aliya Crawford! Subscribe to We Sound Crazy on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and anywhere you get your favorite podcast.  Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok! Follow We Sound Crazy on Social Media: ~ Facebook: https://wesoundcrazy.ffm.to/wscfacebook ~ Instagram: https://wesoundcrazy.ffm.to/wscinstagram ~ Twitter: https://wesoundcrazy.ffm.to/wsctwitter ~ TikTok: https://wesoundcrazy.ffm.to/wsctiktok ~ Email: https://ffm.link/wsc-signup Subscribe to We Sound Crazy on YouTube: https://wesoundcrazy.ffm.to/wscyoutube-subscribe Visit the official We Sound Crazy website: https://wesoundcrazy.ffm.to/officialwebsite #WeSoundCrazy #TheIsleyBrothers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I chat with talented producer BRAD BOGART in a wide-ranging discussion covering everything from creating TLC's hit "OutDaughtered" to finally making the feature film, "Spinning Gold," the biopic about his legendary father, Neil Bogart. Listen as Brad shares stories from behind the scenes of the film and talks about making the movie with his brothers - Tim and Evan - as well as the long road it took to get it made. We also chat about his new weight loss series on TLC and reminisce about our time working together on OutDaughtered. In "SPINNING GOLD," Neil Bogart launches Casablanca Records in the 1970s, giving rise to such musical acts as Donna Summer, Parliament, Gladys Knight, the Isley Brothers, the Village People, Bill Withers and KISS. Along with a rag-tag team of young music lovers, Casablanca Records rewrites history and changes the music industry forever. Some of today's hottest music stars are playing the icons including Grammy and Golden Globe nominee Wiz Khalifa as George Clinton, Jason Derulo as Ron Isley of the Isley Brothers, Pink Sweat$ as Bill Withers, Grammy Award nominee Tayla Parx as Donna Summer and multi-Grammy winner Ledisi as Gladys Knight. Make sure to watch "Spinning Gold" on one of the following platforms: Amazon Video, Universal on Demand, Vudu, DIRECTV, AMC on Demand, and YouTube.   SPINNING GOLD TRAILER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mljzHokm17I   SPINNING GOLD FULL MOVIE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_UiTeYatVg   https://digitalmoviedeals.nbcuniversal.com/products/spinning-gold   FOLLOW ME HERE: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-berkowitz-5a09ab8/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2089323/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 https://twitter.com/steveberkowitz https://berkreport.com https://www.instagram.com/stevemberkowitz/

What do Donna Summer, Parliament, Gladys Knight, The Isley Brothers, The Village People, and Bill Withers all have in common with the rock band KISS?  They all rose to their musical heights under the watchful ear of the music industry's most colorful and brilliant music producer, Neil Bogart, founder of Casablanca Records, the most successful independent record company of all time. Along with a rag tag team of young music lovers, Neil and Casablanca Records would rewrite history and change the music industry forever.   Their mix of creative insanity, a total belief in each other and the music they were creating, shaped our culture and ultimately defined a generation.  In a story so unbelievable that it can only be true, comes the motion picture event of the musical journey of Neil Bogart and how his Casablanca Records created the greatest soundtrack of our lives. Some of today's hottest music stars are playing the icons who inspired them and singing their most popular songs including Grammy and Golden Globe nominee Wiz Khalifa as George Clinton, Jason Derulo as Ron Isley of the Isley Brothers, Pink Sweat$ as Bill Withers, Grammy Award nominee Tayla Parx as Donna Summer and multi-Grammy winner Ledisi as Gladys Knight.   Spinning Gold features an all-star cast including Tony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan (Newsies, Bonnie & Clyde), Michelle Monaghan (Mission: Impossible franchise, Gone Baby Gone), Jay Pharoah (Saturday Night Live, Bad Hair), Tony Award winner Dan Fogler (The Walking Dead, The Goldbergs), Jason Issacs (the Harry Potter franchise, The Death of Stalin, The Patriot), Lyndsy Fonseca (Kick-Ass, Hot Tub Time Machine), Chris Redd (Saturday Night Live), Casey Likes (Almost Famous on Broadway), and comedian/actor Sebastian Maniscalco (The Irishman). Spinning Gold is written, directed, and produced by Timothy Scott Bogart and produced by Jessica Martins, and Laurence Mark, as well as produced by Gary A. Randall, Chris Torto, Bradley Bogart, and David Haring.   Grammy Winning Music producer Evan "Kidd" Bogart, along with Harvey Mason, Jr. and Atlantic Records president Kevin Weaver are executive producers on the film and Atlantic Records will be releasing the soundtrack.

What do Donna Summer, Parliament, Gladys Knight, The Isley Brothers, The Village People, and Bill Withers all have in common with the rock band KISS?  They all rose to their musical heights under the watchful ear of the music industry's most colorful and brilliant music producer, Neil Bogart, founder of Casablanca Records, the most successful independent record company of all time. Along with a rag tag team of young music lovers, Neil and Casablanca Records would rewrite history and change the music industry forever.   Their mix of creative insanity, a total belief in each other and the music they were creating, shaped our culture and ultimately defined a generation.  In a story so unbelievable that it can only be true, comes the motion picture event of the musical journey of Neil Bogart and how his Casablanca Records created the greatest soundtrack of our lives. Some of today's hottest music stars are playing the icons who inspired them and singing their most popular songs including Grammy and Golden Globe nominee Wiz Khalifa as George Clinton, Jason Derulo as Ron Isley of the Isley Brothers, Pink Sweat$ as Bill Withers, Grammy Award nominee Tayla Parx as Donna Summer and multi-Grammy winner Ledisi as Gladys Knight.   Spinning Gold features an all-star cast including Tony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan (Newsies, Bonnie & Clyde), Michelle Monaghan (Mission: Impossible franchise, Gone Baby Gone), Jay Pharoah (Saturday Night Live, Bad Hair), Tony Award winner Dan Fogler (The Walking Dead, The Goldbergs), Jason Issacs (the Harry Potter franchise, The Death of Stalin, The Patriot), Lyndsy Fonseca (Kick-Ass, Hot Tub Time Machine), Chris Redd (Saturday Night Live), Casey Likes (Almost Famous on Broadway), and comedian/actor Sebastian Maniscalco (The Irishman). Spinning Gold is written, directed, and produced by Timothy Scott Bogart and produced by Jessica Martins, and Laurence Mark, as well as produced by Gary A. Randall, Chris Torto, Bradley Bogart, and David Haring.   Grammy Winning Music producer Evan "Kidd" Bogart, along with Harvey Mason, Jr. and Atlantic Records president Kevin Weaver are executive producers on the film and Atlantic Records will be releasing the soundtrack.

4 years & counting... thanks y'all in the thumbs down army for rocking with us all this time. - mgmt On this week's episode the guys are talking:  - funny & relatable tweets (2:26) - who wins in a Verzuz between 50 Cent & Lil Wayne (7:32) - recapping the Jussie Smollet doc (15:57) - Rudolph Isley is suing Ron Isley for the Isley trademark (22:08) - 6lack finally drops his new album (27:28) - new music from Hit-Boy, Victoria Monet, Jae Skeese & Major Lazer (35:05) - Tik Tok getting banned? (38:22) - Ivy Park & Adidas part ways (51:10) - our weekly reading of Justin LaBoy tweets (74:22) - Ticketmaster is getting sued (56:05) - our weekly reading of Justin LaBoy tweets (57:06)   This week's recommendations: (74:01) NAPPZ: Ted Lasso / Unprisoned / Love Is Blind KINO: Keeping Up With Da Senator / It Is What It Is / John Wick: Chapter 4 NENO: Everything Everywhere All At Once / Skrillex - Don't Get Too Close (LP) / Boldy James - Indiana Jones (LP)   Follow us! IG: www.instagram.com/notsosoftpod Twitter: twitter.com/notsosoftpod Watch us on Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCnF4ubm5az49-Froe0-roxg Follow the guys Neno on IG - www.instagram.com/nenorocwell/ Neno on Twitter - twitter.com/nenorocwell Nappz on IG - www.instagram.com/dasenator Nappz on Twitter - twitter.com/dasenator Nappz on Soundcloud - @dasenator Nappz on Tik Tok - tiktok.com/keepingupwithdasenator Keeping Up With Da Senator - twitch.tv/itsdasenator Kino on IG - www.instagram.com/kinotg Kino on Twitter - twitter.com/kinotg What's The Appeal?: www.youtube.com/whatstheappeal

Back in 2003, musical genius Burt Bacharach collaborated on an album with Ron Isley, which resulted in a soulful interpretation of his popular catalog of music, Here I Am: Isley Meets Bacharach. Bacharach was always reinventing himself as he told host Robin Milling. As a tribute to his passing, here is their conversation from that year where Bacharach reflects on his musical beginnings and inspirations for some of his timeless collaborations with lyricist Hal David, including soundtrack favorites Alfie sung deliciously by his muse Dionne Warwick, which he deemed as David's best, What's New cat and The Look of Love.  

The Real, The Deal, and All the Feels! In Loving memory of Mona L. Crump and Tyre Nichols, we're talking about the injustices that plague the African American community, pastor who claims he temporarily went to hell, sky-high food prices, hot celebrity gossip and more! With music by Ella Mai, Babyface, Yaahn Hunter Jr., The Pocket Queen, Ron Isley, Earth Wind & Fire, El Debarge, Tom Browne, Phony Ppl, Allure and a special Mega mix honoring the late Roger Zapp of the Zapp band.

Groovin' Blue 23-01 is dedicated to Dr. Li Wenliang Hello World.  G.B. is on the air! 1.  (3:49)  WAGRadio Intro 2301 - Produced by WAGRadio Vinyl Librarian William "Fats Is Back" Reiter 2.  (5:13)  "Date With Baby" - BROOKLYN FUNK ESSENTIALS [Dorado Cd No. DOR076] 2000 3.  (  :17)  WAGRadio Jazz In Kai-lyp-so Id 4.  (2:27)  "Watermelon Man" - MONGO SANTAMARIA [Battle Lp No. BM6120] 1963 5.  (7:56)  "Little Girl (Ezel Vocal Remix)" - JBmixx, EZEL [Quantize] 6.  (  :37)  WAGRadio FunkDance Id 7.  (5:08)  "Special Assignment vs. Latin Spirit (DJZigZag 2023 Re-Kut)" - DJ FUDGE, C. Da AFRO [Guesthouse Us] / [Spincat Music] 8.  (2:31)  "I See London I See France" - Bbno$ [Bbno$] 9.  (2:28)  "Butterflight" - ZACARI [Top Dawg] 10.(4:13)  "PPL (People)" - D.R.A.M., BJ THE CHICAGO KID [Waver] 11.(  :23)  WAGRadioi Parents Mind Id 12.(3:08)  "Sweet Jamming" - JOSHUA REGRELLO [Black Sails Music Group] Trinidad & Tobago 13.(  :38)  WAGRadio Playin' Id 14.(3:40)  "Last Last (Booty Patrol Remix)" - BURNA BOY [Atlantic] 15.(  :13)  WAGRadio Id 16.(3:53)  "Underground Spirit (DJZigZag Frankly Ricardo EdiT)" - WATTIE GREEN [Guesthouse Music] 17.(3:06)  "I'm Going Home" - DEE CLARK [Constellation 45rpm No. C-108] 1963 Prod. Don Covay / Horace Ott 18.(  :37)  WAGRadio 2210 Intro Segment 19.(4:16)  "Mas Que Nada" - SOULSTANCE, ANA FLORA [Suonaphone] 20.(  :44)  WAGRadio 2211 Intro Segment 21.(4:27)  "That Feeling (DJZigZag Reba's Chicken & Wings EdiT)" - KID MASSIVE [In It Together] 22.(2:38)  "Trick Bag" - EARL KING [Imperial 45rpm No. X5811] 1962 23.(5:15)  "Le Lis (Pellegrino Remix)" - BILLY COBHAM, NOVECENTO [Rebirth Records] 24.(  :56)  WAGRadio 2211 Intro Segment Two 25.(4:37)  "The Plug (DJZigZag Vote By Male EdiT)" - THE ISLEY BROS., RON ISLEY, 2CHAINZ [RI TOP TEN] 26.(4:19)  "On And On (DJZigZag Pt.1 EdiT of the Roger Garcia Latin Mix)" - SARTORIAL, LUIS RADIO, PIETRO NICOSIA [Groovebom] 27.(  :06)  GB End 28.(3:14)  "PPL (People) [Segment]" - D.R.A.M., BJ THE CHICAGO KID [Waver] 79:36  

Legendary R&B singer Ron Isley joins Colby to discuss his illustrious career from humble beginnings in Cincinnati to super star status with The Isley Brothers and eventual solo projects. They discuss their influence on the Beatles, Rolling Stones and Elton John in addition to details about several of their timeless hits including In Between The Sheets and Voyage To Atlantis. Follow the show @backstorypcc (Twitter)@getthebackstory (Instagram)@BackstorywithColbyColb (Facebook)@colbycolb (Twitter)@officalcolbycolb (Instagram)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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On this week's episode of Mud Talk we sit down with Executive Music Producer and A&R Director Julius Darrington. Julius is a Toledo native who made the decision to take a leap of faith on his dreams of producing music and made the move to Los Angeles. His decision to take his leap of faith has allowed him to work with artists such as Diddy, the legendary Ron Isley 0f The Isley Brothers and most recently R. Kelly. Also R&B Artist Tracy "The Rarebreed" Haynes stops by to talk with us about what it was like organizing the largest R&B Park Jam that took place this past summer.

On this episode, Mike is joined by music aficionado, father and friend to the show, Devin (@tallgqman)! This episode wasn't short of laughs so we hope you enjoy it! Topics include: Bad Boy vs. So So Def, Ron Isley, personal preferences, craziest thing you've done for love and more! For additional content from this episode, be sure to tap into the Patreon at patreon.com/ifiletyoutellit and follow the Instagram at @thepodcastforyou.

We talk the good, the bad, and the ugly of the weekend. The good Michigan football, the bad Michigan State Football, the ugly the Detroit Lions. We talk Ye and the “White Lives Matter” shirt.[16:45] We follow that up with, “What the hell is going on with AB?”[27:30] We talk about the recent albums we are listening to. [34:00] Hear why we like Freddie Gibbs' album, hear why Tommy is a fan of Kid Cudi, and find out why Tommy dislikes Ron Isley's new album. We talk our favorite movies and new series we are watching. [43:00] To end the podcast we talk about Draymond Green. 

Rell and Steve discuss the Tory Lanez August Alsina fight, Ron Isley and his wife, and the fact that rapper young thug is still sitting behind bars.

Today's Topics on The Reality Check Podcast 1. Andrew Tate Banned Online 2. Tory Lanez Knock Out Punch 3. Ice Spice Returns Home After Drake Unfollows Her 4. Young Thug Faces 6 New Charges 5. Ron Isley & His Wife 36 Years Apart #lifeofjarrell #stevestylezradio --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themiddayliveshow/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themiddayliveshow/support

Thank you for Listening and sharing the mixes. Get More from Website: www.daddycue.co.za Tracklist 01 - Kenny Lattimore - Tomorrow 02 - Alicia Keys - Troubles 03 - Dave Hollister - Take Care Of Home 04 - India.Arie - Always In My Head 05 - John Legend - Get Lifted Again 06 - Jill Scott - A Long Walk 07 - Monifah - You 08 - Chantay Savage - Body 09 - Dion Farris - Hopeless 10 - D'Angelo - Cruisin' 11 - Anthony Hamilton - Pass Me Over 12 - Lauryn Hill - Ex-Factor 13 - Tyrese - Lately 14 - Quincy Jones Ft. Ron Isley, Aaron Hall, Charlie Wilson & R.Kelly - Heaven'S Girl 15 - Carl Thomas - Emotional 16 - Bebe Winans, Brian Mcknight, And Joe - Coming Back Home 17 - Mariah Carey Feat. Joe, Nas - Thank God I Found You (Make It Last Remix) 18 - Ne-Yo - Go On Girl 19 - Bobby Caldwel - What You Won'T Do For Love 20 - Jill Scott - One Is The Magic Number

New open format show: Discover new music with Metro Beatz every Sunday evening 6pm-8pm (EST) on mocradio.com..this week features new music from Babyface, Skip Marley, Carrie Underwood, Snakehips, Danger Mouse, Ron Isley & more!!

Wassup world!! We are now at EP4. This week we found out what we know as The Breakfast Club has sadly come to an end, Angela Yee is gearing up to start her new daytime show. A lot of your faves dropped some fire music, Meg the Stallion, Nicki Minaj, The Game, and even Ron Isley and Queen Bey hopped on a classic track together!! Ja Rule publicly apologizes to Ashanti on behalf of Irv Gotti's remark in latest Drink Champs interview. Speaking of Drink Champs, Nore drops teaser clip of new episode featuring B2K, minus Omarion. New details come fourth with R. Kelly, his fiancé claims to be pregnant!! PValley comes to an end and Raising Kanan kicks off for season premiere. Is the rise of the lonely man creeping up on us? Stay tuned to the end to hear all about it. If you're not already, follow us on social media; @thegoodbadbluntpod @thebrenikel on IG and Twitter @therealdjones n IG and @Fvckdjones on Twitter --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Jason Lee Epperson (born August 13, 1978), known professionally as Jay E, is an American record producer, entrepreneur and DJ. He is a co-founder of the production team Basement Beats. Jay E rose to fame as the producer of rapper Nelly's multi-platinum 2000 album Country Grammar which has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. He has produced songs for Murphy Lee, St. Lunatics, Justin Timberlake, E-40, Cedric the Entertainer, Lil Wayne, Ron Isley, Three Six Mafia, and Hilary Duff. He is credited as one of the producers of St. Louis hip hop, a style characterized by hip hop mixed with soul, rhythm and blues and pop music. Billboard magazine, in the December 2000 issue, listed Jay E at No. 16 of the Top 100 Producers and No. 19 of the Top 100 R&B/Hip Hop Producers of 2000. Jay E has been spending a lot of time recently in the Eurorack space. Loopy Pro is set to make a MAJOR splash in the iOS music production world! For today's episode of Khordmaster Keys, developer Michael Tyson (A Tasty Pixel), joins me to talk about his background in app development, as well as everything you could possibly want to know about Loopy Pro. We also talk about camels. Yes, the animal. We have a lot to look forward to with this one! Stay in the loop: https://atastypixel.com/ Want to record conversations like this, check out RIVERSIDE.FM: https://tinyurl.com/3u2ace4y

Your fav podcast duo is byke for week 39! Do you concur with Lo? Let us know! The duo also discuss how men can approach women without creeping them out and a text conversation gone out of space. And last but not least, your favorite segment, the trash song breakdown of the week. Follow us on socials! IG: TheMoAndLoShow FB: UC Podcast Network Group Link to trash song playlist: linktr.ee/moandlo

We wish Ron Isley a very Happy 80th Birthday. Steve talks about his good friend and shares with us his fondest memories. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Good morning and welcome to the ride! We get the greatest lounge singer on earth making this a Happy Friiiiday!!!! The Chief Love Officer does some translation for a lady in the DR. A$AP Rocky is in love with Rihanna and he ain't holding nothing back. Fool #2 gives us a list of things that you put in your body that you have no idea what the hell is in there. We wish Ron Isley a very Happy 80th Birthday. Was LBJ's shot luck or nah? Junior talks about his upcoming event that will raise funds for families dealing with Sickle Cell for Christmas. Here go the things you say to yourself to keep you from whooping somebody's behind. Today the crew wrap up by talking about the best male vocalist that they have ever heard. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

No More - Kindred The Family Soul Friends & Family - The Isley Brothers ft. Ron Isley & Snoop Dogg Stride - Deobrah Bond Freedom Kiss - JD's Time Machine, Cleveland P Jones Deja Vu - Reel People ft. Raheem DeVaughn Why Do You Luv Me - BD3 & Unkle Nephew ft. Christina Flemming Wishful Thinking - Conya Doss. B Golden Hold My Hand - Zo! ft. Tall Black Buy, Phonte, Musinah, Darian Brockington I've Been Loving You Too Long - Tristan All I Want - Such Gills and Tails - Amel Larrieux Candlelight - Zhavia All - Terrell ft. George Lovett & Saeed Tigress & Tweed - Andra Day Too Good - Zhavia Cure - Moonchild

After a brief delay, Mel finally got to sit and chat with rising stand up comic, TV & film star Barry Brewer. They discuss Barry crushing his role on Tyler Perry's TV show Bruh, his rise to notoriety from his social media presence, and his amazingly done comedy special on Amazon Prime... Mel also gives a "Chicago style" BITDS, talks about the ladies goin crazy over Ron Isley, & shares a bonus set of his return to the stage (at the very end of the episode, so keep listening)!!!

After a brief hiatus, the Goober gang is back! This week, they talk about new job beginnings, an old (and horrifying) recipe, gentrified cake, Coca-Cola's stand for democracy, saying goodbye to DMX, the best things they ate this week, and why Ron Isley's new look makes him officially "Old Bae." Heard on the Show: D & K Gourmet Salads: https://www.facebook.com/dkgourmetsalads/ Doughboys Pizzeria 219: https://www.facebook.com/Doughboyspizzeria219/ Goober Gear: http://gooberswag.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gourmetgoober/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gourmetgoober/support

Episode 99 "Flesh of my Flesh" of the Cast Worthy Podcast was recorded on Sunday April 11th, via Belive virtual streaming. Episode 99 is a two part episode. On this episode of the Cast Worthy Podcast, Big Steve, EJ and the VP of research discuss politics, urban culture and sports.The Dog, The Darkman X, the Heart of Yonkers Earl "DMX" Simmons has passed away at 50 years old. The crew discusses the passing of DMX and the legacy he had on the rap and entertainment industry forever. Steve leads the discussion on the Easter Verzuz between the Isley Brothers and Earth Wind and Fire. The two titan groups clashed for an ultimate session of sound and soul. Steve weighs in on how the battle went and the crew discusses the music and legacy of the two groups. Ron Isley plays his R. Kelly produced hits and that spawns into a discussion on cancel culture. The crew discusses another incident in Virginia where the police violate the rights of an Army Lieutenant In a heinous and disgusting act of police brutality. The crew weighs in on America's problem with police brutality. The crew briefly discusses the Derek Chauvin trial and the developments. VP delivers his politimoment and what you should know in politics. The crew discusses sports and predictions for the NBA season. EJ regretfully believes the Heat will actually make it to the finals. Deshaun Watson been a dutty liklle boi as his attorney drops some new information on the case. The crew discusses the weekly bingeables, Steve is still watching the Sopranos. EJ discusses the new Amazon prime series "Invincible" and "Them".The Cast Worthy Podcast is now streaming shows on Youtube live! As always we like to thank you for supporting the podcast. Follow us @castworthy on Twitter, @castworthy_podcast on IG, facebook at Castworthy and on youtube.Click this link below to find all our content. https://linktr.ee/CastworthyPodcast#netflix #hbomax #nba #nfl #texans #stimmy #dmx #verzuz #ewf #isleys #easter #sopranos #verzuz #amaxon #invincible #them #guns #police #georgefloyd #derekchauvin

Episode 99 "Flesh of my Flesh" of the Cast Worthy Podcast was recorded on Sunday April 11th, via Belive virtual streaming. Episode 99 is a two part episode. On this episode of the Cast Worthy Podcast, Big Steve, EJ and the VP of research discuss politics, urban culture and sports.The Dog, The Darkman X, the Heart of Yonkers Earl "DMX" Simmons has passed away at 50 years old. The crew discusses the passing of DMX and the legacy he had on the rap and entertainment industry forever. Steve leads the discussion on the Easter Verzuz between the Isley Brothers and Earth Wind and Fire. The two titan groups clashed for an ultimate session of sound and soul. Steve weighs in on how the battle went and the crew discusses the music and legacy of the two groups. Ron Isley plays his R. Kelly produced hits and that spawns into a discussion on cancel culture. The crew discusses another incident in Virginia where the police violate the rights of an Army Lieutenant In a heinous and disgusting act of police brutality. The crew weighs in on America's problem with police brutality. The crew briefly discusses the Derek Chauvin trial and the developments. VP delivers his politimoment and what you should know in politics. The crew discusses sports and predictions for the NBA season. EJ regretfully believes the Heat will actually make it to the finals. Deshaun Watson been a dutty liklle boi as his attorney drops some new information on the case. The crew discusses the weekly bingeables, Steve is still watching the Sopranos. EJ discusses the new Amazon prime series "Invincible" and "Them".The Cast Worthy Podcast is now streaming shows on Youtube live! As always we like to thank you for supporting the podcast. Follow us @castworthy on Twitter, @castworthy_podcast on IG, facebook at Castworthy and on youtube.Click this link below to find all our content. https://linktr.ee/CastworthyPodcast#netflix #hbomax #nba #nfl #texans #stimmy #dmx #verzuz #ewf #isleys #easter #sopranos #verzuz #amaxon #invincible #them #guns #police #georgefloyd #derekchauvin

#PodGods Fresh & B. Hill Pour Up and Discuss: Ron Isley's Verzuz Makeover, Lil Nas X & Satanic  Panic, Lil Mama Fighting Against Heterosexual Oppression, Lil Uzi Vert vs. Young Miami, Agnosticism, Being Asexual, Working With Friends and Much More!!!!  Host: Fresh & B. Hill                                                              Producer: Fresh                                                                    Engineer: J. Tighe Lemieux Contact Us @ TheAintShxtShow@gmail.com Follow on social @TheAintShxtShow www.theaintshxtshow.com #BlackLivesMatter

This week the homies pod with heavy hearts as one of the GOATs was on life support. We recorded this this Tues April 6, 2021 before he passed so keep that in mind. Besides that the homies got into some good discussion about the Isley Bros/Earth Wind Fire versusz, the value of street cred, MLB moving the all star game, Paul Pierce becoming cool again and more. 0:00 DMX Tribute and Catching up with the fellas 5:52 Earth wind & fire Versus Isley brothers 23:32 Other Old School Versuz we would like to see 39:25 CTE co-founder says Jeezy lost street credibility 1:10:14 Should More Street Dudes Run for local office 1:31:10 Books Banned from Prison 1:44:00 MLB Moves All Star Game out Atlanta due to new voter laws 1:58:19 Paul Pierce Fired by ESPN for showing blunts & strippers on IG Live 2:09:08 IG Honeys, Hustler Highlights, & Artist of the week songs 2:27:30 Our Favorite DMX Songs IG Honeys of the Week: @ms.mikal, @_christinadeanne, @nikkiblades Hustler Highlight: @moorishchef, @frontorepublicbrand Artist of the week: Devin the dude, Bankroll Freddie, Lil Tjay Follow Us @Klapp93gz, @shaungalera, @heru_jexts, @crackbabiespodcast

On today's episode, we discuss women not hanging out with each other & did Ron Isley put old playas back on the map again? Tune in for more details --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

*Previously recorded prior to the death of Hiphop Legend Earl "DMX" Simmons prayers go out to his family & friends!! Whattup doe! Welcome back to Baltimore County Forever Podcast. This is episode 175 and we have my guys Norm, Aleem and Pod Papi Huss on the show.  Of course we start with DMX, who at the time when we recorded the show, was hospitalized and thought to have COVID. We talk about all of the support he’s received from fans during that time and Swiss’s statement on X always praying for others on every album. We also talk about the EWF & Isley Brothers Verzuz, how Steve Harvey wouldn’t shut up, the rumors that it wasn’t really Ron Isley, and the shock my dad had that we knew all the songs and the conversation that ensued about that. Tune in for these topics and more!!  Instagram:   @BaltimoreCountyForeverPodcast - https://www.instagram.com/baltimorecountyforeverpodcast/?hl=en   @Aleemthedream - https://www.instagram.com/aleemthedreem/   @Norm_Regular - https://www.instagram.com/norm_regular/?hl=en   @Podpapi_huss - https://www.instagram.com/podpapi_huss/   @The_Laptop_Chronicles - https://www.instagram.com/the_laptop_chronicles/   @Shxt_Vegans_Eat - https://www.instagram.com/shxt_vegans_eat/   @Jobrsa - https://linktr.ee/jobrsa   Norm Regular Music:   https://normregular.bandcamp.com/album/describe-infinity   https://normregular.bandcamp.com/album/the-regular-show   https://soundcloud.com/normreg   https://music.apple.com/us/artist/norm-regular/1441211593   https://tidal.com/artist/10930064   Podren Family:   The Laptop Chronicles -   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-laptop-chronicles/id1448768494   “It’s Pridestined The Podcast”    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/itspridestined-the-podcast/id1358078197

Toya and Shea discuss this week's shenanigans. Verdine's hair stays laid, Ron Isley's beard has a new stan! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thegcpod/support

Mr. Styles, Prez & K.Dub take it back to the streets Ear To The Streetz 1. DMX OD in hospital brain dead also has covid 19 2. Isley brothers vs earth wind and fire verzuz hosted by Steve Harvey' Over the weekend, People mad he played R.Kelly songs ,Ron Isley connected with Dr. Dre in the studio, 3. A woman took her anger out on the Burger King drive-thru window  4. 2 Girls kill uber driver trying to car jack  5.YG's "Meet The Flockers" has returned to YouTube, censored version. song from 2014 (“First: You find a house and scope it out/Find a Chinese neighborhood/‘Cause they don't believe in bank accounts”) 6. 7-Year-Old Boy Facing Rape Charges in Upstate New York 7. Baby Born With Three Penises Marks First Reported Case of Triphallia in Humans 8. Lil Wayne forgets he spit that fire (video) 9. Cam drink champs 10. Rick Ross Says A Joint Album With Him & Drake Is ‘Under Serious Consideration'. 11. Young Jeezy married 12. Yung jock fake beard (pic) Flavor of the week MONKEY BREATHE (Pic) 28% thc Monkey Breath is an indica dominant hybrid strain (80% indica/20% sativa) that can packs a heavy high with smoker experience for all levels WEED NEWS • New York legalizes recreational marijuana, expunges former pot convictions • 2 Chainz puts N.O.R.E. onto cotton candy grapes on Jay-Z's Monogram's "High Tales" series. • University in Michigan Announces Groundbreaking Cannabis Chemistry Scholarship 5 blunts of Kush 5 blunts of Reggie One hit wonders hip hop  my throat Question of the day Should there be a vaccine passport to get in to large events and travel ?? Wtf white people doing now Bus Driver Says Nigger Real Nigga Sports • Baylor beats zags in final 4 • Rajon Rondo to clipers • Paul Pierce Went on IG Live In a Room Full of Strippers, Fans React Paul pierce fored from ESPN (pics) • bruce Lee's family LOVES that Steph Curryrocked a special pair of sneakers to honor the legend during Sunday's game ... especially since he's going to auction them off for a good cause. (pics) • TAMPA BAY BUCS Carlton Davis uses racial slur GOOK • Nike suspends sponsorship of Deshaun Watson amid sexual assault allegations • The MLB has just suspended Nick Castellanos because the Reds star flexed in a pitcher's face on Saturday. • MLB move all star game out of oh Atlanta admist new voting laws • Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier will be back at it this summer. ROUND 3 (I don't know what these niggaz are saying !!! ) 1.V.S.A 2.Bakin-Cakes Real Nigga Top 10 Count Down Season 2 Week 29 (top 10 dmx songs) Best Of The Best  Reviews Movies 1.Space Jam Trailer drops 3. Godzilla VS Kong earned $27.9 million in three days after an $11.6 million Friday at 3,064 locations. The 5-day projection for the Warner Bros. movie is $42 Shows • Production begins soon on Obi-Wan Kenobi, a special event series coming to #DisneyPlus. THE Falcon and winter solder Faded & X-Rated Hey dudes what's up thanks for taking my question !! I'm gonna get right to the point So it finally happen , not that I wanted it to . I was having sex with my girlfriend this past weekend , everything was going normal . We started we a lil foreplay kissing the usual.  So she sits on my face , we have done this at least 100 times over the years . So I'm going to munch town and she said she was getting close . As I begin to speed up the Pace a little bit she says she is bout to cum , next thing I k know I had all kinds of liquid running up my nose . She I guess she squirted something we both didn't know she could do . Now I heard that was pee , so did she just pee in my face ?  Oval Office Fuck You Friday's

We discuss the epic Verzuz TV battle between the Isley Brothers vs. Earth, Wind, and Fire. This was hosted by Steve Harvey who waited his entire life for this moment. Ya'll got to see Steve Harvey pretend he's the member of both groupsDon't forget, Baxter Blue as discussed in the show, https://baxterblueglasses.pxf.io/3PeZDr to save 10% off a pair Did you hear the Nick Cannon song, No weapon featuring Gospel's angel, Kierra Clark Sheard? It's a sample from Fred Hammond's No weapon. I also mention my favorite Fred Hammond song.Self-care for this week may surprise you because it definitely shook me.Also as a blogger of Toitime, https://www.toitime.org I had to retire my best tool-hear that at the beginning of the show-I was way too hype.Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toitimeblogFacebook: https://www.faebook.com/toitimeladiesCheers to the weekend!

In this week’s episode, we discuss the difficult choice of working from home or going back to the office. We explain the pros and cons of each and offer advice on how to advocate for your ideal work environment. We also discuss the latest Verzuz battle featuring "Zaddy" Ron Isley, as well as, U.S. Secretary of HUD Marcia Fudge and why black women often have to demand R-E-S-P-E-C-T.Do you feel more productive working from home? Let us know!Be sure to share this episode with other professionals and please subscribe to get alerts when new episodes drop.--Send Mail to PUOPodcast:P.O. Box 2355Apopka, FL 32704----Do You Have A Question? If you have a question you'd like for us to answer on a #DearPUO episode, be sure to email us at ask@puopodcast.com -- #colleaguememo! Follow Us! - "@PUOPodcast" (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn)Visit our website to learn more about our show and sign up for our newsletter. Theme Music Credit: Renard Hayes, Jr.

Kim and Juice are back for another crazy episode. They discuss the Verzuz of The Isley Brothers and Earth, Wind, and Fire. The discuss the “zaddy” energy of Ron Isley. They also discuss the love/hate relationship with Steve Harvey. They then discuss who is the best rapper of their generation. They send up a prayer for DMX(recorded before his death), and discuss Khloe Kardashian. All Music Provided by DJ CBATTLE

Today on the Raw Hype Rebel and Hype Sends well wishes and positive vibes to “Dmx”Earl Simmons The Dog get well dog and how life don't got no Rhyme or Reason ,They Speak on how some ppl only know Ron Isley because of r Kelly ,Explain Why there isn't anymore Classics being made .Why was there Unnecessary misogyny in old movies .Then they talk about deshaun Watson and his current Case and how its a Creepy Slippery Slope ,Then Kevin Durant having to pay 50k for a private conversation being leaked by Michael Rappaport and how ppl are trying hard to be offended.Had to talk bout Paul Pierce (screw Paul pierce, Lakers baby)and Him getting in trouble for Loud packs and Ladies is also a Slippery slope .and Catch me outside girl Bhad Baby and the Million dollar in 6hours only fans scandal .Good episode good convo from some good guys! become a patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TheRawHype. We appreciate your support, your shares, your likes, and your word of mouth. Thank you I dont know how you Raw Hype but We Raw Hype Responsibly Another instant classic. Follow The Raw Hype on literally EVERYTHING Thank You For Listening Someone has too but Everyone Should . www.patreon.com/therawhype (Exclusive episodes and live access and more) www.soundcloud.com/TheRawHype ww.instagram.com/therawhype @RebelRaw -Twitter @Black_freckles -Twitter TheRawHype@gmail.com

The Le Batard crew welcome in Jemele Hill to discuss Tom Cruise's filmography, problematic movies, and Ron Isley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What did we Learn from Ron Isley and the Verzuz Battle? IG: https://instagram.com/uncle_nate?igshid=1qm4ssvkfepx8 Email: nathan.mcclinton@gmail.com *We do not own the rights to music presented in this segemt* Beats produced by Progression studios Follow Nathan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Iam_CoachNate?s=09 Follow the podcast on IG @giftedconnection_pod Follow Nathan on IG @uncle_nate Like, Rate, Review, and SHARE. The Gifted Connection is ranked as one of the top podcast that you must subscribe to in 2020! See article here: https://blog.feedspot.com/black_podcasts/ Top Black Millennial Podcast: https://blog.feedspot.com/black_millennial_podcasts/

Coming off of an epic weekend (did you catch Ron Isley being a whole #zaddy at the Verzuz battle?), Eboni and Dustin are amped to bring you yet another full docket. At this point, you should just keep a pen and notepad on you at all times. This week we’re breaking down the complete and total bullsh*t of these institutions and organizations not paying their athletes fairly. We’re looking at YOU NCAA and WNBA. Also on the docket, we’re digging into why the police may be investigating Saweetie and Quavo’s year-old elevator scuffle; the BOSS precedent-setting move Marilyn Mosby has made in Baltimore regarding small-time crimes; details of a new bill that mandates scholarships for descendants of enslaved people in Virginia (let’s GO, Virginia!); even more good news surrounding NYC’s new marijuana laws; and the trolling of it all with Lil’ Nas X’s Satan shoes being big-time blocked by Nike’s lawsuit. You know these companies don’t play! Follow Eboni K. Williams on IG or TW, and Dustin Ross on IG or TW Holding Court with Eboni K. Williams is produced by Uppity Productions LLC in association with Dossie Media LLC and Temple & Riot Productions, and presented by The Black Effect Network from iHeartRadio and Charlamagne tha God. Audio production services provided by One of One Productions. Music provided courtesy of EpidemicSound.com  Discussions in this podcast are for general information and entertainment purposes only and should not be considered legal advice. Always consult a lawyer for your individual circumstances. For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.

This week on Stakes is High, Jones and TC are joined by Des @furiousbeast06 for another of the Bruh Show. Listen as the trio catches up on one another's personal lives and some of the shenanigans we've seen in the media. From Instagram angles to crooked pastors to air humps in a massage parlor, all bases get covered in this episode. Oh, and yall are really out here checking for Ron Isley? Tune in, like, comment, and share.

On this week's episode of Balancing Water, Balance (Arielle) and Water (Alicia) they catch up on their Easter Sunday. They discuss the different types of Brunch's with bottomless mimosas. They discussed the Verzuz battle with Earth, Wind & Fire vs. The Isley Brother's and discussed Ron Isley's beard. This is brought them to the discussion of dating older men and the possible benefits. What are your thoughts on dating older individuals? IG: @balancingwater Balance (Arielle): @arielledurant Water (Alicia): @beautyfulm3ss Email: Balancingwater@yahoo.com Balancingwater@gmail.com

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Check out my conversation with Michael Keith of R&B Group 112. The makers of hit songs like Cupid, Anywhere, Peaches and Cream, etc. They have a new EP called 112 Forever. We discuss their hiatus from releasing new music, Michael's recent battle with Covid-19 and their new EP ';112 Forever'. The group met while attending high school. The original group consisting of Daron Jones, Michael Keith, and Reginald Finley sang together while Jones and Keith were in middle school and Finley was in high school. Once all three were in high school, they met fellow schoolmate Aldon Lagon who was working at a local McDonald's in Atlanta and added him due to his deep bass voice. They met a high tenor vocalist Marvin Scandrick who sang with them in the school chorus. They recorded their debut album, 112. Released in 1996, the album eventually went double platinum. The album which was primarily produced by Tim & Bob entered into the top 5 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart, and went on to sell over two million copies. It featured the hit singles "Only You" and "Cupid", both of which peaked at #13 on the Hot 100 and #3 and #2 on the R&B charts respectively.[1] The group also contributed to records by artists including The Notorious B.I.G., Sean Combs (as Puff Daddy) and Mase. The group eventually went on the road as the opening act for the Isley Brothers at Ron Isley's request, the first of four separate tours that saw the group criss-crossing the U.S. with Keith Sweat, New Edition and finally Puff Daddy and the Family, over an 18-month period. In the years that followed, they toured with other performers such as Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson. They had great success in the late 1990s and early 2000s with hits such as "Only You", "Anywhere" and the Grammy Award-nominated single, "Peaches & Cream". The group most notably won a Grammy Award in 1997 for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, for featuring in the song "I'll Be Missing You" with Sean Combs and Faith Evans. Follow 112 on online:Website: http://112Forever.com Facebook @112OfficialInstagram @theofficial112 Twitter @theofficial112 [7]For more information and news, check out our website at BringBackSoulMusic.com.Support our channel by purchasing merch @ Bringbacksoulmusic.comCOPYRIGHT © 2020 Bring Back Soul Music.

Halloween memories, new p*ssy vs. old p*ssy, the 2nd Presidential Debate, lyric breakdown of Mary J. Blige's "Seven Days" and Ron Isley's "Contagious", plus more! Guest: Brotha D (IG/ @thisisbrothad)

Episode eighty-one of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Shout” by the Isley Brothers, and the beginnings of a career that would lead to six decades of hit singles. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. Patreon backers also have a ten-minute bonus episode available, on “Tell Laura I Love Her” by Ray Peterson. Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit, and will hopefully be doing so from now on. Check out Tilt’s irregular podcasts at http://www.podnose.com/jaffa-cakes-for-proust and http://sitcomclub.com/ —-more—-  Resources As always, I’ve created a Mixcloud streaming playlist with full versions of all the songs in the episode.   Amazingly, there are no books on the Isley Brothers, unless you count a seventy-two page self-published pamphlet by Rudolph Isley’s daughter, so I’ve had to piece this together from literally dozens of different sources. The ones I relied on most were this section of a very long article on Richie Barrett, this interview with Ronald Isley, and Icons of R&B and Soul by Bob Gulla.  The information on Hugo and Luigi comes mostly from two books — Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke by Peter Guralnick, and  Godfather of the Music Business: Morris Levy by Richard Carlin. There are many compilations of the public-domain recordings of the Isleys. This one seems the most complete. Patreon This podcast is brought to you by the generosity of my backers on Patreon. Why not join them? Transcript Today we’re going to take one of our rare looks — at this point in the story anyway — at an act that is still touring today. Indeed, when I started writing this script back in February, I started by saying that I would soon be seeing them live in concert, as I have a ticket for an Isley Brothers show in a couple of months. Of course, events have overtaken that, and it’s extremely unlikely that anyone will be going to any shows then, but it shows a fundamental difference between the Isley Brothers and most of the other acts we’ve looked at, as even those who are still active now mostly concentrate on performing locally rather than doing international tours playing major venues. Of course, the version of the Isley Brothers touring today isn’t quite the same as the group from the 1950s, but Ronald Isley, the group’s lead singer, remains in the group — and, indeed, has remained artistically relevant, with collaborations with several prominent hip-hop artists. The Isleys had top forty hits in the sixties, seventies, eighties, nineties, and two thousands, and as recently as 2006 they had an album go to number one on the R&B charts. But today, we’re going to look back at the group’s very first hit, from 1959. [Excerpt: The Isley Brothers, “Shout”] The Isley Brothers were destined to be a vocal group even before they were born, indeed even before their parents were married. When O’Kelly Isley senior was discussing his marriage proposal with his future in-laws, he told his father-in-law-to-be that he intended to have four sons, and that they were going to be the next Mills Brothers. Isley Sr had been a vaudeville performer himself, and as with so many family groups the Isleys seem to have gone into the music business more to please their parents than because they wanted to do it themselves. As it turned out, O’Kelly and Sallye Isley had six children, all boys, and the eldest four of them did indeed form a vocal group. Like many black vocal groups in the early fifties, they were a gospel group, and O’Kelly Jr, Rudolph, Ronald, and Vernon Isley started performing around the churches in Cincinnati as teenagers, having been trained by their parents. They appeared on Ted Mack’s Amateur Hour, the popular TV talent show which launched the careers of many entertainers, and won — their prize was a jewelled watch, which the boys would take turns wearing. But then tragedy struck. Vernon, the youngest of the four singing Isleys, and the one who was generally considered to be far and away the most talented singer in the group, was hit by a car and killed while he was riding his bike, aged only thirteen. The boys were, as one would imagine, devastated by the death of their little brother, and they also thought that that should be the end of their singing career, as Vernon had been their lead singer. It would be two years before they would perform live again. By all accounts, their parents put pressure on them during that time, telling them that it would be the only way to pay respect to Vernon. Eventually a compromise was reached between parents and brothers — Ron agreed that he would attempt to sing lead, if in turn the group could stop singing gospel music and start singing doo-wop songs, like the brothers’ favourite act Billy Ward and the Dominoes. We’ve talked before about how Billy Ward & The Dominoes were a huge influence on the music that became soul, with hit records like “Have Mercy Baby”: [Excerpt: Billy Ward and the Dominoes, “Have Mercy Baby”] Both Ward’s original lead singer Clyde McPhatter and McPhatter’s later replacement Jackie Wilson sang in a style that owed a lot to the church music that the young Isleys had also been performing, and so it was natural for them to make the change to singing in the style of the Dominoes. As soon as Ronald Isley started singing lead, people started making comparisons both to McPhatter and to Wilson. Indeed, Ronald has talked about McPhatter as being something of a mentor figure for the brothers, teaching them how to sing, although it’s never been clear exactly at what point in their career they got to know McPhatter. But their real mentor was a much less well-known singer, Beulah Bryant. The three eldest Isley brothers, O’Kelly, Rudolph, and Ronald, met Bryant on the bus to New York, where they were travelling to try and seek their fortunes. Bryant was one of the many professional blues shouters who never became hugely well known, but who managed to have a moderately successful career from the fifties through to the eighties, mostly in live performances, though she did make a handful of very listenable records: [Excerpt: Beulah Bryant, “What Am I Gonna Do?”] When they got to New York, while they had paid in advance for somewhere to stay, they were robbed on their second day in the city and had no money at all. But Bryant had contacts in the music industry, and started making phone calls for her young proteges, trying to get them bookings. At first she was unsuccessful, and the group just hung around the Harlem Apollo and occasionally performed at their amateur nights. Eventually, though, Bryant got Nat Nazzaro to listen to them over the phone. Nazzaro was known as “the monster agent” — he was one of the most important booking agents in New York, but he wasn’t exactly fair to his young clients. He would book a three-person act, but on the contracts the act would consist of four people — Nazzaro would be the fourth person, and he would get an equal share of the performance money, as well as getting his normal booking agent’s share. Nazzaro listened to the Isleys over the phone, and then he insisted they come and see him in person, because he was convinced that they had been playing a record down the phone rather than singing to him live. When he found out they really did sound like that, Nazzaro started getting them the kind of bookings they could only dream of — they went from having no money at all to playing on Broadway for $750 a week, and then playing the Apollo for $950 a week, at least according to O’Kelly Isley Jr’s later recollection. This was an astonishing sum of money to a bunch of teenagers in the late 1950s. But they still hadn’t made a record, and their sets were based on cover versions of songs by other people, things like “Rock and Roll Waltz” by Kay Starr: [Excerpt: Kay Starr, “Rock and Roll Waltz”] It was hardly the kind of material they would later become famous for. And nor was their first record. They had signed to a label called Teenage Records, a tiny label owned by two former musicians, Bill “Bass” Gordon and Ben Smith. As you might imagine, there were a lot of musicians named Ben Smith and it’s quite difficult to sort out which was which — even Marv Goldberg, who normally knows these things, seems confused about which Ben Smith this was, describing him as a singer on one page and a sax player on another page. As Ben Smith the sax player seems to have played on some records for Teenage, it was probably him, in which case this Ben Smith probably also played alto sax for Lucky Millinder’s band and wrote the hit “I Dreamed I Dwelt in Harlem” for Glenn Miller: [Excerpt: The Glenn Miller Orchestra, “I Dreamed I Dwelt in Harlem”] It’s more certain exactly who Bill “Bass” Gordon was — he was the leader of Bill “Bass” Gordon and the Colonials, who had recorded the doo-wop track “Two Loves Have I”: [Excerpt: Bill “Bass” Gordon and the Colonials, “Two Loves Have I”] Smith and Gordon signed the Isley Brothers to Teenage Records, and in June 1957 the first Isley Brothers single, “Angels Cried”, came out: [Excerpt: The Isley Brothers, “Angels Cried”] Unfortunately, the single didn’t have any real success, and the group decided that they wanted to record for a better label. According to O’Kelly Isley they got some resistance from Teenage Records, who claimed to have them under contract — but the Isley Brothers knew better. They had signed a contract, certainly, but then the contract had just been left on a desk after they’d signed it, rather than being filed, and they’d swiped it from the desk when no-one was looking. Teenage didn’t have a copy of the contract, so had no proof that they had ever signed the Isley Brothers, and the brothers were free to move on to another label. They chose to sign to Gone Records, one of the family of labels that was owned and run by George Goldner. Goldner assigned Richie Barrett, his talent scout, producer, and arranger, to look after the Isleys, as he had previously done with Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers and the Chantels, as well as his own group the Valentines: [The Valentines, “The Woo Woo Train”] By this point, Barrett had established an almost production-line method of making records. He would block-book a studio and some backing musicians for up to twenty-four hours, get as many as ten different vocal groups into the studio, and record dozens of tracks in a row, usually songs written by either group members or by Barrett. The Isleys’ first record with Barrett, “Don’t Be Jealous”, was a fairly standard doo-wop ballad, written by Ron Isley: [Excerpt: The Isley Brothers, “Don’t Be Jealous”] There’s some suggestion that Barrett is also singing on that recording with the group — it certainly sounds like there are four voices on there, not just three. Either way, the song doesn’t show much of the style that the Isley Brothers would later make their own. Much more like their later recordings was the B-side, another Ronald Isley song, which could have been a classic in the Coasters’ mould had it not been for the lyrics, which were an attempt at a hip rewriting of “Old McDonald”: [Excerpt: The Isley Brothers, “Rockin’ McDonald”] They were nearly there, but not quite. The next single, “I Wanna Know”, came closer — you can hear they were clearly trying to incorporate elements of other people’s successful records — Ronald Isley’s vocal owes a lot to Little Richard, while the piano playing has the same piano “ripping” that Jerry Lee Lewis had made his own. But you can also hear the style that would make them famous coming to the fore. But they were not selling records, and Richie Barrett was stretched very thin. A few more singles were released on Gone (often pairing a previously-released track with a new B-side) but nothing was successful enough to justify them staying on with Goldner’s label. But just as they’d moved from a micro-indie label to a large indie without having had any success, now they were going to move from a large indie to a major label, still not having had a hit. They took one of their records to Hugo and Luigi at RCA records, and the duo signed them up. Hugo and Luigi were strange, strange, figures in popular music in the 1950s. They were two cousins, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore, who were always known by their first names, and had started out making children’s records before being hired by Mercury Records, where they would produce, among other things, the cover versions by Georgia Gibbs of black records that we’ve talked about previously, and which were both ethically and musically appalling: [Excerpt: Georgia Gibbs, “Dance With Me Henry”] After a couple of years of consistently producing hits, they got tempted away from Mercury by Morris Levy, who was setting up a new label, Roulette, with George Goldner and Alan Freed. Goldner and Freed quickly dropped out of the label, but Hugo and Luigi ended up having a fifty percent stake in the new label. While they were there, they showed they didn’t really get rock and roll music at all — they produced follow-up singles by a lot of acts who’d had hits before they started working with Hugo and Luigi, but stopped as soon as the duo started producing them, like Frankie Lymon: [Excerpt: Frankie Lymon, “Goodie Goodie”] But they still managed to produce a string of hits like “Honeycomb” by Jimmie Rodgers (who is not either the blues singer or the country singer of the same name), which went to number one: [Excerpt: Jimmie Rogers, “Honeycomb”] And they also recorded their own tracks for Roulette, like the instrumental Cha-Hua-Hua: [Excerpt: Hugo and Luigi, “Cha-Hua-Hua”] After a year or so with Roulette, they were in turn poached by RCA — Morris Levy let them go so long as they gave up their shares in Roulette for far less than they were worth. At RCA they continued their own recording career, with records like “Just Come Home”: [Excerpt: Hugo and Luigi, “Just Come Home”] They also produced several albums for Perry Como. So you would think that they would be precisely the wrong producers for the Isley Brothers. And the first record they made with the trio would tend to suggest that there was at least some creative difference there. “I’m Gonna Knock on Your Door” was written by Aaron Schroeder and Sid Wayne, two people who are best known for writing some of the less interesting songs for Elvis’ films, and has a generic, lightweight, backing track — apart from an interestingly meaty guitar part. The vocals have some power to them, and the record is pleasant, and in some ways even ground-breaking — it doesn’t sound like a late fifties record as much as it does an early sixties one, and one could imagine, say, Gerry and the Pacemakers making a substantially identical record. But it falls between the stools of R&B and pop, and doesn’t quite convince as either: [Excerpt: The Isley Brothers, “I’m Gonna Knock on Your Door”] That combination of a poppy background and soulful vocals would soon bear a lot of fruit for another artist Hugo and Luigi were going to start working with, but it didn’t quite work for the Isleys yet. But their second single for RCA was far more successful. At this point the Isleys were a more successful live act than recording act, and they would mostly perform songs by other people, and one song they performed regularly was “Lonely Teardrops”, the song that Berry and Gwen Gordy and Roquel Davis had written for Jackie Wilson: [Excerpt: Jackie Wilson, “Lonely Teardrops”] The group would perform that at the end of their shows, and they started to extend it, with Ron Isley improvising as the band vamped behind him, starting with the line “say you will” from Wilson’s song. He’d start doing a call and response with his brothers, singing a line and getting them to sing the response “Shout”. These improvised, extended, endings to the song got longer and longer, and got the crowds more and more excited, and they started incorporating elements from Ray Charles records, too, especially “What’d I Say” and “I Got a Woman”. When they got back to New York at the end of the tour, they told Hugo and Luigi how well these performances, which they still thought of as just long performances of “Lonely Teardrops”, had gone. The producers suggested that if they went down that well, what they should do is cut out the part that was still “Lonely Teardrops” and just perform the extended tag. As it turned out, they kept in a little of “Lonely Teardrops” — the “Say you will, say you will” line — and the resulting song, like Ray Charles’ similar call-and-response based “What’d I Say”, was split over two sides of a single, as “Shout (Parts One and Two)”: [Excerpt: The Isley Brothers, “Shout (Parts One and Two)”] That was nothing like anything that Hugo and Luigi had ever produced before, and it became the Isley Brothers’ first chart hit, reaching number forty-seven. More importantly for them, the song was credited to the three brothers, so they made money from the cover versions of the song that charted much higher. In the USA, Joey Dee and the Starliters made number six in 1962 with their version: [Excerpt: Joey Dee and the Starliters, “Shout”] In the UK, Lulu and the Luvvers made number seven in 1964: [Excerpt: Lulu and the Luvvers, “Shout”] And in Australia, Johnny O’Keefe released his version only a month after the Isleys released theirs, and reached number two: [Excerpt: Johnny O’Keefe, “Shout”] Despite all these cover versions, the Isleys’ version remains the definitive one, and itself ended up selling over a million copies, though it never broke into the top forty. It was certainly successful enough that it made sense to record an album. Unfortunately, for the album, also titled Shout!, the old Hugo and Luigi style came out, and apart from one new Isleys original, “Respectable”, which became their next single, the rest of the album was made up of old standards, rearranged in the “Shout!” style. Sometimes, this almost worked, as on “Ring-A-Ling A-Ling (Let The Wedding Bells Ring)”, whose words are close enough to Little Richard-style gibberish that Ronald Isley could scream them effectively. But when the Isleys take on Irving Berlin’s “How Deep is the Ocean” or “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands”, neither the song nor the group are improved by the combination. They released several more singles on RCA, but none of them repeated the success of “Shout!”. At this point they moved across to Atlantic, where they started working with Leiber and Stoller. Leiber and Stoller kept them recording old standards as B-sides, but for the A-sides they went back to gospel-infused soul party songs, like the Leiber and Stoller song “Teach Me How To Shimmy” and the Isleys’ own “Standing On The Dance Floor”, a rewrite of an old gospel song called “Standing at the Judgment”: [Excerpt: The Isley Brothers, “Standing on the Dance Floor”] But none of these songs scraped even the bottom of the charts, and the brothers ended up leaving Atlantic after a year, and signing with a tiny label, Scepter. After having moved from a tiny indie label to a large indie to a major label, they had now moved back down from their major label to a large indie to a tiny indie. They were still a great live act, but they appeared to be a one-hit wonder. But all that was about to change, when they recorded a cover version of a flop single inspired by their one hit, combined with a dance craze. The Isley Brothers were about to make one of the most important records of the 1960s, but “Twist and Shout” is a story for another time.  

Episode eighty-one of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Shout” by the Isley Brothers, and the beginnings of a career that would lead to six decades of hit singles. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. Patreon backers also have a ten-minute bonus episode available, on “Tell Laura I Love Her” by Ray Peterson. Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit, and will hopefully be doing so from now on. Check out Tilt’s irregular podcasts at http://www.podnose.com/jaffa-cakes-for-proust and http://sitcomclub.com/ —-more—-  Resources As always, I’ve created a Mixcloud streaming playlist with full versions of all the songs in the episode.   Amazingly, there are no books on the Isley Brothers, unless you count a seventy-two page self-published pamphlet by Rudolph Isley’s daughter, so I’ve had to piece this together from literally dozens of different sources. The ones I relied on most were this section of a very long article on Richie Barrett, this interview with Ronald Isley, and Icons of R&B and Soul by Bob Gulla.  The information on Hugo and Luigi comes mostly from two books — Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke by Peter Guralnick, and  Godfather of the Music Business: Morris Levy by Richard Carlin. There are many compilations of the public-domain recordings of the Isleys. This one seems the most complete. Patreon This podcast is brought to you by the generosity of my backers on Patreon. Why not join them? Transcript Today we’re going to take one of our rare looks — at this point in the story anyway — at an act that is still touring today. Indeed, when I started writing this script back in February, I started by saying that I would soon be seeing them live in concert, as I have a ticket for an Isley Brothers show in a couple of months. Of course, events have overtaken that, and it’s extremely unlikely that anyone will be going to any shows then, but it shows a fundamental difference between the Isley Brothers and most of the other acts we’ve looked at, as even those who are still active now mostly concentrate on performing locally rather than doing international tours playing major venues. Of course, the version of the Isley Brothers touring today isn’t quite the same as the group from the 1950s, but Ronald Isley, the group’s lead singer, remains in the group — and, indeed, has remained artistically relevant, with collaborations with several prominent hip-hop artists. The Isleys had top forty hits in the sixties, seventies, eighties, nineties, and two thousands, and as recently as 2006 they had an album go to number one on the R&B charts. But today, we’re going to look back at the group’s very first hit, from 1959. [Excerpt: The Isley Brothers, “Shout”] The Isley Brothers were destined to be a vocal group even before they were born, indeed even before their parents were married. When O’Kelly Isley senior was discussing his marriage proposal with his future in-laws, he told his father-in-law-to-be that he intended to have four sons, and that they were going to be the next Mills Brothers. Isley Sr had been a vaudeville performer himself, and as with so many family groups the Isleys seem to have gone into the music business more to please their parents than because they wanted to do it themselves. As it turned out, O’Kelly and Sallye Isley had six children, all boys, and the eldest four of them did indeed form a vocal group. Like many black vocal groups in the early fifties, they were a gospel group, and O’Kelly Jr, Rudolph, Ronald, and Vernon Isley started performing around the churches in Cincinnati as teenagers, having been trained by their parents. They appeared on Ted Mack’s Amateur Hour, the popular TV talent show which launched the careers of many entertainers, and won — their prize was a jewelled watch, which the boys would take turns wearing. But then tragedy struck. Vernon, the youngest of the four singing Isleys, and the one who was generally considered to be far and away the most talented singer in the group, was hit by a car and killed while he was riding his bike, aged only thirteen. The boys were, as one would imagine, devastated by the death of their little brother, and they also thought that that should be the end of their singing career, as Vernon had been their lead singer. It would be two years before they would perform live again. By all accounts, their parents put pressure on them during that time, telling them that it would be the only way to pay respect to Vernon. Eventually a compromise was reached between parents and brothers — Ron agreed that he would attempt to sing lead, if in turn the group could stop singing gospel music and start singing doo-wop songs, like the brothers’ favourite act Billy Ward and the Dominoes. We’ve talked before about how Billy Ward & The Dominoes were a huge influence on the music that became soul, with hit records like “Have Mercy Baby”: [Excerpt: Billy Ward and the Dominoes, “Have Mercy Baby”] Both Ward’s original lead singer Clyde McPhatter and McPhatter’s later replacement Jackie Wilson sang in a style that owed a lot to the church music that the young Isleys had also been performing, and so it was natural for them to make the change to singing in the style of the Dominoes. As soon as Ronald Isley started singing lead, people started making comparisons both to McPhatter and to Wilson. Indeed, Ronald has talked about McPhatter as being something of a mentor figure for the brothers, teaching them how to sing, although it’s never been clear exactly at what point in their career they got to know McPhatter. But their real mentor was a much less well-known singer, Beulah Bryant. The three eldest Isley brothers, O’Kelly, Rudolph, and Ronald, met Bryant on the bus to New York, where they were travelling to try and seek their fortunes. Bryant was one of the many professional blues shouters who never became hugely well known, but who managed to have a moderately successful career from the fifties through to the eighties, mostly in live performances, though she did make a handful of very listenable records: [Excerpt: Beulah Bryant, “What Am I Gonna Do?”] When they got to New York, while they had paid in advance for somewhere to stay, they were robbed on their second day in the city and had no money at all. But Bryant had contacts in the music industry, and started making phone calls for her young proteges, trying to get them bookings. At first she was unsuccessful, and the group just hung around the Harlem Apollo and occasionally performed at their amateur nights. Eventually, though, Bryant got Nat Nazzaro to listen to them over the phone. Nazzaro was known as “the monster agent” — he was one of the most important booking agents in New York, but he wasn’t exactly fair to his young clients. He would book a three-person act, but on the contracts the act would consist of four people — Nazzaro would be the fourth person, and he would get an equal share of the performance money, as well as getting his normal booking agent’s share. Nazzaro listened to the Isleys over the phone, and then he insisted they come and see him in person, because he was convinced that they had been playing a record down the phone rather than singing to him live. When he found out they really did sound like that, Nazzaro started getting them the kind of bookings they could only dream of — they went from having no money at all to playing on Broadway for $750 a week, and then playing the Apollo for $950 a week, at least according to O’Kelly Isley Jr’s later recollection. This was an astonishing sum of money to a bunch of teenagers in the late 1950s. But they still hadn’t made a record, and their sets were based on cover versions of songs by other people, things like “Rock and Roll Waltz” by Kay Starr: [Excerpt: Kay Starr, “Rock and Roll Waltz”] It was hardly the kind of material they would later become famous for. And nor was their first record. They had signed to a label called Teenage Records, a tiny label owned by two former musicians, Bill “Bass” Gordon and Ben Smith. As you might imagine, there were a lot of musicians named Ben Smith and it’s quite difficult to sort out which was which — even Marv Goldberg, who normally knows these things, seems confused about which Ben Smith this was, describing him as a singer on one page and a sax player on another page. As Ben Smith the sax player seems to have played on some records for Teenage, it was probably him, in which case this Ben Smith probably also played alto sax for Lucky Millinder’s band and wrote the hit “I Dreamed I Dwelt in Harlem” for Glenn Miller: [Excerpt: The Glenn Miller Orchestra, “I Dreamed I Dwelt in Harlem”] It’s more certain exactly who Bill “Bass” Gordon was — he was the leader of Bill “Bass” Gordon and the Colonials, who had recorded the doo-wop track “Two Loves Have I”: [Excerpt: Bill “Bass” Gordon and the Colonials, “Two Loves Have I”] Smith and Gordon signed the Isley Brothers to Teenage Records, and in June 1957 the first Isley Brothers single, “Angels Cried”, came out: [Excerpt: The Isley Brothers, “Angels Cried”] Unfortunately, the single didn’t have any real success, and the group decided that they wanted to record for a better label. According to O’Kelly Isley they got some resistance from Teenage Records, who claimed to have them under contract — but the Isley Brothers knew better. They had signed a contract, certainly, but then the contract had just been left on a desk after they’d signed it, rather than being filed, and they’d swiped it from the desk when no-one was looking. Teenage didn’t have a copy of the contract, so had no proof that they had ever signed the Isley Brothers, and the brothers were free to move on to another label. They chose to sign to Gone Records, one of the family of labels that was owned and run by George Goldner. Goldner assigned Richie Barrett, his talent scout, producer, and arranger, to look after the Isleys, as he had previously done with Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers and the Chantels, as well as his own group the Valentines: [The Valentines, “The Woo Woo Train”] By this point, Barrett had established an almost production-line method of making records. He would block-book a studio and some backing musicians for up to twenty-four hours, get as many as ten different vocal groups into the studio, and record dozens of tracks in a row, usually songs written by either group members or by Barrett. The Isleys’ first record with Barrett, “Don’t Be Jealous”, was a fairly standard doo-wop ballad, written by Ron Isley: [Excerpt: The Isley Brothers, “Don’t Be Jealous”] There’s some suggestion that Barrett is also singing on that recording with the group — it certainly sounds like there are four voices on there, not just three. Either way, the song doesn’t show much of the style that the Isley Brothers would later make their own. Much more like their later recordings was the B-side, another Ronald Isley song, which could have been a classic in the Coasters’ mould had it not been for the lyrics, which were an attempt at a hip rewriting of “Old McDonald”: [Excerpt: The Isley Brothers, “Rockin’ McDonald”] They were nearly there, but not quite. The next single, “I Wanna Know”, came closer — you can hear they were clearly trying to incorporate elements of other people’s successful records — Ronald Isley’s vocal owes a lot to Little Richard, while the piano playing has the same piano “ripping” that Jerry Lee Lewis had made his own. But you can also hear the style that would make them famous coming to the fore. But they were not selling records, and Richie Barrett was stretched very thin. A few more singles were released on Gone (often pairing a previously-released track with a new B-side) but nothing was successful enough to justify them staying on with Goldner’s label. But just as they’d moved from a micro-indie label to a large indie without having had any success, now they were going to move from a large indie to a major label, still not having had a hit. They took one of their records to Hugo and Luigi at RCA records, and the duo signed them up. Hugo and Luigi were strange, strange, figures in popular music in the 1950s. They were two cousins, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore, who were always known by their first names, and had started out making children’s records before being hired by Mercury Records, where they would produce, among other things, the cover versions by Georgia Gibbs of black records that we’ve talked about previously, and which were both ethically and musically appalling: [Excerpt: Georgia Gibbs, “Dance With Me Henry”] After a couple of years of consistently producing hits, they got tempted away from Mercury by Morris Levy, who was setting up a new label, Roulette, with George Goldner and Alan Freed. Goldner and Freed quickly dropped out of the label, but Hugo and Luigi ended up having a fifty percent stake in the new label. While they were there, they showed they didn’t really get rock and roll music at all — they produced follow-up singles by a lot of acts who’d had hits before they started working with Hugo and Luigi, but stopped as soon as the duo started producing them, like Frankie Lymon: [Excerpt: Frankie Lymon, “Goodie Goodie”] But they still managed to produce a string of hits like “Honeycomb” by Jimmie Rodgers (who is not either the blues singer or the country singer of the same name), which went to number one: [Excerpt: Jimmie Rogers, “Honeycomb”] And they also recorded their own tracks for Roulette, like the instrumental Cha-Hua-Hua: [Excerpt: Hugo and Luigi, “Cha-Hua-Hua”] After a year or so with Roulette, they were in turn poached by RCA — Morris Levy let them go so long as they gave up their shares in Roulette for far less than they were worth. At RCA they continued their own recording career, with records like “Just Come Home”: [Excerpt: Hugo and Luigi, “Just Come Home”] They also produced several albums for Perry Como. So you would think that they would be precisely the wrong producers for the Isley Brothers. And the first record they made with the trio would tend to suggest that there was at least some creative difference there. “I’m Gonna Knock on Your Door” was written by Aaron Schroeder and Sid Wayne, two people who are best known for writing some of the less interesting songs for Elvis’ films, and has a generic, lightweight, backing track — apart from an interestingly meaty guitar part. The vocals have some power to them, and the record is pleasant, and in some ways even ground-breaking — it doesn’t sound like a late fifties record as much as it does an early sixties one, and one could imagine, say, Gerry and the Pacemakers making a substantially identical record. But it falls between the stools of R&B and pop, and doesn’t quite convince as either: [Excerpt: The Isley Brothers, “I’m Gonna Knock on Your Door”] That combination of a poppy background and soulful vocals would soon bear a lot of fruit for another artist Hugo and Luigi were going to start working with, but it didn’t quite work for the Isleys yet. But their second single for RCA was far more successful. At this point the Isleys were a more successful live act than recording act, and they would mostly perform songs by other people, and one song they performed regularly was “Lonely Teardrops”, the song that Berry and Gwen Gordy and Roquel Davis had written for Jackie Wilson: [Excerpt: Jackie Wilson, “Lonely Teardrops”] The group would perform that at the end of their shows, and they started to extend it, with Ron Isley improvising as the band vamped behind him, starting with the line “say you will” from Wilson’s song. He’d start doing a call and response with his brothers, singing a line and getting them to sing the response “Shout”. These improvised, extended, endings to the song got longer and longer, and got the crowds more and more excited, and they started incorporating elements from Ray Charles records, too, especially “What’d I Say” and “I Got a Woman”. When they got back to New York at the end of the tour, they told Hugo and Luigi how well these performances, which they still thought of as just long performances of “Lonely Teardrops”, had gone. The producers suggested that if they went down that well, what they should do is cut out the part that was still “Lonely Teardrops” and just perform the extended tag. As it turned out, they kept in a little of “Lonely Teardrops” — the “Say you will, say you will” line — and the resulting song, like Ray Charles’ similar call-and-response based “What’d I Say”, was split over two sides of a single, as “Shout (Parts One and Two)”: [Excerpt: The Isley Brothers, “Shout (Parts One and Two)”] That was nothing like anything that Hugo and Luigi had ever produced before, and it became the Isley Brothers’ first chart hit, reaching number forty-seven. More importantly for them, the song was credited to the three brothers, so they made money from the cover versions of the song that charted much higher. In the USA, Joey Dee and the Starliters made number six in 1962 with their version: [Excerpt: Joey Dee and the Starliters, “Shout”] In the UK, Lulu and the Luvvers made number seven in 1964: [Excerpt: Lulu and the Luvvers, “Shout”] And in Australia, Johnny O’Keefe released his version only a month after the Isleys released theirs, and reached number two: [Excerpt: Johnny O’Keefe, “Shout”] Despite all these cover versions, the Isleys’ version remains the definitive one, and itself ended up selling over a million copies, though it never broke into the top forty. It was certainly successful enough that it made sense to record an album. Unfortunately, for the album, also titled Shout!, the old Hugo and Luigi style came out, and apart from one new Isleys original, “Respectable”, which became their next single, the rest of the album was made up of old standards, rearranged in the “Shout!” style. Sometimes, this almost worked, as on “Ring-A-Ling A-Ling (Let The Wedding Bells Ring)”, whose words are close enough to Little Richard-style gibberish that Ronald Isley could scream them effectively. But when the Isleys take on Irving Berlin’s “How Deep is the Ocean” or “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands”, neither the song nor the group are improved by the combination. They released several more singles on RCA, but none of them repeated the success of “Shout!”. At this point they moved across to Atlantic, where they started working with Leiber and Stoller. Leiber and Stoller kept them recording old standards as B-sides, but for the A-sides they went back to gospel-infused soul party songs, like the Leiber and Stoller song “Teach Me How To Shimmy” and the Isleys’ own “Standing On The Dance Floor”, a rewrite of an old gospel song called “Standing at the Judgment”: [Excerpt: The Isley Brothers, “Standing on the Dance Floor”] But none of these songs scraped even the bottom of the charts, and the brothers ended up leaving Atlantic after a year, and signing with a tiny label, Scepter. After having moved from a tiny indie label to a large indie to a major label, they had now moved back down from their major label to a large indie to a tiny indie. They were still a great live act, but they appeared to be a one-hit wonder. But all that was about to change, when they recorded a cover version of a flop single inspired by their one hit, combined with a dance craze. The Isley Brothers were about to make one of the most important records of the 1960s, but “Twist and Shout” is a story for another time.  

Episode eighty-one of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at "Shout" by the Isley Brothers, and the beginnings of a career that would lead to six decades of hit singles. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. Patreon backers also have a ten-minute bonus episode available, on "Tell Laura I Love Her" by Ray Peterson. Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit, and will hopefully be doing so from now on. Check out Tilt's irregular podcasts at http://www.podnose.com/jaffa-cakes-for-proust and http://sitcomclub.com/ ----more----  Resources As always, I've created a Mixcloud streaming playlist with full versions of all the songs in the episode.   Amazingly, there are no books on the Isley Brothers, unless you count a seventy-two page self-published pamphlet by Rudolph Isley's daughter, so I've had to piece this together from literally dozens of different sources. The ones I relied on most were this section of a very long article on Richie Barrett, this interview with Ronald Isley, and Icons of R&B and Soul by Bob Gulla.  The information on Hugo and Luigi comes mostly from two books -- Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke by Peter Guralnick, and  Godfather of the Music Business: Morris Levy by Richard Carlin. There are many compilations of the public-domain recordings of the Isleys. This one seems the most complete. Patreon This podcast is brought to you by the generosity of my backers on Patreon. Why not join them? Transcript Today we're going to take one of our rare looks -- at this point in the story anyway -- at an act that is still touring today. Indeed, when I started writing this script back in February, I started by saying that I would soon be seeing them live in concert, as I have a ticket for an Isley Brothers show in a couple of months. Of course, events have overtaken that, and it's extremely unlikely that anyone will be going to any shows then, but it shows a fundamental difference between the Isley Brothers and most of the other acts we've looked at, as even those who are still active now mostly concentrate on performing locally rather than doing international tours playing major venues. Of course, the version of the Isley Brothers touring today isn't quite the same as the group from the 1950s, but Ronald Isley, the group's lead singer, remains in the group -- and, indeed, has remained artistically relevant, with collaborations with several prominent hip-hop artists. The Isleys had top forty hits in the sixties, seventies, eighties, nineties, and two thousands, and as recently as 2006 they had an album go to number one on the R&B charts. But today, we're going to look back at the group's very first hit, from 1959. [Excerpt: The Isley Brothers, "Shout"] The Isley Brothers were destined to be a vocal group even before they were born, indeed even before their parents were married. When O'Kelly Isley senior was discussing his marriage proposal with his future in-laws, he told his father-in-law-to-be that he intended to have four sons, and that they were going to be the next Mills Brothers. Isley Sr had been a vaudeville performer himself, and as with so many family groups the Isleys seem to have gone into the music business more to please their parents than because they wanted to do it themselves. As it turned out, O'Kelly and Sallye Isley had six children, all boys, and the eldest four of them did indeed form a vocal group. Like many black vocal groups in the early fifties, they were a gospel group, and O'Kelly Jr, Rudolph, Ronald, and Vernon Isley started performing around the churches in Cincinnati as teenagers, having been trained by their parents. They appeared on Ted Mack's Amateur Hour, the popular TV talent show which launched the careers of many entertainers, and won -- their prize was a jewelled watch, which the boys would take turns wearing. But then tragedy struck. Vernon, the youngest of the four singing Isleys, and the one who was generally considered to be far and away the most talented singer in the group, was hit by a car and killed while he was riding his bike, aged only thirteen. The boys were, as one would imagine, devastated by the death of their little brother, and they also thought that that should be the end of their singing career, as Vernon had been their lead singer. It would be two years before they would perform live again. By all accounts, their parents put pressure on them during that time, telling them that it would be the only way to pay respect to Vernon. Eventually a compromise was reached between parents and brothers -- Ron agreed that he would attempt to sing lead, if in turn the group could stop singing gospel music and start singing doo-wop songs, like the brothers' favourite act Billy Ward and the Dominoes. We've talked before about how Billy Ward & The Dominoes were a huge influence on the music that became soul, with hit records like "Have Mercy Baby": [Excerpt: Billy Ward and the Dominoes, "Have Mercy Baby"] Both Ward's original lead singer Clyde McPhatter and McPhatter's later replacement Jackie Wilson sang in a style that owed a lot to the church music that the young Isleys had also been performing, and so it was natural for them to make the change to singing in the style of the Dominoes. As soon as Ronald Isley started singing lead, people started making comparisons both to McPhatter and to Wilson. Indeed, Ronald has talked about McPhatter as being something of a mentor figure for the brothers, teaching them how to sing, although it's never been clear exactly at what point in their career they got to know McPhatter. But their real mentor was a much less well-known singer, Beulah Bryant. The three eldest Isley brothers, O'Kelly, Rudolph, and Ronald, met Bryant on the bus to New York, where they were travelling to try and seek their fortunes. Bryant was one of the many professional blues shouters who never became hugely well known, but who managed to have a moderately successful career from the fifties through to the eighties, mostly in live performances, though she did make a handful of very listenable records: [Excerpt: Beulah Bryant, "What Am I Gonna Do?"] When they got to New York, while they had paid in advance for somewhere to stay, they were robbed on their second day in the city and had no money at all. But Bryant had contacts in the music industry, and started making phone calls for her young proteges, trying to get them bookings. At first she was unsuccessful, and the group just hung around the Harlem Apollo and occasionally performed at their amateur nights. Eventually, though, Bryant got Nat Nazzaro to listen to them over the phone. Nazzaro was known as "the monster agent" -- he was one of the most important booking agents in New York, but he wasn't exactly fair to his young clients. He would book a three-person act, but on the contracts the act would consist of four people -- Nazzaro would be the fourth person, and he would get an equal share of the performance money, as well as getting his normal booking agent's share. Nazzaro listened to the Isleys over the phone, and then he insisted they come and see him in person, because he was convinced that they had been playing a record down the phone rather than singing to him live. When he found out they really did sound like that, Nazzaro started getting them the kind of bookings they could only dream of -- they went from having no money at all to playing on Broadway for $750 a week, and then playing the Apollo for $950 a week, at least according to O'Kelly Isley Jr's later recollection. This was an astonishing sum of money to a bunch of teenagers in the late 1950s. But they still hadn't made a record, and their sets were based on cover versions of songs by other people, things like "Rock and Roll Waltz" by Kay Starr: [Excerpt: Kay Starr, "Rock and Roll Waltz"] It was hardly the kind of material they would later become famous for. And nor was their first record. They had signed to a label called Teenage Records, a tiny label owned by two former musicians, Bill "Bass" Gordon and Ben Smith. As you might imagine, there were a lot of musicians named Ben Smith and it's quite difficult to sort out which was which -- even Marv Goldberg, who normally knows these things, seems confused about which Ben Smith this was, describing him as a singer on one page and a sax player on another page. As Ben Smith the sax player seems to have played on some records for Teenage, it was probably him, in which case this Ben Smith probably also played alto sax for Lucky Millinder's band and wrote the hit "I Dreamed I Dwelt in Harlem" for Glenn Miller: [Excerpt: The Glenn Miller Orchestra, "I Dreamed I Dwelt in Harlem"] It's more certain exactly who Bill "Bass" Gordon was -- he was the leader of Bill "Bass" Gordon and the Colonials, who had recorded the doo-wop track "Two Loves Have I": [Excerpt: Bill "Bass" Gordon and the Colonials, "Two Loves Have I"] Smith and Gordon signed the Isley Brothers to Teenage Records, and in June 1957 the first Isley Brothers single, "Angels Cried", came out: [Excerpt: The Isley Brothers, "Angels Cried"] Unfortunately, the single didn't have any real success, and the group decided that they wanted to record for a better label. According to O'Kelly Isley they got some resistance from Teenage Records, who claimed to have them under contract -- but the Isley Brothers knew better. They had signed a contract, certainly, but then the contract had just been left on a desk after they'd signed it, rather than being filed, and they'd swiped it from the desk when no-one was looking. Teenage didn't have a copy of the contract, so had no proof that they had ever signed the Isley Brothers, and the brothers were free to move on to another label. They chose to sign to Gone Records, one of the family of labels that was owned and run by George Goldner. Goldner assigned Richie Barrett, his talent scout, producer, and arranger, to look after the Isleys, as he had previously done with Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers and the Chantels, as well as his own group the Valentines: [The Valentines, "The Woo Woo Train"] By this point, Barrett had established an almost production-line method of making records. He would block-book a studio and some backing musicians for up to twenty-four hours, get as many as ten different vocal groups into the studio, and record dozens of tracks in a row, usually songs written by either group members or by Barrett. The Isleys' first record with Barrett, "Don't Be Jealous", was a fairly standard doo-wop ballad, written by Ron Isley: [Excerpt: The Isley Brothers, "Don't Be Jealous"] There's some suggestion that Barrett is also singing on that recording with the group -- it certainly sounds like there are four voices on there, not just three. Either way, the song doesn't show much of the style that the Isley Brothers would later make their own. Much more like their later recordings was the B-side, another Ronald Isley song, which could have been a classic in the Coasters' mould had it not been for the lyrics, which were an attempt at a hip rewriting of "Old McDonald": [Excerpt: The Isley Brothers, "Rockin' McDonald"] They were nearly there, but not quite. The next single, "I Wanna Know", came closer -- you can hear they were clearly trying to incorporate elements of other people's successful records -- Ronald Isley's vocal owes a lot to Little Richard, while the piano playing has the same piano "ripping" that Jerry Lee Lewis had made his own. But you can also hear the style that would make them famous coming to the fore. But they were not selling records, and Richie Barrett was stretched very thin. A few more singles were released on Gone (often pairing a previously-released track with a new B-side) but nothing was successful enough to justify them staying on with Goldner's label. But just as they'd moved from a micro-indie label to a large indie without having had any success, now they were going to move from a large indie to a major label, still not having had a hit. They took one of their records to Hugo and Luigi at RCA records, and the duo signed them up. Hugo and Luigi were strange, strange, figures in popular music in the 1950s. They were two cousins, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore, who were always known by their first names, and had started out making children's records before being hired by Mercury Records, where they would produce, among other things, the cover versions by Georgia Gibbs of black records that we've talked about previously, and which were both ethically and musically appalling: [Excerpt: Georgia Gibbs, "Dance With Me Henry"] After a couple of years of consistently producing hits, they got tempted away from Mercury by Morris Levy, who was setting up a new label, Roulette, with George Goldner and Alan Freed. Goldner and Freed quickly dropped out of the label, but Hugo and Luigi ended up having a fifty percent stake in the new label. While they were there, they showed they didn't really get rock and roll music at all -- they produced follow-up singles by a lot of acts who'd had hits before they started working with Hugo and Luigi, but stopped as soon as the duo started producing them, like Frankie Lymon: [Excerpt: Frankie Lymon, "Goodie Goodie"] But they still managed to produce a string of hits like "Honeycomb" by Jimmie Rodgers (who is not either the blues singer or the country singer of the same name), which went to number one: [Excerpt: Jimmie Rogers, "Honeycomb"] And they also recorded their own tracks for Roulette, like the instrumental Cha-Hua-Hua: [Excerpt: Hugo and Luigi, "Cha-Hua-Hua"] After a year or so with Roulette, they were in turn poached by RCA -- Morris Levy let them go so long as they gave up their shares in Roulette for far less than they were worth. At RCA they continued their own recording career, with records like "Just Come Home": [Excerpt: Hugo and Luigi, "Just Come Home"] They also produced several albums for Perry Como. So you would think that they would be precisely the wrong producers for the Isley Brothers. And the first record they made with the trio would tend to suggest that there was at least some creative difference there. "I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door" was written by Aaron Schroeder and Sid Wayne, two people who are best known for writing some of the less interesting songs for Elvis' films, and has a generic, lightweight, backing track -- apart from an interestingly meaty guitar part. The vocals have some power to them, and the record is pleasant, and in some ways even ground-breaking -- it doesn't sound like a late fifties record as much as it does an early sixties one, and one could imagine, say, Gerry and the Pacemakers making a substantially identical record. But it falls between the stools of R&B and pop, and doesn't quite convince as either: [Excerpt: The Isley Brothers, "I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door"] That combination of a poppy background and soulful vocals would soon bear a lot of fruit for another artist Hugo and Luigi were going to start working with, but it didn't quite work for the Isleys yet. But their second single for RCA was far more successful. At this point the Isleys were a more successful live act than recording act, and they would mostly perform songs by other people, and one song they performed regularly was "Lonely Teardrops", the song that Berry and Gwen Gordy and Roquel Davis had written for Jackie Wilson: [Excerpt: Jackie Wilson, "Lonely Teardrops"] The group would perform that at the end of their shows, and they started to extend it, with Ron Isley improvising as the band vamped behind him, starting with the line "say you will" from Wilson's song. He'd start doing a call and response with his brothers, singing a line and getting them to sing the response "Shout". These improvised, extended, endings to the song got longer and longer, and got the crowds more and more excited, and they started incorporating elements from Ray Charles records, too, especially "What'd I Say" and "I Got a Woman". When they got back to New York at the end of the tour, they told Hugo and Luigi how well these performances, which they still thought of as just long performances of "Lonely Teardrops", had gone. The producers suggested that if they went down that well, what they should do is cut out the part that was still "Lonely Teardrops" and just perform the extended tag. As it turned out, they kept in a little of "Lonely Teardrops" -- the "Say you will, say you will" line -- and the resulting song, like Ray Charles' similar call-and-response based "What'd I Say", was split over two sides of a single, as "Shout (Parts One and Two)": [Excerpt: The Isley Brothers, "Shout (Parts One and Two)"] That was nothing like anything that Hugo and Luigi had ever produced before, and it became the Isley Brothers' first chart hit, reaching number forty-seven. More importantly for them, the song was credited to the three brothers, so they made money from the cover versions of the song that charted much higher. In the USA, Joey Dee and the Starliters made number six in 1962 with their version: [Excerpt: Joey Dee and the Starliters, "Shout"] In the UK, Lulu and the Luvvers made number seven in 1964: [Excerpt: Lulu and the Luvvers, "Shout"] And in Australia, Johnny O'Keefe released his version only a month after the Isleys released theirs, and reached number two: [Excerpt: Johnny O'Keefe, "Shout"] Despite all these cover versions, the Isleys' version remains the definitive one, and itself ended up selling over a million copies, though it never broke into the top forty. It was certainly successful enough that it made sense to record an album. Unfortunately, for the album, also titled Shout!, the old Hugo and Luigi style came out, and apart from one new Isleys original, "Respectable", which became their next single, the rest of the album was made up of old standards, rearranged in the "Shout!" style. Sometimes, this almost worked, as on "Ring-A-Ling A-Ling (Let The Wedding Bells Ring)", whose words are close enough to Little Richard-style gibberish that Ronald Isley could scream them effectively. But when the Isleys take on Irving Berlin's "How Deep is the Ocean" or "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands", neither the song nor the group are improved by the combination. They released several more singles on RCA, but none of them repeated the success of "Shout!". At this point they moved across to Atlantic, where they started working with Leiber and Stoller. Leiber and Stoller kept them recording old standards as B-sides, but for the A-sides they went back to gospel-infused soul party songs, like the Leiber and Stoller song "Teach Me How To Shimmy" and the Isleys' own "Standing On The Dance Floor", a rewrite of an old gospel song called "Standing at the Judgment": [Excerpt: The Isley Brothers, "Standing on the Dance Floor"] But none of these songs scraped even the bottom of the charts, and the brothers ended up leaving Atlantic after a year, and signing with a tiny label, Scepter. After having moved from a tiny indie label to a large indie to a major label, they had now moved back down from their major label to a large indie to a tiny indie. They were still a great live act, but they appeared to be a one-hit wonder. But all that was about to change, when they recorded a cover version of a flop single inspired by their one hit, combined with a dance craze. The Isley Brothers were about to make one of the most important records of the 1960s, but "Twist and Shout" is a story for another time.  

This week Claude aka CP34 joins the guys to discuss the "no nut" challenge, and how it raises awareness for male prostate health. Lebron launches an "i promise" village in to work in tandem with his "i promise" school. Torey Lanez offered Tyga a lifetime feature pass for his hair doctor's info, and Mike discusses his hair struggles. T.I. wants a little TMI in his daughter's OB visits... and Outkast, The Neptunes, and Ron Isley are to be inducted in Songwriters HOF.

On this episode we talk about fantacy football, a wack strip club, fighting pisas, and Ron Isley's romantic voice, and a woman with knock out power.alilchubbypodcast@gmail.comalilchubbypodcast.buzzsprout.comSupport the show (https://cash.app/$Doeja5)

Recording artist and actor http://www.yolandarabun.com/ (Yolanda Rabun) considers Nina Simone, a mentor of sorts. Last summer she had the opportunity to sing at the icon’s childhood home in Tryon, North Carolina as the https://savingplaces.org/places/ninasimone?gclid=CjwKCAjw7uPqBRBlEiwAYDsr1wRDy_G0E4zFyAcC08ocxKujbONbWYmU0a-NKq9dL1Aci4z79Od63RoC9SUQAvD_BwE#.XVn4BehKjD5 (National Trust for Historic Preservation) designated it a National Treasure. Before that, she played the role of Nina Simone in a short play Howard L. Craft was commissioned to write by the https://stonecenter.unc.edu/ (Sonja Haynes Stone Center at UNC-Chapel Hill) to accompany an art exhibition. Now Yolanda is reprising her role as Nina Simone in Howard’s one-woman play NO FEAR AND BLUES LONG GONE. This production is being directed by Kathryn Hunter-Williams. Hear what Hunter-Williams, Rabun, and Craft all have to say about the show, the music, and the legacy of the High Priestess of Soul. About the Guests Yolanda Rabun exploded onto the jazz scene first on Stanley Baird’s 2007 Traffic Jam hit single, “I Want 2 Love You,” and, in 2011, released her debut CD project, “So Real,” on which she co-wrote several songs, including the title song. In 2012, Rabun infused Soul, R&B, Gospel, Folk, Smooth and Traditional Jazz on her sophomore solo album, “Christmastime,” and followed in 2013 with the Adult Contemporary single, “Hold on To Your Dreams.” This rich-voice chanteuse has opened for and sung with such iconic artists as Jennifer Holiday, Howard Hewitt, Ron Isley and the Isley Brothers, R&B singer KEM and the world-renowned iconic drummer, Sheila E. Yolanda has also performed with the NC Opera, the Durham Symphony, and the Raleigh Symphony Free Spirits; she appeared on a number of TV and radio programs. A proud equity-actor, Yolanda has performed on a number of regional theatre stages, including PlayMakers Repertory Company (VIOLET), Theatre Raleigh (BEEHIVE: THE MUSICAL), and North Carolina Theatre (NEWSIES). Howard L. Craft is the author of two books of poems: Across The Blue Chasm (Big Drum Press 2000) and Raising the Sky (Jacar Press 2016). His poetry also appears in Home is Where: An Anthology of African-American Poets from the Carolinas, edited by Kwame Dawes. His essays have appeared in The Paris Review and have been included in The Routledge Companion to African American Theatre (Routledge Press 2019). He is the author of several plays including, FREIGHT: THE FIVE INCARNATIONS OF ABLE GREEN, a New York Times Critic Pick for March 2015; CALYPSO AND THE MIDNIGHT MARAUDERS, ORANGE LIGHT, and THE JADE CITY CHRONICLES VOLUME I: THE SUPER SPECTACULAR BADASS HERALD M. F. JONES. He is the creator of the first African-American superhero radio serial: The Jade City Pharaoh.  Kathryn Hunter-Williams PlayMakers’ company member. Recent and highlights include LIFE OF GALILEO, SKELETON CREW, LEAVING EDEN, TARTUFFE and many more. She has also worked with Living Stage, The Negro Ensemble Company, Manhattan Class Company and New Dramatist. Kathryn is currently on the faculty of UNC Dept. of Dramatic Art. Connect with RDU on Stage •Facebook – @rduonstage •Twitter – @rduonstage •Instagram – @rduonstage •Web www.rduonstage.com Support this podcast

Let’s Fire Up the Grill & Chill this Memorial Day with a Mellow Monday Mix…. Play this mix of mellow Soul vibes to get the party chillin’ the right direction.…. #Chill with names you know like Ruff Endz, Charlie Wilson, Ron Isley and many more. Over 70 minutes of straight Mellow Flows!!! Enjoy… Play On Playa! Be sure to check out #OSOL122 & #OSOL123 as well. If you like these Memorial Day Mixes check out previous releases.

For Episode 3 we dive into the Dwight Howard odyssey, misfortunate missionary John Chau, Azaelia Banks' scorched earth policy reads, and more facebook foolery. Ronald Isley may or may not be making an appearance.

It's a Power Trippin...Friday??? Weird beginning of the show this week. We finally get the REAL reason why we got kicked out our old office, the Helicarrier. I bet you forgot about Ron Isley. BeBe and Mac have a conversation about Ciara. We sort of talk about politics which leads to a funny theory about voting. Who you got in a debate between Stephen A. Smith and T.I.? What's your favorite Christmas movie? And who the hell is "Delicious" Koron? Follw us on twitter and instagram: @powertrippinpod Like us on Facebook: Power Trippin Pod

Internationally acclaimed soul artist Cornell "C.C." Carter talks about his highly anticipated new album, ONE LOVE. Cornell has shared the stage as an opening act for James Brown and Ray Charles, and has also opened for The Whispers, The Temptations, Natalie Cole, and Kool and The Gang. As part of Narada Michael Walden's all-star band, he has shared the stage with Neil Schon (Journey), Dionne Warwick, and Ronnie Spector. He has also performed with Carlos Santana, providing vocals on two tracks for 'Santana IV' and on Santana's latest album with the legendary Ron Isley. www.CC2000Music.com Thank you National Parks Arts Foundation for sponsoring this episode - www.NationalParksArtsFoundation.org

Welcome to Dussé and Backwoods, the bougie ebonics podcast. I'm your host TUNDEEEEEE!! Aka Chocolate Papí aka TunGotJokes Twitter/IG/FB: @Tungotjokes Follow The DAB Crew: Victor @VicThaRuler (IG & Twitter) Lindsey @LinzoOwee (Twitter) @BigLinzzz (IG) Carelle @Fuhrelle (Twitter) @Cuhrelle (IG) Allison @ayyeekaye (IG & Twitter) In this episode, Singer/Songwriter, Producer, and Chicago native Nova Gholar returns and joins our DAB Crew to engage in good banter and talk about his new album "Preacher's Kid." We begin the discussion with Nova giving his insight on what the album depicts for his listeners. He mentioned it being his life story and how he felt like he let a piece of hisself go with this release. Nova updates us on his relationship status and how having a good woman influences his career. We touch base on some of his musical influences such as Ron Isley, Prince, and his upbringing in the Church, which inspired the title of his album. We later discuss getting older, clairvoyance, & fashion choices. Our favorite segment of DAB, "Marry One, F*** One, Kill One" is back and this week's theme is R&B singers. The DAB Crew and Nova chime in to give us their preferences. This is one you do not want to miss! So sit back and enjoy the crazy world of Dussé and Backwoods. Yay! Yay!

Never before have Santana and The Isley Brothers, two accomplished musical legends in their own right, collaborated together in the studio until now.  Power of Peace celebrates the musical unity between Carlos Santana, Ron Isley and Ernie Isley. The album also marks a familial gathering as they are joined by their wives - Cindy Blackman Santana, Kandy Johnson Isley (Ron's wife) and Tracy Isley (Ernie's wife) singing background vocals with Cindy on drums.  Host Robin Milling spoke with Carlos and Cindy about their musical and romantic union which Carlos describes as spiritual. He added, "We are bananas for each other both on and off the stage." Their connection is palpable having been married almost seven years. Cindy also talks about contributing the song I Remember which came at a time in her life before Carlos so the song resonates a new meaning. Also joining Robin are Ron and Ernie Isley who discuss their brotherhood with Jimi Hendrix - whose spirit still looms throughout their lives. Ron who lends his soulful lead vocals to such songs as God Bless The Child, What The World Needs Now, and Mercy, Mercy Me discusses the kindred connection to Carlos Santana and how their legacy has been shaped as a result.

CHARLIE WILSON ~VS~ RON ISLEY by @DJMOESKIENO It's barbecue season & it's time to bring out the classics. This right here is grade a classic back to back song for song Charlie wilson Vs Ron Isley FOLLOW DJMOESKIENO INSTAGRAM HTTPS://WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/DJMOESKIENO... FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/DJMOESKIENO.LIVE/ TWITTER HTTPS://TWITTER.COM/DJMOESKIENO  

This episode should really just be called "That's Actually a Song for you MFers that don't know," especially once you get to Valkyrie's explanation of why this entire book is just one long conversation between Ron Isley aka Mr. Big, R. Kelly, and a cheating ass ho. We also provide you with a brief glimpse into true country life including a livid discussion on dream books and the policy. Please note that this book is a cash Money Production. No, seriously.

Latice Crawford Debuts new Hit single "  “Look At Yourself Again”, the first release from her forthcoming 2015 EP. Latice released a self-titled debut album in which she wrote seven of the ten songs and collaborated with producers Bruce Robinson (Britney Spears, Ron Isley, Justin Bieber) and Denarius “Motesart” Motes (Celine Dion, Nelly Furtado).  The album peaked at #12 on the Billboard Gospel Albums Chart and #21 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums Chart.  In addition, her “There” single, from the debut album, reached #17 on the Billboard Gospel Airplay Chart and #18 on the Billboard Hot Gospel Songs Chart.   Hour 2 Singer/Songwriter, Educator, & Philanthropist - Conya Doss Debuts her new album " SEVEN " The follow up from her hit album  A Pocketful Of Purpose . For 15 years, as a top female vocalist, garnering accolades from USA Today, VIBE, Billboard, Complex Magazine, BET, Soul Train, Ledisi, Michael Baisden, DJ Jazzy Jeff, SoulTracks, and Anthony Hamilton while gracing many magazine covers.

Another Wednesday brings us to another amazing trip down memory lane. In the not so distant past, Ron Isley, also known as Mr. Bigs, reintroduced himself to a newer audience with R. Kelly in the Down Low video and Contagious. Tonight, we look at the entire career of the Isley Brothers. One of the most influential, gifted and diverse artists in the history of R&B/ Pop music, The Isley Brothers represent the quintessential of true artistry and the quality of class in all genres of music, that still continues to reach music lovers worldwide. Join T-Mitch, Q-Man and The Chancellor of Soul, Mike Boone, for an evening of discussion on the music and legacy tof The Isley Brothers 

For more than a decade, musician, producer and songwriter Randy Corinthian has been an integral and innovative part of the Music Industry. A native Floridian and a graduate of The Florida A&M University (FAMU), Randy received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education and his Masters Degree with a focus in Jazz Studies and Commercial Music at one of the leading institutions of the World, Florida State University (FSU).Randy has also garnered attention for his work outside his own performances. He has worked with many notable musicians Ellis Marsalis, Victor Goines, Bobby Watson, Jimmy Heath, Rodney Jordan, Leon Anderson Jr., Ron Isley, and Rick Watford. In addition to his experience with various symphonic and jazz bands, Randy has led several groups.

Slow Jam Edition : Released In 2005 1. Baby Yu/112 Intro 2. 112 – Anywhere (Baby Yu Exclusive) 3. Next – Butta Luv 4. R. Kelly feat. Ron Isley – Down Low 5. Jagged Edge – Gotta Be 6. Kut Klose – I Like The Way 7. Jodeci – Cry For You 8. Dru Hill – Beauty 9. Aaliyah – 4 Page Letter 10. R. Kelly – You Remind Me 11. H-Town – Part Time Lover 12. Aaliyah – One In A Million 13. R. Kelly – Feelin On Your Booty 14. Bell Biv Devoe – When Will I See You Smile Again? 15. Jodeci – Feenin' 16. R. Kelly – Sex Me 17. H-Town – Knockin Boots 18. 112 – Missing You 19. SWV – Weak 20. Shai – If I Ever Fall In Love 21. Surface – Shower Me With Your Love 22. Atlantic Star – Always 23. Changing Faces – Stroke You Up 24. Jodeci – Stay 25. R. Kelly – Bump N' Grind 26. Silk – Freak Me 27. Jodeci – Freakin' You 28. Isley Brothers – Choosey Lover 29. Mint Condition – Pretty Brown Eyes 30. New Kids On The Block – I’ll Be Loving You (Forever) 31. Force MD’s – Tender Love 32. New Kids On The Block – Didn’t I 33. Xscape – Understanding 34. New Edition – Can You Stand The Rain 35. 112 – Your Letter 36. Bobby Brown – Tenderoni 37. Chicago – Glory Of Love 38. Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam feat. Allure & 112 – All Cried Out 39. Bobby Womack – If You Think You’re Lonely Now 40. Chicago – Inspiration 41. George Michael – Careless Whisper 42. Luther Vandross – Here And Now 43. Hi-Five – Can’t Wait Another Minute 44. Guy – Let’s Chill 45. New Kids On The Block – Please Don’t Go 46. Bobby Brown – Rock Witcha 47. Aaliyah – At Your Best RMX 48. Chaka Khan – Sweet Thing 49. Zapp & Roger – I Want To Be Your Man 50. Zapp & Roger – Computer Love 51. Babyface – When Can I See You Again 52. Janet Jackson – Let’s Wait Awhile 53. Baby Yu/112 Outro 54. 112 – Cupid 55. 112 – Love You Like I Did

01. Warren G - Smokin' Me Out (feat. Ron Isley) 02. Warren G - Regulate (feat. Nate Dogg) 03. The Eastsidaz - G'd Up (feat. Butch Cassidy) 04. Sugar Free - If U Stay Ready 05. DJ Pooh - Ebonics (feat. Mista Grimm) 06. Tha Dogg Pound - Smooth (feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg) 07. Jodeci - Come Up To My Room (feat. Tha Dogg Pound) 08. Tha Dogg Pound Gangsters - Big Pimpin' 09. Snopp Doggy Dogg - Doggy Dogg World (feat. Tha Dogg Pound, The Dramtics & Nancy Fletcher) 10. Jayo Felony - Nitty Gritty 11. Battlecat - Just The Way I Live (feat. Domino) 12. Yo Yo - One For The Cuties (feat. MC Lyte) 13. Bishop Lamont - What People Do 14. Xzibit - U Know (feat. Dr Dre) 15. Soul Assassins - Puppet Master (feat. Dr. Dre & B-Real) 16. The Game - Westside Story (Remix) (feat. Snoop Dogg) 17. Quincy Jones - Ironside 18. Group Therapy - East Coast West Coast Killers 19. Westside Connection - Bow Down (remix) 20. Ice Cube - Hello (feat. MC Ren & Dr. Dre) 21. 2 Pac - Me Against The World 22. Mack 10 Hoo-Bangin' (feat Ice Cube) 23. The Game - Let's Ride 24. Snoop Dogg - Smokin Smokin Weed (feat. Nate Dogg & Ray J) 25. WC - Just Clowin' 26. Nate Dogg - Round And Round 27. The Game - Fly Like a Eagle (feat. Snoop Dogg) 28. Dr. Dre - Bang Bang 29. Da Hood - Hittin Switches (feat. Mack 10) 30. E40 - Nah Nah (feat. Nate Dogg) 31. Mr. Malik - Cyco-Lic-No (feat. Tha Dogg Pound) 32. Daz Dillinger - Dip Drop Stop Dip (remix) (Feat. Keak Da Sneak And Kurupt) 33. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Ain't No Fun (feat. Kurupt & Nate Dogg) 34. Xzibit - Criminal Set (feat. Krondon) 35. Cypress Hill - Insane In The Brain 36. Bad Azz - How We Get Down (feat. Doggy's Angels & Latoya Williams) 37. DJ Quik - Pitch In Ona Party 38. Coolio - Fantastic 39. Kurupt - Who Ride With Us (feat. Daz Dillinger) 40. Problem - I'm Toe Up (remix)(feat. DJ Felli Fel, DJ Quik, Kurupt, Terrace Martin, & Snoop Dogg)

• The Dramatics "In the Rain" • Otis Redding "The Glory Of Love" • The Mad Lads "I Don't Want To Lose Your Love" • Johnnie Taylor "Stop Doggin' Me" • Gladys Knight & the Pips “All I Need Is Time” • Linda Clifford "Please Darling Don't Say Goodbye" • Earth Wind & Fire "Pure Gold" • Rufus & Friend "I Didn't Believe" • Ron Isley “Just Came Here to Chill"

By now you know this show is about all things soulful. From time to time we have featured guest DJs, podcasters, and a healthy dose of international musicians with fierce showmanship! Today's Labor Day Special will help you whistle while you work. We feature the talents of Honey Soul...podcaster, dj, interviewer to the stars. I'm a fan of her podcast which has up close and personal interviews with newsmakers of the soul scene. Find Honey Soul at her homesite, iTunes, and Myspace.com.  Also, she is a regular DJ at Superstation ProjectVibe.net! Be sure to get all the downloads and support her wonderful work via donation and/or online purchase of artist's tracks! We proudly give to you the one and only Honey Soul..... COA   I'm a strong believer in making your own opportunities. In Oct. 2004 I created a site called honeysoul.com. Honeysoul.com's audience consists of a large number of loyal, soul music supporters who actually buy music (yes I know that's a strange concept but I'm not kidding, it still actually happens). In addition to honeysoul.com featuring my own mix of "radio blogs," full CD previews, videos, new releases, and headlines I am very proud of my interviews or "conversations" as I like to call them. I have had the pleasure of talking to Jaguar Wright, Dwele (twice), Wayna, Gaelle, Carmen Rodgers, Lina, Julie Dexter, Darien Brockington (twice), Syleena Johnson, Ladybug Mecca, Stokley Williams (Mint Condition), Jonz, Geno Young, Jon B, Anthony David, Goapele, Frank McComb (twice), Valencia Robinson, Eska, Javier, Esthero, Yewande, Joi, Ron Isley, Lisa Shaw, Van Hunt, Amel Larrieux, Kim Hill, Teena Marie, Donell Jones, Bilal Salaam, Sy Smith, Randevyn, Carol Riddick, Yolanda Johnson and Raheem Devaughn. Who's next? It may be you. If you're a soul artist making meaningful music, let's talk. -Honey-         Honey Soul