Cat. No. 1558: THE ISLEY BROTHERS ~ THE BEST OF THE ISLEY BROTHERS. COLLECTABLES COL-CD-2928. (IMPORT).

THE ISLEY BROTHERS, O’KELLY ISLEY JR, RUDOLPH ISLEY AND RONALD ISLEY STARTED OFF AS A VOCAL TRIO IN THE 1950’S. THEY WERE BRIEFLY JOINED BY A FOURTH BROTHER, VERNON, AND THEY PERFORMED GOSPEL MUSIC UNTIL VERNON’S ACCIDENTAL DEATH A FEW YEARS AFTER THE GROUP'S FORMATION. AFTER MOVING TO NEW YORK CITY IN THE LATE 1950’S, THE GROUP HAD THEIR FIRST SUCCESSES FIRSTLY COMING TO PROMINENCE WITH THEIR FOURTH SINGLE “SHOUT” WHICH EVENTUALLY SOLD OVER A MILLION COPIES. THE GROUP RECORDED SONGS FOR A VARIETY OF LABELS INCLUDING THE TOP 20 SINGLE “TWIST AND SHOUT”. THE ISLEY BROTHERS PERFORM SOUL, R&B, FUNK GOSPEL, MOTOWN SOUL AND DOO WOP. THIS CD COMPRISES 19 ORIGINAL RECORDINGS FROM THEIR WAND YEARS. GREAT ****

TRACK LISTING: Twist And Shout / Nobody But Me / Twistin’ With Linda / Make It Easy On Yourself / The Snake / You Better Come Home / Never Leave Me Baby / I Say Love / Right Now / Two Stupid Feet / Rubberleg Twist / Let’s Twist Again / Time After Time / I’m Laughing To Keep From Crying / Don’t You Feel / The Wah Watusi / Hold On Baby / Nobody But Me / Spanish Twist.

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