They are the recipient of a single Grammy Award.Welcome to Studio Rio Presents: The Brazil Connection,Ī lively and seamless blend of samba and bossa nova arrangements with some of the most iconic American vocal performances from Billie Holiday, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, The Isley Brothers, Bill Withers and others.įor The Brazil Connection, original multi-track masters and an all-new, state-of-the-art separation technology were used to extract the classic vocal performances. The Isleys and Jasper were inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame by Little Richard in 1992. The Isleys managed to reach the top 40 in the last five of those decades. With that hit, The Isley Brothers became the only act to have at least Hot 100 hit in each of six consecutive decades: the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. The duo scored their final top 40 hit with "Contagious" in 2001. In 1997, Marvin retired from the group and show business after developing diabetes forcing Ronald and Ernie to continue the group as a duo. In 1991, Ronald, Ernie and Marvin began working together again. Rudolph retired in 1989 leaving Ronald to begin a solo career. Rudolph and Ronald released the post O'Kelly albums, Smooth Sailin' and Spend the Night in 19 respectively, collaborating with Angela Winbush.
The group disbanded after the departure of Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley and Chris Jasper (who formed Isley-Jasper-Isley and reached #1 on the charts with 'Caravan of Love) in 1984. Other hits they would have during that period included "Fight the Power" (written by Ernie), "For the Love of You" and "Between the Sheets" (written by Chris and Ernie). The addition of Ernie, Marvin, and Chris led to their most successful period as they successfully mixed their brand of R&B with rock, soul and funk elements. The song brought them success in the then-fledgling funk genre.Īfter forming their own label, T-Neck Records, the group found modest success with their own recordings between 19 until revamping the vocal group into a sextet in 1973 with the release of their landmark album, 3 + 3 album, this time featuring younger brothers Ernie Isley and Marvin Isley and brother-in-law Chris Jasper who brought the musical and songwriting component to the group, making them a self-contained band. The group didn't find success again until the end of the decade when their 1969 single, "It's Your Thing", (with Ernie Isley on bass guitar) was released. After several flops resulted in them being dropped from their record label, they found success again with sixties hits such as "Twist and Shout", later covered successfully by The Beatles and the Motown hit, "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" in 19 respectively. Starting their careers in the gospel performing circuit in the early 1950s, they eventually crossed over to secular music first finding modest success in doo-wop until the release of their first million-selling hit, "Shout", in 1959. The founding members were O'Kelly Isley, Jr., Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley and Vernon Isley. The Isley Brothers (play /ˈaɪzliː/ yz-lee) are a highly influential, successful and long-running American music group consisting of different line-ups of six brothers, and a brother-in-law, Chris Jasper.