The Isley Brothers and The Beatles both found career-making hits in Twist and Shout – and the two groups would prove pivotal ...
Nearly 60 years after both groups found success with their hit cover versions, the pair united for a special impromptu ...
and Twist and Shout (Wand Records, #653) have rescued a sinking Rock and Roll culture in America and reshaped it; the Isley Brothers make Bill Haley look adolescent, Buddy Holly untalented ...
In the 1970s, the Isley Brothers were known for their lavish ... and scored another hit in the early 60s with the equally-spirited Twist and Shout. The song was a cover, originally recorded ...
REQUIRED READING:Super senior quarterbacks at the center of Ohio State football's top-3 matchup at Oregon "Shout," originally a song by The Isley Brothers in 1959, was used in the 1978 movie ...
Fifty years since its initial release, Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "Monster Mash" has long since entered the pantheon of holiday evergreens. By Steve Greenberg Steve Greenberg ( @steviegpro) is the ...
But despite all his preparation, Devereux was skeptical when he first saw an ad for what was billed as Blues Brothers Con — a daylong gathering and concert for fans of the music side project started ...
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That is partly the feeling one is left with in the R-rated movie “Brothers,” which, even with an A-list cast, seems to move on autopilot through all of its pit stops. There’s the slapstick ...
The family settled in Pasadena, Calif., where the brothers excelled at classical piano until they heard Jimi Hendrix. “Forget the piano,” Alex Van Halen recalls thinking in “Brothers,” a ...
The two groups were connected by the fact they both released their own versions of Twist and Shout. The Isley Brothers recorded and released their take in 1962, and it became the group's first ...
Ironically, the Beatles had themselves been inspired by the Isley Brothers, in particular their 1962 hit "Twist and Shout." Originally written and released by Phil Medley and Bert Berns in 1961 ...