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ISLEY BROTHERS: FAMILY THANG

The Isley Brothers' first hit, the groundshaking "Shout" in 1957, was a thinlydisguised traditional gospel number, one slightly decked-out in a non-gospel musical accompaniment. There was the familiar churchly call-and-response pattern, and the ragged exclamation of a true believer in the singing.

January 2, 1984
RJ SMITH

ISLEY BROTHERS: FAMILY THANG

RJ SMITH

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