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