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THE ISLEY BROTHERS

The legendary Isley Brothers began performing in 1954 achieving numerous hits including “Twist and Shout,” “It’s Your Thing,” “Fight the Power,” and more. The natives from Lincoln Heights, Ohio entered the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, have earned double platinum albums, and secured a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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The Isley Brothers (left to right) O'Kelly Isley Jnr, Ronnie Isley and Rudolph Isley, in Britain to tour, circa 1964. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)
Isley Brothers, L-R: O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley and Rudolph Isley. (Photo by GAB Archive/Redferns via Getty Images)
Brothers Ronald, Rudolph and O'Kelly Isley, Jr, of The Isley Brothers perform on ITV's 'Ready Steady Go', UK, December 1964. (Photo by Chris Ware/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Isley Brothers, Top row: Marvin Isley, Ernie Isley, Chris Jasper. Bottom row: Rudolph, Isley, Ronnie Isley, Kelly Isley; published by T-Neck. Photo courtesy of Archives of African American Music and Culture at Indiana University Bloomington, Karen Shearer Collection;
The Isley Brothers, L-R O'Kelly Isley, Ernie Isley, Chris Jasper, Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley and Marvin Isley, 1978. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
The Isley Brothers perform on September 15, 2018 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Photo by Greg Campbell/Getty Images for Tennessee Tourism)
Ron and Ernie Isley, 1996. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Commons; John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com, Laurel Maryland, USA