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 ...

The Monkees were widely accused of ripping off The Beatles. “Ripping-off” was usually too strong a word for the inspiration that the Prefab Four took from the Fab Four, but the word applied ...

The group in its first iteration comprised brothers O'Kelly Isley, Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley and Vernon Isley. Despite the 1955 death of Vernon, the group had risen to prominence in the late '50s ...

Vernon Isley died shortly after the group was formed and the remaining brothers went on to have their first hit single with “Shout” in 1959 before scoring with “Twist and Shout,” “This ...

Chris Jasper helped the Isley Brothers shape its flamboyant funk-rock sound before the band split into two separate groups.

A classically trained pianist turned songwriter, he was a cornerstone of the soul group’s sound during its fertile second act ...

Chris Jasper, a celebrated singer-songwriter who helped steer The Isley Brothers during some of their most successful years, died Sunday, People Magazine and the Independent report. He was 73.

An inductee of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Isley Brothers, Mr. Jasper also had success as a solo artist and producer.

Chris Jasper, a former member of the Isley Brothers who helped the group ... late ‘50s and early ‘60s with hits including “Twist and Shout” and “This Old Heart of Mine.” ...

After more than a decade of performing as a vocal trio, fusing rock and gospel on hits like 1959’s “Shout,” the Isley Brothers had grown to become a self-contained six-piece unit that wrote ...