Hey! It’s the first instance I can think of in which the “A” and the “B” side of a 45 single appear on this list. “Footsteps In The Dark” was the flip side of “Groove With You”. I played the ever loving junk out of this 45 as a teenager. Isley Brothers ballads went two… Read More “Groove With You” by The Isley Brothers (1978)
“Drifting on a memory/Ain’t no place I’d rather be/Than with you.” I can visualize Ronald Isley closing his eyes and allowing himself to sink into a reverie as he sings “For The Love of You”. His voice practically floats over his brothers’ mellow groove. If ever a song existed that was capable of bringing down… Read More “For The Love Of You” by The Isley Brothers (1975)
Enough of this singin’…let’s make luuuuuuuv! This line, delivered (uttered? mumbled?) by Ron Isley 2/3 of the way into “Between The Sheets,” sums up the purpose of this song without the extra five minutes and thirty-five seconds attached to that line. But you NEED that extra five minutes and thirty-five seconds. Recorded as a response to… Read More “Between The Sheets” by The Isley Brothers (1983)
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