Freedom (Isley Brothers song)
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"Freedom" is a 1970 funk
song released by The Isley Brothers
on their T-Neck
imprint. Written and produced by the Isleys, the song explained the meaning of freedom in many ways including "(going) where you wanna go/love who you wanna love/work where you wanna work/flirt when you wanna flirt" and so on. The song was issued on their 1970 album, Get Into Something
, and was one of six R&B charted hits the group scored on the album peaking at number eleven while it also made an appearance on the pop chart peaking at number seventy-two.
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
song released by The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers are a highly influential, successful and long-running American music group consisting of different line-ups of six brothers, and a brother-in-law, Chris Jasper...
on their T-Neck
T-Neck Records
T-Neck Records was a record label founded by The Isley Brothers in 1964.It's notable for having the Isleys becoming the first R&B band to form a record label, a rarity in black music. During the label's early years, the Isleys issued the records "Testify" and "Move Over And Let Me Dance", which...
imprint. Written and produced by the Isleys, the song explained the meaning of freedom in many ways including "(going) where you wanna go/love who you wanna love/work where you wanna work/flirt when you wanna flirt" and so on. The song was issued on their 1970 album, Get Into Something
Get Into Something
Get Into Something is a 1970 album released by The Isley Brothers on their T-Neck imprint. The album includes six songs that appeared in the top 30 of the Billboard R&B chart between late 1969 and early 1971 : the title track, "Bless Your Heart", the horn and drum-driven "Keep On Doin'" Get Into...
, and was one of six R&B charted hits the group scored on the album peaking at number eleven while it also made an appearance on the pop chart peaking at number seventy-two.
Credits
- Ronald IsleyRonald IsleyRonald Isley is an American singer and is known as the lead singer and founding member of the family music group The Isley Brothers.-Career:...
: lead vocals - O'Kelly and Rudolph IsleyRudolph IsleyRudolph Bernard Isley , better known as Rudy Isley, is an American singer-songwriter and is one of the founding members of the legendary family group, The Isley Brothers.-Biography:...
: background vocals - Ernie IsleyErnie IsleyErnest "Ernie" Isley is a member of the iconic American musical ensemble, The Isley Brothers.-Life and career:Ernie was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, where his older brothers formed The Isley Brothers, first as a gospel group, then as a secular-singing group. In 1960 his family moved to Englewood and...
: guitars and drums - Marvin IsleyMarvin IsleyMarvin Isley was the youngest member of the family music group the Isley Brothers and its bass guitarist....
: bass - Chris JasperChris JasperChris Jasper is a former member of both the Isley Brothers and Isley-Jasper-Isley. He is also a successful solo artist and record producer, recording a number of his own solo albums, and producing artists, for his New York based record label, Gold City Records...
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