Get Into Something
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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 (most of which dented the lower reaches of the Pop chart as well): the title track, "Bless Your Heart", the horn and drum-driven "Keep On Doin'
" (which inspired the instrumental cover by The JBs later that year under the title "The Grunt"), "Freedom
", "Girls Will Be Girls", and "If He Can You Can".
sings lead on all tracks except:
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. The album includes six songs that appeared in the top 30 of the Billboard R&B chart between late 1969 and early 1971 (most of which dented the lower reaches of the Pop chart as well): the title track, "Bless Your Heart", the horn and drum-driven "Keep On Doin'
Keep On Doin'
"Keep On Doin" is a 1970 funk song by The Isley Brothers, released on their T-Neck imprint. Issued as the first release off their Get Into Something album, the self-penned and produced single, like many of the group's releases in this time period after "It's Your Thing", cemented their place in the...
" (which inspired the instrumental cover by The JBs later that year under the title "The Grunt"), "Freedom
Freedom (Isley Brothers song)
"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 " where you wanna go/love who you wanna love/work where you wanna work/flirt when you wanna flirt" and so on...
", "Girls Will Be Girls", and "If He Can You Can".
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Ronald IsleyRonald Isley
Ronald Isley is an American singer and is known as the lead singer and founding member of the family music group The Isley Brothers.-Career:...
sings lead on all tracks except:
Personnel
- 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 and background vocals - O'Kelly Isley, Jr.O'Kelly Isley, Jr.O'Kelly Isley, Jr. , better known as Kelly Isley, was an American singer and one of the founding members of the legendary family group, The Isley Brothers.-Biography:...
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, 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...
: keyboards - Everett Collins: drums, percussion
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