In 1968, the group relaunched their T-Neck label-named after their adopted home base of Teaneck, New Jersey-to co-release future recordings, including the funky 1969 smash “It’s Your Thing”.

After cutting a few failed singles with a young Jimi Hendrix on guitar, the group re-emerged on Motown in 1966, deftly transplanting Ronald Isley’s creamy lead vocals to the urbane soul-pop made famous by the label on the classic “This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)”. The family group formed in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1954, and by the end of the decade they had relocated to New York and morphed from a doo-wop-inspired outfit to a gospel-fuelled rock ’n’ roll band with the 1959 hit “Shout”, later immortalised in Animal House, and “Twist and Shout” in 1962, famously covered by The Beatles.

Listeners looking for a more thorough selection of Isley hits, though, should check out Rhino's two-volume The Isley Brothers Story while the first disc covers early smashes from the late ‘50s and ‘60s like 'Shout,' 'Twist and Shout,' and the Motown hit 'This Old Heart of Mine,' the second includes all the cuts on this collection, plus several more prime tracks the band made while on the T-Neck label.Few, if any, groups have influenced and adapted to the changes in popular music as long or as fruitfully as The Isley Brothers. 1 is a good collection for curious soul and funk fans. And there are more urbane smooth-groove tunes like 'Footsteps in the Dark' and 'Groove with You' to top things off.

1 includes quiet storm funk ballads like 'For the Love of You,' the proto-new jack swing of 'Between the Sheets,' and soul anthems like 'Fight the Power' and 'Live It Up.' The group's signature songs are here too, including early-‘70s chart-toppers like the Stax-inspired 'It's Your Thing' and the stratospheric pop-funk cut 'That Lady' the latter features Ernie Isley on one of the most incredible funk guitar solos on wax (the Hendrix elements being almost a given since the guitar great cut his teeth in the Isleys' mid-‘60s touring band). Showing the group's flexibility, Greatest Hits, Vol. While probably best suited for the casual listener, this Isley Brothers collection still contains a potent mix of the band's biggest hits from the ‘70s and ‘80s.

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