An appeals court upheld a three year jail sentence for old school R&B singer Ronald Isley today. Ron tried to get his jail time reduced due to his poor health and old age, but the law slapped that notion down. Isley suffered a stroke in 2004 and argued that the system could not adequately tend to his medical needs. A three judge panel considered his plea and ultimately chose to uphold the origi...
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The Isley Brothers may be on tour in support of their last album "Baby Making Music", but that hasnt stopped them from starting in on their next album while on the road. "We just started," says Isley, 65, who was delayed from promoting "Baby Making Music" by kidney surgery in the spring of 2006. "We're just doing it on the road, in the times that we have off."Ronald Isley tells billboard that t...
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www.lanier2.imeem.com"Summer Breeze" is a 1972 soft rock single for folk rock duo Seals & Crofts that was covered famously in a harder rock/soulful style by The Isley Brothers as a single in 1974 and by the Three Tenors during their 1996 farewell performance at the Coach and Horses Tavern in Windsor, Ontario. Released off the Summer Breeze album, Seals & Crofts' version reached number six on th...
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www.lanier2.imeem.comFirst formed in the early '50s, the Isley Brothers enjoyed one of the longest, most influential, and most diverse careers in the pantheon of popular music -- over the course of nearly a half century of performing, the group's distinguished history spanned not only two generations of Isley siblings but also massive cultural shifts which heralded their music's transformation ...
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We can file this under 'Not Gonna Happen'Def Jam Records is seeking the help of fans around the nation to help secure a presidential pardon for soul legend Ronald Isley, who was convicted of tax evasion last year. Ron was sentenced to three years in prison, but hasn't started to serve it yet due to his recovery from a stroke, and kidney cancer. According to Def Jam, Isley will report to serve h...
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