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"Twist and Shout" is a 1961 song written by Phil Medley and Bert Berns (later credited as "Bert Russell"). It was originally recorded by The Top Notes , but it did not become a hit in the record charts until it was reworked by the Isley Brothers for their album Twist & Shout in 1962.
Twist & Shout is the second studio album by the Isley Brothers, released on Wand Records in 1962. [2] The album was released on the success of the title track, which would later become a hit for the Beatles. Other songs on the album include Isley-penned tracks such as "Right Now", "Nobody but Me" and the charter, "Twistin' with Linda".
In 1962, the Isley Brothers scored their first top 40 hit with the Bert Berns song "Twist and Shout", which reached number 17 on the Hot 100 and number 2 on the R&B chart, staying on the charts for 19 weeks. [16] The song had been produced by Berns for the brothers to teach then-struggling producer Phil Spector how to produce a hit. [17] [18]
The younger Isleys split off as Isley-Jasper-Isley in the 1980s, but the brothers continued to record together, scoring new songs on the Hot 100 in six different decades. O’Kelly died in 1986 ...
Twist & Shout "Shout!"—Part 1 b/w Part 2 Chart re-entry: 94 — — — — RCA Victor Shout! "Twist and Shout" b/w "Spanish Twist" 17 2 — — 42 Wand Twist & Shout "Twistin' with Linda" b/w "You Better Come Home" (from Twist & Shout) 54 — — — — Non-album tracks 1963 "Nobody but Me" b/w "I'm Laughing to Keep from Crying ...
Everybody knows the Isley Brothers, a family band with era-defining hits in every decade since its start in the 1950s with “Twist and Shout,” “This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You ...
"Shout" is a popular song, written and originally recorded by American vocal group the Isley Brothers in 1959. Later versions include a UK Top 10 hit in 1964 by Scottish singer Lulu. "Shout" was inducted to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. [3] Rolling Stone magazine ranked it at number 119 on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". [4]
The electrifying "Shout" joined the ranks of Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" as a song all fledgling rock ’n’ roll bands needed to play. Their next hit, "Twist and Shout,” was first recorded ...