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What song did Michael Bolton steal from the Isley Brothers? ›

It was a bitter day in 1994 when Michael Bolton, purveyor of blue-eyed soul, was declared a musical thief. A Los Angeles jury decided that Bolton's 1991 hit "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" stole significant parts of a 1966 Isley Brothers tune of the same name.

Rudolph Isley, one of the members of the legendary Isley Brothers, is suing his brother Ronald for filing a trademark registration for the Isley Brothers solely under his name.

After moving to New York City in the late 1950s, the group had their first successes during these early years, and rose to prominence in 1959 with their fourth single, "Shout", written by the three brothers, which became their first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, and sold over a million copies.

"Make Me Say It Again, Girl" is a song recorded by American recording artists the Isley Brothers featuring Beyoncé for their 2022 comeback album Make Me Say It Again, Girl. The song was released in August 2022 as the album's second single.

Under the Ninth Circuit ruling, the Isleys were to be paid $4.2 million from Sony Music; $932,924 from Bolton; $220,785 from Goldmark; and the balance from Bolton and Goldmark's music publishing company.

The initial verdict in the protracted court fight was handed down in 1994 when a lower court ruled that Bolton, co-writer Andrew Goldmark, and Sony Music Publishing had to give the Isley Brothers $5.2 million in profits from the sales of Bolton's version.

R&B legend Ronald Isley's 37-month federal prison sentence for tax evasion was upheld today by an appellate court.

The Isley Brothers is 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. The founding members were O'Kelly Isley, Jr. (1937 – 1986), Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley and Vernon Isley (1942–1955).

With Rudolph's death, the only surviving Isley Brothers are Ronald and Ernie.

'Shout' It's one of the most iconic vocal introductions to a pop song ever written - 'Shout' is The Isley Brothers' signature hit and the one that kickstarted their career in music.

Do the Isley Brothers have the same mother and father? ›

Church was where the brothers had first sung, during their childhood in Cincinnati, Ohio, under the supervision of their mother, Sallye (nee Bell), and their father, O'Kelly Isley, a former US Navy sailor and vaudeville performer.

During the European leg of the Isley Brothers' tour in 1964, they hired a young keyboard musician named Elton John. The brothers formed their own record label called "T-Neck," but didn't have much success and dropped the label to sign with Motown in 1965.

Yes, he recorded several versions of the song “Testify”with them in 1964, as well as the songs “Move Over and Let Me Dance” and with “Have You Ever Been Disappointed. He was part of their backing band, I.B. Specials, and they bought him a guitar.

Rudolph Isley maintains that all profits and property accrued under the Isley Brothers trademark have been divided equally among the singing group's founding members — Rudolph, Ronald and O'Kelly Isley Jr.

It's been 25 years since a jury in California ruled that Michael Bolton plagiarized the Isley Brothers song "Love is a Wonderful Thing" in his 1991 song by the same name. Bolton claimed that he had not heard the earlier Isley Brothers song when he created his, and that the two songs were very different.

Rudolph Isley maintains that all profits and property accrued under the Isley Brothers trademark have been divided equally among the singing group's founding members — Rudolph, Ronald and O'Kelly Isley Jr.