and Twist and Shout (Wand Records, #653) have rescued a sinking Rock and Roll culture in America and reshaped it; the Isley Brothers make Bill Haley look adolescent, Buddy Holly untalented ...

Chris Jasper helped the Isley Brothers shape its flamboyant funk-rock sound before the band split into two separate groups.

Vernon Isley died shortly after the group was formed and the remaining brothers went on to have their first hit single with “Shout” in 1959 before scoring with “Twist and Shout,” “This ...

Chris Jasper, a former member of the Isley Brothers who helped the group shape its flamboyant funk-rock sound, has died. The singer-songwriter died Sunday at age 73, his family announced Monday on ...

Chris Jasper, the singer-songwriter who helped make the Isley Brothers into a musical phenomenon, has died at the age of 73. His death was confirmed to Metro by his former rep Eric Baker, managing ...

The Monkees were widely accused of ripping off The Beatles. “Ripping-off” was usually too strong a word for the inspiration that the Prefab Four took from the Fab Four, but the word applied ...