From 1961 and their short stint at Atlantic Records, here are The Isley Brothers with "Teach Me How To Shimmy."
I was digging this groove having no clue who I was listening to. I was surprised to find out it was The Isleys. This record, at least to my ears, sounds like nothing the Brothers did before or anything (really) like the Tamla sides that came a few years later. "Shimmy" was a b-side to a version of "Jeepers Creepers" cut with the Ray Ellis Orchestra. I guess The Isleys tried everything once.
7 comments:
That Nilsson/Procol Harum cover is jaw-droppingly great. Wow, thanks!!! 😎
You sure have been posting some tasty singles the last few days, thanks!
Randy
That Isley Brothers is delightful!
It's written by Leiber & Stoller so as soon as I saw that my brain connected it to sounding like a Coasters recording from that era. What do you think?
Captain Al
Well, the novelty of it is certainly like the Coasters. But there is something grittier about the Isleys track.
Grittier indeed, but I never would have guessed Isleys.
That's a hot one!
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