The Highways of my My Life - the Isley Brothers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygAKlgB-8Ys Pub quiz question: which of the members of the Isley Brothers was not a bone fide Isley Brother and why? The answer is Chris Jasper, who died in February of this year. The Isley Brothers began in 1954 as a foursome of siblings Ronald, Rudolph, O'Kelly and Vernon, who was killed in a motor accident in 1955. The others continued as a trio until 1973 when their younger brothers Ernie and Marvin joined along with Chris Jasper, who's ol
Only the Strong Survive - Jerry Butler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPkd9ZQOtbI Jerry Butler's biggest hit was "Only the Strong Survive" from his one classic album "The Ice Man Cometh". In 1967 he teamed up with Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, soon-to-be major movers behind the TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) sound of the 1970's. Ostensibly a parental advice song, for many it became one of those hidden black emancipation anthems, although this subtext is harder to envisage than, say, Joe Tex's "The Love You Save (
