''Grand Slam'' is the 19th album by
The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers ( ) are an American musical group originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, that began as a vocal trio consisting of brothers O'Kelly Isley Jr., Rudolph Isley and Ronald Isley in the 1950s. With a career spanning over seven decade ...
, released on their
T-Neck imprint via CBS Records on March 21, 1981. The album was recorded and mixed digitally.
The album was remastered and expanded for inclusion in the 2015 CD box set ''The RCA Victor & T-Neck Album Masters, 1959-1983''.
Reception
''Grand Slam'' was successful on both the pop and R&B album charts, where it reached #28 and #3, respectively. It eventually went
gold
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile me ...
after selling 500,000 copies.
Track listing
Personnel
;The Isley Brothers
*
Ronald Isley
Ronald Isley (; born May 21, 1941) is an American recording artist, songwriter, record producer, and occasional actor. Isley is the lead singer and founding member of the family music group The Isley Brothers.
Early life
Born in 1941 to Sally ...
- lead vocals, background vocals,
[The Isley Brothers. "Showdown / Grand Slam CD". Beat Goes On. March 13, 2007. http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7344809] musical arrangement
*
O'Kelly Isley
O'Kelly "Kelly" Isley Jr. (December 25, 1937 – March 31, 1986) was an American singer and one of the founding members of the family group the Isley Brothers.
Biography
The eldest of the Isley Brothers, Kelly started singing with his brothe ...
- background vocals,
musical arrangement
*
Rudolph Isley
Rudolph Bernard Isley (born April 1, 1939 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American singer-songwriter and is one of the founding members of The Isley Brothers.
Life and career
Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Rudy began singing in church at a youn ...
- background vocals,
musical arrangement
*
Ernie Isley
Ernest Isley (born March 7, 1952) is an American musician, best known as a member of the musical ensemble The Isley Brothers, and also the splinter group Isley-Jasper-Isley.
Biography
Ernie was born in Cincinnati, where his older brothers for ...
- background vocals
(2)[The Isley Brothers. "I Once Had Your Love...". YouTube: The Isley Brothers - Topic. August 22, 2015. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e1VRCXPgm8w], musical arrangement, guitars, drums, percussion
*
Marvin Isley
Marvin Isley (August 18, 1953 – June 6, 2010)
– accessed June 2010
- background vocals
(2), musical arrangement, bass played by, percussion
*
Chris Jasper
Christopher Howard Jasper (born December 30, 1951) Allmusic biography/ref> is an American singer, composer, and producer. Jasper is a former member of the Isley Brothers and Isley-Jasper-Isley and is responsible for writing and producing the ...
- background vocals
(2), musical arrangement, keyboards, congas, other percussion
;Guest Musicians
*Eve Otto — harp
(1)
*Kevin Jones — congas
(1-2, 4-5, 7)
*Everett Collins — drums
(1, 7)
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Singles
References
External links
The Isley Brothers-Grand Slam at Discogs
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1981 albums
The Isley Brothers albums
T-Neck Records albums