"The Pride" is a 1977
funk
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song by
The Isley Brothers
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, released on their
T-Neck imprint. The song, which was the first single released from their album, ''
Go For Your Guns
''Go for Your Guns'' is the fifteenth album by the Isley Brothers. Released on April 16, 1977, on their T-Neck label, it was also the band's fifth album to be distributed by their deal with Epic. Released in mid-April 1977, the album peaked a mo ...
'', was written as a warning to politicians to be the leader that the people need and to others who want change reminding them that "the pride makes (them) feel that (they) belong". The song was one of several socially conscious
political
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songs the Isleys recorded throughout the 1970s including "
Fight the Power Pts. 1 & 2" and "
Harvest for the World
''Harvest for the World'' is the fourteenth studio album released by The Isley Brothers on their T-Neck imprint on May 29, 1976.
The album was remastered and expanded for inclusion in the 2015 released CD box set ''The RCA Victor & T-Neck Albu ...
". While the song peaked at sixty-three on the pop charts, it reached number-one on the
R&B singles chart becoming the group's third number one on the chart.
Personnel
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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
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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
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O'Kelly Isley Jr.
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
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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 ...
: drums, congas, electric guitar, background vocals
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Marvin Isley
Marvin Isley (August 18, 1953 – June 6, 2010)
– accessed June 2010
: bass played by, background vocals
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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 maj ...
: tambourine, piano, clavinet, keyboards, synthesizers, background vocals
Sources:
[“The Pride (Part 1)”. YouTube: The Isley Brothers - Topic. 8 April 2017. https://m.youtube.com/watch?index=12&list=PL41353ZeMe2aJwluLDMfzXjgIhyFZ6LAx&v=omWwtKCDoD0]
References
1977 singles
The Isley Brothers songs
Songs written by Ronald Isley
Songs written by O'Kelly Isley Jr.
Songs written by Rudolph Isley
Songs written by Chris Jasper
Songs written by Marvin Isley
Songs written by Ernie Isley
1977 songs
T-Neck Records singles
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