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Shout (The Isley Brothers song)

"Shout"
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Single by The Isley Brothers
from the album Shout!
A-side Shout - part 1
B-side Shout - part 2
Released September 21, 1959
Format 7" single
Recorded August 5, 1959, RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World, New York City
Genre
Length 2:15 (part 1)
2:10 (part 2)
Label RCA
7588
Writer(s) O'Kelly Isley, Jr.
Rudolph Isley
Ronald Isley
Producer(s) Hugo & Luigi
The Isley Brothers singles chronology
"I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door"
(1959)
"Shout!"
(1959)
"Respectable"
(1960)

"Shout" is an American popular song, originally recorded by the Isley Brothers. Released in 1959, it was written by the brothers themselves as a call and response answer to Jackie Wilson's "Lonely Teardrops", which they would occasionally cover in live performances.

While the song did not reach higher than #47 on the Billboard Hot 100, it became the brothers' first gold single on the basis of its longevity, and it became a much-covered tune, with many U.S. and international artists recording the song.

One month after the initial release, Johnny O'Keefe covered it in his Australian TV show Six O'Clock Rock, reaching #3 in Australia. He re-recorded the song in 1964, but it was only a minor hit.Joey Dee and the Starliters reached #6 with their recording of the song in 1962 (The Starlighters also worked the call-and-response portion of the song into its even bigger hit, "Peppermint Twist"), while the Isley Brothers' version re-charted that same year at #94.

Scottish pop singer Lulu had a #7 UK hit with the song in 1964 (attributed to Lulu and the Luvvers), and a #8 UK hit with a re-recorded version in 1986.The Shangri-Las included a version of the song in their debut LP Leader of the Pack in 1965 as did the Kingsmen on their Volume 3 album in 1965 and 15 Great Hits album in 1966. Tommy James and the Shondells recorded a version of the song on their 1967 album, I Think We're Alone Now.The Ronettes frequently covered the song in live performances as well, including their appearance in The Big TNT Show.


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