{"id":2255374,"date":"2026-01-28T22:37:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T22:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2255374"},"modified":"2026-01-28T22:37:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T22:37:25","slug":"the-isley-brothers-on-beyonce-jimi-hendrix-and-the-walk-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-isley-brothers-on-beyonce-jimi-hendrix-and-the-walk-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"The Isley Brothers\u00a0on Beyonc\u00e9, Jimi Hendrix and\u00a0the Walk of Fame\u00a0 \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tBack when the Isley Brothers<\/a> scored their first hit with \u201cShout,\u201d lead singer Ronald Isley<\/a> couldn\u2019t have imagined that the group would one day have their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame<\/a>, which will be unveiled in a ceremony on Jan. 28. That\u2019s because the Walk\u2019s official groundbreaking didn\u2019t take place until February 1960, six months following the song\u2019s release and more than half a decade after the group began performing. And what would he have said if you had told him the Isleys would still be working in 2026, with an ambitious new album in the works?<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI would say that\u2019s fantastic and amazing. Oh, man, that\u2019s so awesome,\u201d says Ronald, who leads the group with his lone surviving sibling, guitarist Ernie Isley<\/a>. \u201cSo many years, man.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tRonald, left, and Ernie Isley of the Isley Brothers<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tOver those years, the Isley Brothers\u2019 music has been the soundtrack to countless parties, backyard cookouts, weddings, hookups, heartbreaks, road trips and sporting events, as well as actual movies, with prominent needle drops in \u201cAnchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,\u201d \u201cRush Hour\u201d and \u201cBridget Jones\u2019s Baby,\u201d among others. They even provided an early showcase for Jimi Hendrix<\/a>, who, as a member of their backing band, made his recording debut on their 1964 single \u201cTestify.\u201d<\/p>\n

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