Our family will miss him.
But I know he’s in a better place."
Rudolph Isley formed the iconic group with his siblings O’Kelly, Ronald, and Vernon as a young man.
Rudolph Isley.RJ Capak/WireImage
In 1957, the Isley Brothers reformed and moved to New York.
By 1959, they had released their first single for RCA, “Shout.”
It was their first top-40 hit.
That would be their second top-40 hit.
The Isley Brothers continued to perform into the 1970s, bringing in other family members and relatives.
The group went on making music, though Rudolph left the group in 1989 to become a Christian minister.
