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Beatles Make Isleys' Hit

Ian Dove, New Musical Express, 28 June 1963

THREE brothers, O'Kelly, Rudolph and Ronald — the surname is Isley — have to be very thankful to Liverpool's Beatles. For if the Beatles weren't popular, 'Twist And Shout' by the Isley Brothers wouldn't be in the NME Chart this week... nearly a year after the disc was issued!

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