Marvin Isley

Marvin Isley (August 18, 1953 – June 6, 2010)^[1] was the youngest member of the family music group the Isley Brothers and its bass guitarist.

By the summer of 1959, the Isley family had moved from Cincinnati to a home in Englewood, New Jersey, and he grew up there, graduating from Dwight Morrow High School in 1972.^[2]

In the late 1960s, he formed a trio with older brother Ernie and Rudolph's brother-in-law Chris Jasper. By the end of the decade, the group joined the older half of the Isleys as its instrumentalists.

The instrumental lineup became official band members to the Isleys in 1973, resulting in platinum record success with the band's 3+3 album. For the next ten years, Marvin Isley played bass guitar on tracks including "Fight the Power (Part 1 & 2)", "I Wanna be With You (Part 1)", "The Pride, Pt. 1 & 2", "Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time for Love)", "For the Love of You (Part 1 & 2)", "Voyage to Atlantis", and "Between the Sheets".

The 3+3 lineup splintered into two groups in 1984, with the original Isleys carrying on as the Isley Brothers, while Marvin, Ernie and Chris formed Isley-Jasper-Isley. The group released three albums and had a US number one R&B hit single, "Caravan of Love".

In 1991, Marvin Isley returned as member of the Isley Brothers with Ronald and Ernie and carried on until 1997, when he developed diabetes. He had both legs removed. Marvin was inducted along with his brothers to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.^[1]

Marvin Isley died on June 6, 2010, from complications of diabetes at the Seasons Hospice within Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, at age 56.^[3][4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Thedeadrockstarsclub.com - accessed June 2010
2. ^ Wilner, Paul. "Isley Brothers: A Family Affair", The New York Times, March 13, 1977. Accessed September 18, 2011. "WHEN Sallye Isley moved her brood of children from Cincinnati to Englewood in the summer of 1959, she was participating in a show-business phenomenon.... While their older brothers toured America, the younger Isley boys enrolled successively in Englewood Junior High and Dwight Morrow High School.... Right now, the brothers reside near enough to each other to keep in close touch. Ronald lives in Teaneck, Kelly Jr. in Alpine, Rudolph in Haworth and Ernie in Englewood."
3. ^ "Marvin Isley of Isley Bros. dies at 56". CNN. June 7, 2010. http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/07/marvin.isley.dead/. Retrieved 2010-06-07. 
4. ^ "Isley Brothers bassist dies at 56". BBC News. June 8, 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/us_and_canada/10261780.stm. 

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Name	Isley, Marvin
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Date of birth	August 18, 1953
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Date of death	June 6, 2010
Place of death	Chicago, Illinois