Englewood Makes History

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  • Jimi Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix, November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist whose revolutionary approach to the electric guitar permanently reshaped modern music. While Hendrix would later become an international icon, some of the…
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  • Englewood native Tony Herbert is a bass player and longtime friend of the Isley Brothers’ inner circle, associated especially with the band Sunrize, which served as a kind of extension/fringe project to the Isleys. In “Take Me to the Next Phase: Coming of Age with The Isley…

  • Hillside Sound Studios was a recording studio founded by Dae Bennett.
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  • Kwamé Holland is an American rapper and record producer. He moved to Englewood and attended Dwight Morrow High School. He was friends with David "Redhead Kingpin" Guppy. He released his first album, Kwamé the Boy Genius: Featuring a New Beginning at age 16 in 1989 with Hurby…
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  • Marvin Isley was a musician, singer, and songwriter. He grew up in Englewood and attended Dwight Morrow. He graduated from C.W. Post College with a music degree. In 1971 he began playing with his older brothers who formed the Isley Brothers group. He became an official member in…
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  • O'Kelly "Kelly" Isley was a singer and songwriter. He was a founding member of the Isley Brothers. His career began in 1954 and lasted until he died in 1986.
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  • Ronald Isley was a singer and songwriter. Ronald was a founding member of the Isley Brothers. He was the longest-standing member of the group. He worked with numerous artists including Warren G, Tupac, Rod Stewart, R. Kelly, and UGK. He married Margret Tinsley in 1960. He had a…
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  • Rudolph "Rudy" Bernard Isley was an American singer and songwriter. He was also a Christian minister. He grew up in Englewood and lived in Teaneck for a time. He created a music group with his two brothers, Ronald and O'Kelly Jr. called "The Isely Brothers." He married Elaine…
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  • Sallye Bernice Bell Isley was the matriarchal force behind one of the most influential family groups in American music history and a quiet but enduring presence in the cultural life of Englewood, where music, faith, and family converged in ways that would ripple far beyond…

  • Vernon Isley was a singer and the youngest member of the original Isley Brothers. While riding his bicycle he was struck and killed by a car in Cincinnati in 1955.
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