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Caravan Of Love

ISLEY BROTHERS - THAT LADY

SINGER MICHAEL BOLTON IS DEFENDING HIMSELF IN FEDERAL COURT TODAY AGAINST ACCUSATIONS THAT HE STOLE THE SONG "LOVE IS A WONDERFUL THING". LAWYERS FOR THE ISLEY BROTHERS CLAIM THAT MICHAEL'S POPULAR SONG -- A MAJOR HIT IN 1991 -- IS REALLY A RIP-OFF THE THE ISLEY BROTHERS HIT RECORD OF THE SAME NAME -- WHICH WAS POPULAR IN THE 60'S.

TAPE: EF02/0236 IN_TIME: 14:16:08 DURATION: 8:13 SOURCES: APTN RESTRICTIONS: music video/performance rights must be cleared DATELINE: Los Angeles, USA. 20 March 2002 SHOTLIST: Los Angeles, California USA 19/20 March 2001 1.Various of red carpet 2. Michelle Williams (Destiny's child) on red carpet 3.SOUNDBITE : Michelle Williams (Destiny's Child) on the group's plan to spend more solo projects:" It's cool, it'll give us the chance to grow musically and more vocally and it will give us a chance so that people can see individuality and personalities because sometimes when you are in a group it is hard to do things in a group that you may want to do individually. " Magic Johnson pan to Set up shot Ja-Rule and singer Ashanti 4. SOUNDBITE: Ja Rule (rappers) "I guess my music best describes my passion, you know, my feelings, stuff like that." 5. Faith Evans on red carpet 6.SOUNDBITE: Faith Evans (singer) "So me being a singer and being a young black female artist I certainly am happy not only proud of the other artists, so many accolades like Alicia Keys, India Arie but just in general to be a part of that, to be one of their peers." 7.Set up Usher walking up red carpet 8.SOUNDBITE: Usher "As a kid you watched Soul Train every weekend and you say 'I want to be like those artists'. And then they started doing the awards and I thought if there's one thing I know that I have accomplished something in life when I have won a Soul Train music award." 9.Cutaway media 10.Alicia Keys walking up red carpet 11.CA media 12.American TV presenter Shaun Robinson posing for photographers 13. SOUNDBITE: The O-Jays (on black music being mainstream) "I think it's because of the media has become so widespread and everybody is listening to or playing the same thing so not everyone is privy to the same kind of music." 14.OPENING OF SHOW - ALICIA KEYS PERFORMING 15.Lil Bow Wow gives award for best new artist to Alicia Keys 16.VS Alicia Keys accepting award, Sot Alicia Keys: "Who knew that a guy putting you through the motions could take you this far. So to all my fellas this is for you all." 17.VS Magic Johnson gives Dr. Dre his Sammy Davis Jnr male entertainer award 18. SOT Dr. Dre accepting award: "This is crazy, first off I have got to thank all of my family and friends for putting up with my crazy ideas and what have you." 19.Busta Ryhmes and P Diddy performing together 20.Clip of Missy Elliot's video 'Get Ur Freak On', Don Cheadle gives Missy Elliot best video award 21.Missy Elliot receiving award Sot Missy: "You don't even know how long I waited for this, how many videos it took for me to right get here. " 22.CLIP OF SHOW USHER PERFORMING 23.Usher winning best male R &B/soul album and accepting award, Sot Usher: "Thank you." Tracee Ross awarding Alicia Keys best female R & B/soul album Alicia Keys accepting award 24.SOUNDBITE: Alicia Keys (on the huge change in her life in only one year):"How am I coping with it, I come and I and talk to you and I smile for a picture and I go back to my life. It is very much the same it is not like a very big amazing change in my personal life, it is like with everything, one step at a time and one day at a time and you figure it out. (did the sudden fame phase you? ) It shocked me I think more. It shocked me maybe, or I think definitely shocked me." 25.Faith Evans performing 26.Close of show STORYLINE: ALICIA KEYS SWEEPS BOARD AT SOUL TRAIN AWARDS ALICIA KEYS continued her Grammy winning streak at last night's (20MAR02) presitigious Soul Train awards, winning three trophies including Best Newcomer and Best Single. Veteran R&B rockers the Isley Brothers also took home three trophies from the 16th Annual Soul Train Music Awards. Keys, who scored five Grammys last month, won the best R&B/soul or rap new artist for her hit 'Fallin'', while her 'Songs in A Minor' took the best R&B/soul female album honor. She also was named female Entertainer of the Year. The Isley Brothers also won a trio of awards, including best R&B/soul single and album by a group, band or duo. The group, which made a comeback more than 42 years after their first hit single 'Shout', was named Entertainer of the Year for male artists. Aaliyah won best R&B/soul single, female for 'Rock the Boat'. She died in a plane crash in August, shortly after completing a video for the song in the Bahamas. On the red carpet APTN talked to Destiny's Child member MICHELLE WILLIAMS who said the group are planning to spend more time on "solo" projects. USHER, who won the Best Male Album award for "8701" (said eight seven oh one) explained the significance of the awards: "As a kid you watched Soul Train every week and think 'I want to be like those artists'. And then they started doing the awards and I thought if there's one thing I achieve in life it's to get one of those awards." Alicia Keys signed to Arista Records in 1998 and appeared on the soundtracks of 'Shaft' and 'Men In Black' but it wasn't until she went to music mogul Clive Davis' J Records that her career took off. In a little over a year Alicia Keys has become one of the biggest artists in the world. She admitted it was a surprise. "It shocked me," said the young Keys, "it definitely shocked me." The Soul Train awards honor R&B, soul, hip-hop, rap and gospel performances. Winners were announced Wednesday, and the program was taped for a syndicated television broadcast that will air later this month. SOUL TRAIN WINNERS: R&B/SOUL SINGLE, FEMALE: 'Rock the Boat', Aaliyah. R&B/SOUL SINGLE, MALE: 'Love', Musiq Soulchild. R&B/SOUL SINGLE, GROUP, BAND OR DUO: 'Contagious' by the Isley Brothers featuring Ron Isley. R&B/SOUL ALBUM, FEMALE: 'Songs in A Minor', Alicia Keys. R&B/SOUL ALBUM, MALE: '8701', Usher. R&B/SOUL ALBUM GROUP, BAND OR DUO: 'Eternal', Isley Brothers featuring Ron Isley. R&B/SOUL OR RAP ALBUM OF THE YEAR: 'The Blueprint', Jay-Z. R&B/SOUL OR RAP NEW ARTIST: Alicia Keys - 'Fallin'. R&B/SOUL OR RAP MUSIC VIDEO: 'Get Ur Freak On', Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot. GOSPEL ALBUM: 'Live in London', Donnie McClurkin. MUSIC DETAILS TITLE: Get UR Freak on ARTIST: Missy Elliot WRITER: Elliott/Mosley PUBLISHER: Warner Chappell LABEL: WEA (20) 7937 8844

The Isley Brothers perform with a young Jimi Hendrix (Left) at a farewell party for R&B disc jockey Nathaniel 'Magnificent' Montague at the Armory in Harlem, New York City, 1964. (Photo by Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Caravan Of Love

ISLEY BROTHERS - SUMMER BREEZE

JIMI HENDRIX, JOHNNY CASH AND A SLATE OF R-AND-B PERFORMERS TOP THE LIST OF NEWLY ANNOUNCED ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMERS. THE INDUCTEES WERE MADE PUBLIC TODAY IN CLEVELAND WHERE THE ROCK HALL IS DUE TO BE COMPLETED IN 1994. PAUL SHAFFER -- MUSIC DIRECTOR OF ``LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN'' -- ANNOUNCED THE NAMES AT A NEWS CONFERENCE. HENDRIX WILL ENTER THE HALL AS PART OF HIS PSYCHEDELIC '60S GROUP THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE. HENDRIX DIED OF A DRUG OVERDOSE IN 1970. OTHER ARTISTS TO BE INDUCTED INCLUDE THE ROCK GROUP YARDBIRDS THE RHYTHM AND BLUES ACTS SAM AND DAVE BOOKER T. AND THE M-GS THE ISLEY BROTHERS AND BLUES SINGER BOBBY ``BLUE'' BLAND. CASH WAS SELECTED FOR HIS WORK IN ``ROCKABILLY'' MUSIC. SELECTED AS EARLY INFLUENCERS OF ROCK WERE ELMORE JAMES AND PROFESSOR LONGHAIR. LEO FENDER WHO DEVELOPED THE ELECTRIC GUITAR WAS CHOSEN AS A NON-PERFORMING INDUCTEE ALONG WITH SONGWRITER DOC POMUS. INDUCTION CEREMONIES WILL BE HELD IN NEW YORK AT A DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER.

TAPE: EF03/0942 IN_TIME: 14:08:18 DURATION: 7:15 SOURCES: VNR RESTRICTIONS: music/performance rights must be cleared DATELINE: Washington Recent SHOTLIST VNR 1.Ws Venue 2. Entrance Aretha Franklin 3. WS Audience 4. Performance Alicia Keys 5. CU Aretha Franklin 6. SOUNDBITE ( English ) Alicia Keys: "I felt incredible performing for her. She's one of my all time favourite artists, I just admire everything about her, her voice, her presence, her music, her songs, her timelessness, everything. So to be able to be performing one of her songs for her was like nothing that I can really describe." 7. Performance ' Rock Steady' by Seal 8. SOUNDBITE ( English ) Seal: "It was an honour. I'm a working class kid from Kilburn, London, England and if you'd of told me at the age of 6 when I first heard Aretha Franklin that I'd be one day standing on stage singing for the Queen of Soul I would have just laughed at you. It was a real honour." 9. Performance 'Think' by Stevie Wonder 10. Performance Norah Jones 11. Short film about Aretha Franklin. 12. Performance by James Ingram 13. Performance by artist tbc of ' Spanish Harlem ' to Aretha Franklin 14. Speech by Mary J Blige: "Hard work and perseverance throughout your career has shown me how to be a tough woman in this business, thank you very much." 15.SOUNDBITE Yolanda Adams: "To perform for her one of her all time hits, especially gospel hits was amazing. I'm never nervous at all and my heart was pounding because I have so much love and respect for her. She has done so much for music, not just gospel music, not just R and B music, not just pop music but so much for women in music. It was an honour to be here." 16.Performance Yolanda Adams 17. Aretha gets a hug from.... 18.Performance Aretha Franklin ' Respect' 19. Cu Various audience members 20. Backstage b-roll 21. SOUNDBITE ( English ) Aretha Franklin: "It was absolutely wonderful, just wonderful to be the ninth honourary, yes. The singing, the singing, the singing, the stomping good time." 22. Performance Aretha Franklin 'Respect' 23.Performance' Freeway Of Love ' Jam with all the artists. ARETHA FRANKLIN HONOURED WITH BET WALK OF FAME ARETHA FRANKLIN was honoured at the BET black tie gala in Washington, Saturday, as being the ninth annual inductee to the network's Walk of Fame. A star line up helped to at celebrate the Black Entertainment Television event by singing Franklin's greatest hits. The celebrity Aretha fan club included Mary J. Blige, Seal, Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, Chaka Khan, Ronald Isley & The Isley Brothers, Jaheim, Gerald & Eddie Levert, Yolanda Adams, Teena Marie and Ruben Studdard. The Queen of Soul was presented with her award by BET head Debra Lee, and told the crowd: "I love you. Get up and PARTY." An excited crowd of 800 guests was treated to Franklin's performance of 'Respect' and 'Freeway of Love.' The event raised $400,000 for the United Negro College Fund, and will be broadcast on BET on 28th October. MUSIC CLEARANCE DETAILS TITLE: Respect ARTIST: Aretha Franklin WRITER: Redding PUBLISHER: Rondor Music/ Warner Chappell North America LABEL: WEA International Inc TITLE: Freeway Of Love ARTIST: Aretha Franklin WRITER: Walden/Cohen PUBLISHER: Carlin Music Corp/ Chrysalis Music LABEL: Arista Records Inc TITLE: Think ARTIST: Aretha Franklin WRITER: Franklin/White PUBLISHER: EMI LABEL: WEA International Inc TITLE: Spanish Harlem ARTIST: Aretha Franklin WRITER: Leiber/Spector PUBLISHER: CARLIN MUSIC CORP/ MOTHER BERTHA MUSIC LTD/ ABKCO MUSIC LTD LABEL: WEA International Inc

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 3: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) (L-R) Ernest Isley and Ronald Isley of The Isley Brothers attend the 2023 MusiCares persons of the year honoring Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson Ceremony at Los Angeles Convention Center on February 3, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Footage by New Vision/Getty Images)

TAPE: EF01/0796 IN_TIME: 14:25:56 DURATION: 3:43 SOURCES: ABC/Various RESTRICTIONS: music video/performance rights must be cleared DATELINE: 13/11/01 SHOTLIST 1. Sot Sean 'P Diddy' Combs - "Good morning, welcome, that's something that I made up myself." Sot Jewel- "Why don't I start, thank you Sean. To start off in the pop rock and roll categories the nominees for favourite male artists are Lenny Kravitz, R Kelly and Shaggy." 2. Clip 'Angel' - Shaggy 3. sot Jewel - "For favourite female artist, the nominees are Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys and Jennifer Lopez." 4. Clip 'Fallin'' - Alicia Keys 5. sot Jewel - "For favourite band or group, the nominees are Dave Matthews Band, 'N Sync and U2." 6. Clip 'The Space Between' - Dave Matthews Band 7. Clip ' 'N Sync - 'Pop' 8. Sot Sean ' P Diddy' Combs - "In the pop rock category, the nominees for favourite album are Dave Matthews Band, 'Everyday'; Destiny's Child, 'Survivor'; and 'N Sync, 'Celebrity'." 9. Clip ' Survivor' - Destiny's Child 10. Sot Sean ' P Diddy' Combs - "The nominees for favourite new artist are Nelly Furtado, Alicia Keys and Life House. In the soul rhythm and blues category, nominees for favourite male artist are Ginuwine, R Kelly and Luther Vandross. The nominees for favourite female artist are Aaliyah, Mary J Blige and Alicia Keys." 11. Clip 'Try Again' - Aaliyah 12. Sot Sean ' P Diddy' Combs - "The nominees for favourite band, duo or group are Destiny's Child, The Isley Brothers featuring Ron Isley AKA Mr Bigs and Jagged Edge. The nominees for favourite album are Aaliyah with her album called 'Aaliyah', Janet Jackson, 'All For You' and Alicia Keys, 'Songs in A Minor'." 13.Clip 'Son of a Gun' Janet Jackson KEYS DOMINATES THE AMA'S NOMINATIONS Rhythm & blues newcomer Alicia Keys, who won commercial and critical acclaim with the album 'Songs in A Minor,' received a leading five American Music Awards nominations Tuesday. Keys' debut disc has been among the year's top sellers, fuelled by the success of her No. 1 song 'Fallin'.' She received nominations in both the pop and R&B categories for favourite female artist and favourite new artist. 'Songs in A Minor' was nominated in the R&B album category alongside Janet Jackson's 'All for You' and Aaliyah's self-titled album. Aaliyah, who died in an Aug. 25 plane crash, also was nominated for favourite female R&B artist. Mary J. Blige received the third bid in the category. Keys faces Jackson and Jennifer Lopez for the top pop female artist award. Other multiple nominees included Brooks & Dunn, Destiny's Child, Dave Matthews Band, Lonestar, R. Kelly, Tim McGraw, 'N Sync and Shaggy. The nominees for the 29th annual awards were announced by Jewel and Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs. The three-hour ceremony will be broadcast in the United States on Jan. 9 from Los Angeles. Gospel and contemporary Christian music got their own category this year with Yolanda Adams, Steven Curtis Chapman and Donnie McClurkin getting the first nominations for contemporary inspirational artist. Nominees are compiled from music industry publications and the results are revealed at the ceremony. Winners are selected by a national sampling of about 20,000 listeners. MUSIC CLEARANCE DETAILS TITLE: Angel ARTIST: Shaggy WRITER: Burrell/Ducent/Staff/Pizzonia/Kelly/Miller/Ertegun PUBLISHER: Windswept Records / EMI LABEL: MCA TITLE: Fallin' ARTIST: Alicia Keys WRITER: Augello-Cook PUBLISHER: EMI LABEL: J Records TITLE: The Space Between ARTIST: The Dave Matthews Band WRITER: Ballard/Matthews PUBLISHER: Universal / MCA LABEL: BMG TITLE: Pop ARTIST: 'N Sync WRITER: Timberlake/Robson PUBLISHER: Zomba / Warner Chappell LABEL: Zomba TITLE: Survivor ARTIST: Destiny's Child WRITER: Dent/Knowles/Knowles PUBLISHER: Windswept / Sony LABEL: Sony TITLE: Try Again ARTIST: Aaliyah WRITER: Garrett/Mosley/Static PUBLISHER: EMI / Warner LABEL: Blackground Records TITLE: Son Of A Gun ARTIST: Janet Jackson WRITER: Jackson/Harris/Lewis/Simon PUBLISHER: Universal / EMI LABEL: Virgin

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - FEBRUARY 6: (INTERVIEW)  Kendrick Lamar talks about storytelling being his passion, on what he does to prepare physically and playing Isley Brothers during the Super Bowl LVIX Pregame & Apple Music Super Bowl LVIX Halftime Show Press Conference at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on February 6, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Footage by Mark Case/Getty Images)

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This Old Heart Of Mine

ISLEY BROTHERS - SUNSHINE (GO AWAY TODAY)

Teaming up with The Isley Brothers for a new album Carlos Santana isn't just uniting two musical legends (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Interview With Marvin Isley (AUDIO ONLY)

TAPE: EF02/0057 IN_TIME: 14:33:57 DURATION: 4:02 SOURCES: APTN RESTRICTIONS: music video/performance rights must be cleared DATELINE: Recent SHOTLIST 1. Ext waldorf astoria 2. Vs videos being shown on monitors 3. Ws dee jay spinning 4. Cu record spinning 5. The Bishop and others bling 6. Pan to Ron Isley and producer Biggs 7. Sot Puffy: "Jay Z is my favorite rap artist and R. Kelly is my favorite R&B artist. It's as simple as that. I go to all the concerts. I got all the albums. You know I know every lyric to every song." 8. Clip Video - IZZO (H.O.V.A), Jay Z 9. Sot Jay Z "You know just real like situations. we both came from the dirt. Just inspiration is life" 10. Sot R Kelly: "We are going to continue to do that as long as we are breathing you kknow what I'm saying. What we've done with our lyrics in this business has allowed us to hold basketball games that raise $250 thousand dollars for kids and charity and things like that. We are going to continue to do what we do and turn it into something positive as we go. 11. Cu of 'the Bishop' 12. Sot R Kelly: "It's like mad scientists in the basement you know what I'm saying. We, Jay is real creative. I'm real creative and it's like you want to get together and mix potions and see what happens. That's how the lights were created or the piano the cameras, you know what I'm saying. Somebody got together and said let's see how this work and let's see how that work and that is how great things happen" 13. ws 14. Sot Jay Z: "We are having fun. We are entertainers but what we do with that with the proceeds of the album with the proceeds of the tour with the proceeds of our previous tours, I would love for y'all to judge us on our actions other than the fiesta remix" 15. ca Puff Daddy and Johnnie Cochran 16. Sot R Kelly: Well there's us, but this is much bigger than us, we didn't get together with for the kids. This is not Disneyland, this album is not Disneyland. so you know It's up to the parents out there, you guys out there, to train your kids and bring them up the way you should. I doing mine like that, so you guys should do yours. 17. Clip Video - FEELIN' ON YO BOOTY, R. Kelly 18. Sot Jay Z: "We don't want to compare ourselves to great men but Malcolm X, Martin Luther King. You know same type of strggle but different ways of going about it. If they would've got together it would have been serious. You know what I mean? 19. Clip Video - IZZO (H.O.V.A), Jay Z "RAISE YOUR KIDS RIGHT" - JAY Z AND R KELLY "Your kids are your responsibility, not ours" was the message from saucy R'n'B singer R. Kelly and rapper Jay Z as they launched their collaborative effort 'THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS' in New York Yesterday (24JAN02). When asked what young people should take from the sexually explicit lyrics of 'Honey', R. Kelly replied: "We didn't get together with for the kids. This is not Disneyland, this album is not Disneyland. So you know It's up to the parents out there, you guys out there, to train your kids and bring them up the way you should. I doing mine like that, so you guys should do yours." He was rewarded with a round of applause from the hard-bitten New York press core. Jay Z added that he doesn't want to be judged on his music alone: "I would love for y'all to judge us on our actions other than the 'Fiesta' remix", he said, referring to the R. Kelly song he's previously collaborated on. R Kelly also featured Jayz's hit 'Not Guilty'. Held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, the rambling press conference was to announce what both record companies are calling a world first - an entire album made by two artists working together. Rap and R'nB artists often "guest" or "feature" on each others albums, but generally only for one or two songs. 'THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS', the album will be released globally March 26th on Jive/Roc-A-Fella & Def Jam Records. The press heard the album's first two singles 'Honey' and 'Get This Money'. Their other method of dodging the frequent questions on the high levels of sex and violence in their lyrics was to point out their plans to headline an AIDS benefit in April, as well as their previous involvement in charities. The pair are also planning to do a tour to promote the album. On hand to help promote the collaboration were Phat Farm designer and Def Jam boss Russell Simmons, rap impresario come executive Puff Daddy, Ron Isley of the Isley Brothers and celebrity lawyer Johnnie Cochran. When the panel asked Puff Daddy what this new album would mean to him he said he was there as a fan. Otherwise known as Shawn Carter, Jay-Z started his own record label fairly young and at a time when it was not being done in the music industry. Born and raised in the rough Marcy Projects of Brooklyn NY Jay-Z also known as Jazzy became a rapper on the rough streets. He formed Roc-a-Fella records with friends Damon Dash and Kareem "Biggs" Burke. After partnering up with Priority Records, he released his debut album 'Reasonable Doubt'. It received critical praise and scored a gold single. His real mainstream success came with his third album 'Vol 2: Hard Knock Life' of which the single 'Can I get a...' was a massive hit. The album featured guest rappers including DMX, Too SHort, Jermaine Dupru and the hottest producers of the moment - Swizz Beatz, Timbaland. The album sold over 300,000 copies in its first week before going on to sell several hundred thousand more copies. His fourth album 'Vol 3:Life and Times of S.Carter' didn't sit too well with his fans and the album was only a modest success.He did make a huge comeback with his next album released in late 2000 'The Dynasty Roc La Familia'. His last album 'The Blueprint' released in 2001 has been a huge success. The album's leadoff single, 'Izzo (H.O.V.A.),' dominated urban radio numerous weeks before the album hit the streets, generating so much demand that Def Jam had to push up the album's street date because it was being so heavily bootlegged. R.Kelly began his career in 1992 at the tail end of the new jack swing era and has been known for his sexually charged lyrics combined with hip hop beats and funk. He has won three Grammy Awards in 1997 for his inspirational hit 'I Believe I Can Fly' from the motion picture 'Space Jam'. He has written and/or produced for Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Kelly Price, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Toni Braxton, Mary J.Blige and Maxwell. Kelly's last album was released in 2000 with TP-2.com. MUSIC CLEARANCE DETAILS TITLE: Izzo (H.O.V.A) ARTIST: Jay Z WRITER: Carter/West/Perren/Mizell/Gordy/Lussier PUBLISHER: Jobete / EMI LABEL: Roc-A-Fella Records TITLE: Feelin' On Yo Booty ARTIST: R. Kelly WRITER: Kelly PUBLISHER: Zomba LABEL: Zomba