![]() The recording took place on July 29, 1959, with Hugo and Luigi choosing the studio musicians and the Isley Brothers inviting organist Herman Stephens. The producers agreed and suggested that the band invite friends to the recording studio to generate a party atmosphere. On returning to New York City at the end of their engagement, they suggested to record producers Hugo & Luigi that they record the "Shout!" climax of the performance as a separate song. The group developed the song further in later performances and rehearsals, using a drawn out "We-eee-ll" copied from Ray Charles' " I Got a Woman". ![]() ![]() At one performance at the Uptown Theater in Philadelphia, lead singer Ronald Isley could see the audience standing and yelling their approval, so he extended the song by improvising a call-and-response around the words "You know you make me wanna." "Shout!". In performances around 1958, the Isley Brothers would typically end their shows with a cover version of Jackie Wilson's hit " Lonely Teardrops".
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