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{{Short description|American singer and songwriter (born 1941)}}
{{redirect|Mr. Biggs|the restaurant chain|Mr Bigg's}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Ronald Isley
| image = Ron Isley.jpg
| caption = Isley in 1996
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|record producer}}
| instrument = Vocals
| background =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1941|5|21}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=ronald+b+isley&pg=RA1-PA1983|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=May 27, 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mTM_9JTeoMIC&q=ronald+b+isley&pg=PA397|title=American Singing Groups: A History from 1940s to Today|first=Jay|last=Warner|date=December 15, 2017|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780634099786|via=Google Books}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Cincinnati]], Ohio, U.S.
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* {{marriage|Margret Tinsley|1960|1987|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Angela Winbush]]|1993|2002|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[JS (band)|Kandy Johnson]]|2005}}
}}
| genre = {{hlist|[[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]|[[Soul music|soul]]|[[funk]]|[[quiet storm]]}}
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| alias = Mr. Biggs
| years_active = 1954–present
| website = [http://www.islanddefjam.com/artist/home.aspx?artistID=7376 Official Webpage]
| current_member_of = [[The Isley Brothers]]
| label = {{hlist|[[T-Neck Records|T-Neck]]|[[Def Soul]]
}}
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==Early life==
Born in 1941 to Sallye Bernice (née Bell) and O'Kelly Isley Sr, Isley was the third of six brothers ([[O'Kelly Isley Jr.]], [[Rudolph Isley]], Vernon Isley, [[Ernie Isley]], [[Marvin Isley]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://psychedelichippiemusic.blogspot.com/2009/11/isley-brothers-success-at-its-best.html|title=Dr Robert Muller – 1960s Psychedelic Hippie Culture and Music: The Isley Brothers – Success at Its Best|first=Dr Robert|last=Muller|date=November 6, 2009}}</ref> Ronald, like many of his siblings, began his career in the church. Isley began singing at the age of two, winning a $25 [[war bond]] (approx. $429 in 2022) for singing at a [[Spiritual (music)|spiritual]] contest at the Union Baptist Church. By the age of seven, Isley was singing on-stage at venues such as the [[Regal Theater, South Side (Chicago)|Regal Theater]] in Chicago, alongside [[Dinah Washington]] and a few other notables.{{who|date=August 2020}}
The youngest of the original four Isley Brothers was Vernon (b: 18 June 1943 - d: 24 Sept 1954); who at the age of 11 was struck and killed by a car while riding his bicycle.<ref>death certificate, Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 1954, Reg. No. 3101, Registrar's No. 5292; informant was Sallye Isley</ref>
==Career==
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After Kelly Isley's death in 1986 and Rudy Isley's departure to the ministry in 1989, Ronald has carried on with the Isley Brothers name either as a solo artist or with accompanying help from younger brothers, particularly Ernie. In 1990, Isley scored a top-ten duet with [[Rod Stewart]] with a cover of his brothers' hit "[[This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)]]", and in 2003 Ronald recorded a solo album, ''Here I Am: Bacharach Meets Isley'', with [[Burt Bacharach]]. In addition, Ron Isley became a sought-after [[Hook (music)|hook singer]] for [[R. Kelly]], [[Warren G]], [[2Pac]] and [[UGK]].{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} Isley released his first solo album ''Mr. I'' on November 30, 2010. The album includes the first single "No More". It debuted at number 50 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 22,243 copies. It was his first solo album to crack that chart.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/ronald-isley-honored-soul-train-awards-2010-set-release-solo-album-mr-article-1.450643|title=Ronald Isley honored at Soul Train Awards 2010, set to release first solo album 'Mr I'|last=Roberts|first=Soraya|date=November 29, 2010|work=[[New York Daily News]]|access-date=November 3, 2020}}</ref>
In 2010, Isley received a "Legend Award" at the [[Soul Train Music Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/kevin-johnson/ron-isley-receiving-soul-train-legend-award/article_7a144f90-dd23-11df-ba51-0017a4a78c22.html|title=Ron Isley receiving Soul Train Legend Award|last=Johnson|first=Kevin|date=October 21, 2010|website=stltoday.com|access-date=November 2, 2017}}</ref> In 2013, Ronald released his second solo album ''This Song Is For You'' sign labels [[E1 Music|eOne]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/1572964/ronald-isley-my-favorite-thing-exclusive-song-premiere | title=Ronald Isley, 'My Favorite Thing': Exclusive Song Premiere | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] | date=July 12, 2013}}</ref> Ronald received a nominees Independent R&B/Soul Artist Performance, at the [[Soul Train Music Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bet.com/shows/soul-train-awards/2013/nominees/best-independent-rnb-soul-performance.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112231220/http://www.bet.com/shows/soul-train-awards/2013/nominees/best-independent-rnb-soul-performance.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 12, 2013|title=Soul Train Awards Archives|website=BET.com}}</ref> In 2014, Ronald made a cameo appearance in the music video for the Kendrick Lamar song "[[i (Kendrick Lamar song)|i]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-SEB-84624|title=Kendrick Lamar Grooves with Ron Isley in His New Video 'i'|last=Ayers|first=Mike|date=November 4, 2014|publisher=[[Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=November 3, 2020}}</ref>
Including his work on songs recorded by the Isley Brothers and R. Kelly, Isley's singles appeared on the
Ronald Isley was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 as a member of the Isley Brothers.
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==Personal life==
[[File:Ron_Isley_and_Angela_Winbush.jpg|thumb|Isley and Winbush in 1996]]
Isley married Margret Tinsley in 1960, and in 1969 their daughter Trenisha Isley was born. In 1993, he married singer [[Angela Winbush]]
Isley suffered a mild stroke in London in 2004, which halted an Isley Brothers tour. In September 2005, he married background singer Kandy Johnson of the duo [[JS (band)|JS/Johnson Sisters]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_10_108/ai_n15655326/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051216170728/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_10_108/ai_n15655326/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 16, 2005|title=Jet: Soul legend Ronald Isley weds singer Kandy Johnson|date=December 16, 2005}}</ref> Their son, Ronald Isley, Jr., was born in December 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_22_109/ai_n26699086/?tag=rbxcra.2.a.11|title=FindArticles.com – CBSi|website=findarticles.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mediatakeout.com/44791/wow_66_year_old_ronald_isley_photod_out_with_his_lovely_wife____whos_only_31_how_he_do_dat_at.html|title=Home – MediaTakeOut.
===Tax evasion===
In 2006, Isley was convicted of [[tax evasion]] charges. He was to owe the [[Internal Revenue Service]] over $3.1 million in back taxes<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-09-06 |title=Isley Brother Gets 3 Years, Will Pay $3M for Tax Evasion |url=https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/isley-brother-gets-3-years-will-pay-3m-for-tax-evasion |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=Accounting Today |language=en}}</ref> and sentenced to three years and one month in prison.<ref>{{cite web|title=Singer Ronald Isley gets 3 years in prison|date=September 5, 2006 |url=http://www.today.com/id/14681264/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/singer-ronald-isley-gets-years-prison/|publisher=NBCNews.com|access-date=September 6, 2013}}</ref> Isley's sentence was affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.<ref>See ''United States v. Isley'', 2008 Tax Notes Today (Tax Analysts) 29-13, No. 06-50509 (9th Cir. 2008).</ref><ref>[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1046554/court-upholds-isleys-tax-evasion-sentence Court Upholds Isley's Tax Evasion Sentence", February 12, 2008, ''Billboard.com''].</ref> Isley was imprisoned at the [[Federal Correctional Institution]] at [[Terre Haute, Indiana]], and was scheduled for release on April 13, 2010. He was moved to a half-way house (Dismas House) in St. Louis, following an early departure that October.<ref>[http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&LastName=Isley&Middle=&FirstName=Ronald&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=25&y=15 Prisoner number 31215-112].</ref> After his sentence was completed, Isley was released from a federal half-way house on April 13, 2010. Isley is listed as one of California's most delinquent taxpayers, with a $303,411.43 debt from a lien filed on October 22, 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ftb.ca.gov/individuals/txdlnqnt.shtml|title=Delinquent Taxpayers|access-date=June 22, 2010}}</ref>
==Discography==
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