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Jamal Roberts performs “Shout” by Isley Brothers, American Idol 2025 Season 23 Top 14. Startattle.com – American Idol.
Contestant: Jamal Roberts (26 years old), PE Teacher from Meridian, Mississippi
Round: Top 14
Song: “Shout” by Isley Brothers
Result: Advanced
Jamal Roberts American Idol Top 14
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Jamal Roberts “Shout” American Idol
“Shout” is a popular song, written and originally recorded by American vocal group the Isley Brothers in 1959. Later versions include a UK Top 10 hit in 1964 by Scottish singer Lulu.
“Shout” was inducted to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it at number 119 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.
The Isley Brothers
In performances around 1958, the Isley Brothers would typically end their shows with a cover version of Jackie Wilson’s hit “Lonely Teardrops”. 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!”. 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”. 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 producers agreed and suggested that the band invite friends to the recording studio to generate a party atmosphere.
The recording took place on July 29, 1959 at the RCA Victor Studios in New York City, with Hugo and Luigi choosing the studio musicians and the Isley Brothers inviting organist Herman Stephens. Released by RCA Victor in August 1959, with the song split over both sides of the record, the single reached number 47 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the group’s first chart hit, and later the brothers’ first gold single on the basis of its longevity. It reached number 44 in Canada. Ronald Isley later said that church groups wrote to radio stations asking them to stop playing the record, because of its use of a traditional black gospel sound.
Show: American Idol
Season: American Idol 2025 (Season 23)
Host: Ryan Seacrest
Judges: Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie
The twenty-third season of American Idol premiered on March 2, 2025, on the ABC television network. Ryan Seacrest returned as host; Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie returned as judges, along with season four winner Carrie Underwood replacing Katy Perry as a judge.
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