Performance · Production
O'Kelly Isley
Cincinnati, United States
O'Kelly Isley is credited on 2,907 releases across 986 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
2,907
Credits
986
Albums
8
Decades active
1,225
In collections
Biography
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter. One of the original three members of the Isley Brothers.
Born December 25, 1937, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Died March 31, 1986, in Alpine, New Jersey, of a heart attack.
He was also sometimes credited as “Kelly”, especially during the 1970s.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
2,907 releases · 986 albums · active 1959–2025
- Performance · 3,490
- Production · 409
- Other credits · 20
Studios: Record Plant, Los Angeles · Echo Sound · Bayside Sound · Studio 56
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
To Pimp A Butterfly
2015
Ready To Die
1994
Texas Flood
1983
De La Soul Is Dead
1991
Since I Left You
2000
Whitney
1987
Nuggets (Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968)
1972
Anthology 1
1995
E. 1999 Eternal
1995
Drunk
2017
The Power Station 33⅓
1985
Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life
1998
AWB
1974
Go For Your Guns
1977
3 + 3
1973
Pack Up The Plantation - Live!
1985
Cross Road (The Best Of Bon Jovi)
1994
Love.Angel.Music.Baby.
2004
Joan Jett
1980
Alright, Still
2006
Muddy Waters
1996
Bad To The Bone
1982
National Lampoon's Animal House (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1978
Bedtime Stories
1994
Frequent collaborators
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