Ronald Isley is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer who is the lead singer and founding member of the family music group The Isley Brothers.
Read on as we discuss details of Ronald Isley’s wife, Angela Winbush and Kandy Johnson Isley in this write-up.

Who is Ronald Isley?

Ronald Isley was born on May 21, 1941 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America to Sallye Bernice and O’Kelly Isley Sr, as the third of six brothers O’Kelly Isley Jr., Rudolph Isley, Vernon Isley, Ernie Isley and Marvin Isley.

By his early teens, Ronald Isley was singing regularly with his brothers in church tours and also first appeared on TV on Ted Mack’s Amateur Hour. In 1957, 16-year-old Isley and his two elder brothers O’Kelly and Rudy then 19 and 18 moved to New York to pursue a music career. While in New York, Isley and his brothers began recording doo-wop for local labels before landing a major deal with RCA Records in 1959, where the trio wrote and released their debut single “Shout”. By the summer of 1959, the Isley family had moved from Cincinnati to a home in Englewood, New Jersey.

In 2010, Isley received a “Legend Award” at the Soul Train Music Awards. In 2013, Ronald Isley released his second solo album This Song Is For You sign labels eOne. Ronald received a nominees Independent R&B/Soul Artist Performance, at the Soul Train Music Awards.

In 2014, Ronald made a cameo appearance in the music video for the Kendrick Lamar song “i”.
Including his work on songs recorded by the Isley Brothers and R. Kelly, Isley’s singles appeared on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts in six straight decades, from the 1950s (1959’s “Shout”) through the 2000s (2001’s “Contagion”).

His 2015 appearance on Lamar’s “How Much a Dollar Cost” peaked just under the Hot 100 at 109, and his 2021 Isley Brothers track “Friends and Family” failed to hit the main Billboard chart (although it was a Top 50 hit on the R&B and Hip-Hop chart), but do serve to extend his appearances on Billboard charts to eight separate decades.
Ronald Isley was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 as a member of the Isley Brothers.

Who is Ronald Isley’s wife?

Ronald Isley has been in three separate marriages. He married Margret Tinsley in 1960, and in six years time, their daughter Trenisha Isley was born.
In 1993, he married singer Angela Winbush in Los Angeles, California. They share a daughter named Tawanna Isley who was born during their marriage. However the ouple divorced in early 2002.

In September 2005, he married background singer Kandy Johnson of the duo JS/Johnson Sisters. Their son, Ronald Isley, Jr., was born in December 2006. At some point in time Ronald Isley was residing in St. Louis, but now resides in  Los Amgeles where he is living happily with his current wife and their son.

Ronald Isley Health, Is Ronald Isley Sick?

Ronald Isley suffered a mild stroke in London in 2004, which halted an Isley Brothers tour. Three years later in 2007, it was reported that Ronald Isley had kidney problems.

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