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Songs by: Aaliyah
Songs: \u201cAt Your Best\u201d & \u201cLet Me Down Easy\u201d
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Podcast vocals: Gail Nobles
Keyboardist & Drummer: Gail Nobles

Today\u2019s topic is Aaliyah and the Isley Brothers Songs. Songs like At Your Best and Let Me Down Easy.

Nobody can sing a song by the Isley brothers like Aaliyah. I just hummed the tune of \u201cLet Me Down Easy\u201d and I sang three words from \u201cAt Your Best\u201d so you can know what songs I\u2019m talking about.

Aaliyah had a beautiful voice. I love the way she sang ballads. Especially those ballads by the Isley brothers. Hearing her was like hearing their songs for the first time. There was so much feeling. The Isley brothers have done well singing those songs too, but there was just something special about the way Aaliyah sang them.

When some people sing, all you hear is shouting, but Aaliyah proved that it is not always needed. She probably could do a lot more with her voice.I\u2019ve heard her sing Christmas songs standing on stage with Shirley Caesar and others on a Christmas special.

I thought, \u201cIf Aaliyah sounds that great singing Christmas songs, she probably can sing the gospel.\u201d

Remember her performance at the 1998 Oscars where she made history as the youngest entertainer to ever perform on the Oscar\u2019s stage? Aaliyah performed her song \u201cJourney to the Past\u201d ? Right there she was letting us know that she was more than hip hop. The girl had it going on.

Getting back to the songs she sang by the Isley Brothers, she was already letting us know from the get go. (At Your Best) You Are Love is a song originally a radio hit in 1976.

Then Aaliyah comes along with her version eighteen years later. It was released as the album\u2019s second single. It peaked at number 6 on the billboard Hot 100, and number 2 on the R&B singles chart. It also peaked at number 27 on the UK singles chart. The song was certified a gold single by RIAA on Oct 25, 1994. You can find \u201c At Your Best\u201d on the studio album, \u201c Age Ain\u2019t Nothing but a Number\u201d.

\u201cLet Me Down Easy\u201d is from the 1976 album \u201cHarvest for the World\u201d by the Isley Brothers. I heard Aaliyah sing the song in an interview with no music. You can now hear it on YouTube with music.

Today you\u2019ve heard a podcast about \u201cPrincess of R&B Aaliyah. I\u2019m your host Gail Nobles. Tune in again next time for more music history & news. Thank you for listening.