This Old Heart of Mine

Recorded at Hitsville USA (Studio A) in Detroit during Motown’s 1965–66 period, with Ronald Isley on lead vocal and the Funk Brothers providing the backing track. The song was written and produced for the group by Holland-Dozier-Holland. It marked the Isley Brothers’ breakthrough as a Motown act and became their biggest American pop hit. The single reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 6 on the R&B singles chart. The track remained the group’s signature Motown-era record and one of the label’s enduring crossover soul hits. It has been widely covered and regularly cited as a high point of the Holland-Dozier-Holland catalog.