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Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. He was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records, serving as both an in-house songwriter and as a session musician and record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the mid-1960s.
Mar 25, 2015 · Multiplatinum-selling artist Isaac Hayes, dubbed “Black Moses” during the height of his pop ...more
Actor: Escape from New York. Isaac Hayes, the second-born child of Eula and Isaac Hayes Sr., was raised by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wade Sr. The child of a poor family, he grew up picking cotton in Covington, Tennessee.
Mar 5, 2011 · All 19:00 of The Black Moses' grooved-out cover of the Jimmy Webb classic. From the quietly chilling 9-minute long backstory all the way through to the epic organ and horn solo finish, it's all ...
Nearly five decades after the days of Stax and Shaft, he’s one of the most sampled artists of all time. And yet there’s new ground to break: Tracklib now unearths never-before-heard songs and...
Jun 20, 2024 · Isaac Hayes (born August 20, 1942, Covington, Tennessee, U.S.—died August 10, 2008, East Memphis, Tennessee) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor who was a pioneering figure in soul music.
It was Isaac Hayes who turned chains - once symbols of slavery and degradation - into ornaments, a decade before Mr. T. and decades before the arrival of bling-bling. The live...
Apr 11, 2012 · Soul singer Isaac Hayes - who wrote the Shaft film soundtrack - died after being found unconscious by his wife beside a running treadmill at his home, it was revealed today.
Isaac Hayes, the pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose ''Theme From Shaft'' won Academy and Grammy awards, has died at the age of 65. Above, Mr. Hayes in 2002.
Aug 20, 2023 · The best Isaac Hayes songs revolutionized soul music, spearheaded symphonic soul, and helped to invent the Blaxploitation genre.
