Isaac Hayes

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Covington, Tennessee, United States (1942 – 2008)

Isaac Lee Hayes (born August 20, 1942, in Covington, Tennessee, United States - died August 10, 2008, in Memphis, Tennessee, United States) was an influential soul singer, songwriter, musician, producer, arranger, and actor. One of the key creative forces behind Memphis’ Stax Records, Hayes began his recording career in 1962, soon playing saxophone for The Bar-Kays. Hayes and writing partner David Porter would pen numerous hits for Stax artists such as Sam & Dave (“Hold On! I’m Comin’”, “Soul Man”) and Carla Thomas (“B-A-B-Y”) during the mid-1960s.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Hayes became famous as a recording artist in his own right, scoring with critically and commercially successful albums such as Hot Buttered Soul and Black Moses. Hayes is best known today for composing the score to the 1971 blaxploitation film Shaft. That film’s “Theme from Shaft” was one of the best-selling singles in Stax Records history, and Hayes became the first African-American to win an Oscar for a non-acting category when “Theme from Shaft” won the 1972 Academy Award for Best Song.

Isaac Hayes may be known to today’s youngest generation as the voice of the character “Chef”, the ladies’ man/school cook, on the animated sitcom South Park from 1997 until his resignation from the show in March 2006. While Hayes’ departure was tagged to a controversial South Park episode on Scientology that had supposedly offended him, Hayes rarely declared anything about the departure in first person.

1	Theme from Shaft full track	1,479
2	Run fay run full track	1,288
3	Walk on by full track	1,126
4	By the Time I Get to Phoenix full track	651
5	Never Can Say Goodbye full track	516
6	Do Your Thing full track	447
7	The Look of Love full track	299
8	I Stand Accused full track	256
9	Soulsville full track	233
10	Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic	213
11	Bumpy's Lament full track	198
12	Let's Stay Together full track	182
13	One Woman full track	180
14	Precious, Precious full track	165
15	Ellie's Love Theme full track	162

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yung_dog wrote:
Wednesday morning

rest in peace

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Thorpe wrote:
Tuesday evening

Notice how places like 7digital and iTunes are cashing in on his death by promoting albums like Shaft?

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ilovestarburst wrote:
Monday evening

I can't believe he is gone. We'll miss you, Issac.

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DDbenc wrote:
Sunday evening

:(

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rok93 wrote:
Saturday evening

:( R.I.P

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nikson007 wrote:
Saturday evening

to me will be there is no of enough of him

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Requiemi wrote:
8 days ago

R.I.P. Man!

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bigjackd wrote:
10 days ago

Gods speed your one great Man and will be missed RIP ..dude

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ex-robot wrote:
11 days ago

yo man..it was great!

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conorsampson wrote:
11 days ago

RIP man

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Misticryo wrote:
11 days ago

RIP, dude.

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VenusTreat wrote:
12 days ago

http://www.last.fm/group/The+Group+That+Carries+Music+Everywhere+They+Go%2C+Even+To+Places+They%27re+Not+Supposed+To

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x1lordx wrote:
12 days ago

RIP, Issac was a very great actor, great singer, u will be missed.

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traskalik wrote:
13 days ago

Goodbye Mr. Hayes. You will be heard and remembered.

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soulwalk wrote:
13 days ago

thank you we'll be missing you, Issac

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preachelements wrote:
14 days ago

RIP!

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tanz_musik wrote:
15 days ago

goodbye =[

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cecilynotsicily wrote:
15 days ago

Missing you already. I hope there's music wherever you are.

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tygryzz wrote:
15 days ago

Who's the black private dick That's a sex machine to all the chicks? (Shaft!) You're damn right Who is the man That would risk his neck for his brother man? (Shaft!) Can ya dig it? We're gonna miss You, Mr Hayes... [*]

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mrtnd wrote:
15 days ago

r i p !

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