Biography

Few figures exerted greater influence over the music of the 1960s and '70s than Isaac Hayes. After laying the groundwork for the Memphis soul sound through his work with Stax-Volt Records (which saw him co-writing such hits as "Soul Man"), Hayes launched a successful solo career which predated not only the disco movement but also the evolution of rap. He reached his commercial zenith with the release of 1971's Shaft, the score from the Gordon Parks film of the same name. Not only did Shaft win Hayes an Academy Award for Best Score (the first African-American composer to receive that honor), but the single "Theme from 'Shaft'" became a number one hit. ~ Jason Ankeny

Top Tracks

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• A Man Will Be A Man

• Ain't No Sunshine/lonely Avenue

• By The Time I Get To Phoenix

• Chocolate Chip

• Do Your Thing

• Don't Let Go

• Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight

• Ellie's Love Theme

• Good Love

• Hung Up On My Baby

• Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic

• I Can't Turn Around

• I Stand Accused

• I'll Never Fall In Love Again

• Joy

• Joy (part 1)

• Joy, Pt. 1

• Medley: Monologue/ike's Mood I/you've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

• Moonlight Lovin' (menage A Trois)

• Never Can Say Goodbye

• Never Gonna Give You Up

• Our Day Will Come

• Out Of The Ghetto

• Something

• The Look Of Love

• Theme From Shaft

• Walk On By

Discography

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• Branded

  Point Blank

  1995

• Raw and Refined

  Point Blank

  1995

• Love Attack

  Columbia

  1988

• U-Turn

  Columbia

  1986

• Lifetime Thing

  Polydor

  1981

• Royal Rappins

  1980

• And Once Again

  Polydor

  1980

• Don't Let Go

  Polygram Special Products / Special Music

  1979

• Hotbed

  Stax

  1978

• For the Sake of Love

  Polydor

  1978

• New Horizon

  BBR

  1977

• A Man and a Woman

  1977

• Groove-A-Thon

  Stax

  1976

• Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak)

  Concord / Fantasy

  1976

• Disco Connection

  1976

• Tough Guys

  Stax

  1974

• Joy

  Stax

  1973

• Live at the Sahara Tahoe

  Stax

  1973

• Black Moses

  Fantasy / Stax

  1971

• The Isaac Hayes Movement

  Stax

  1970

• Hot Buttered Soul

  Fantasy / Stax

  1969