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Isaac Hayes
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Isaac Hayes was a writer and producer at the soul label Stax in Memphis. With David Porter he wrote hits such as Soul Man. In the late 1960s he became a star himself with long, orchestral soul songs. For the detective film Shaft (1971) he made a double album full of funk and soul. The title song begins with a wah-wah guitar and a lightning-fast hi-hat, followed by horns, strings and Hayes's spoken vocals. Theme from Shaft won the Oscar for best song. With it Hayes was the first African American to win an Oscar in a category outside acting. In 1974 he played the lead himself in Truck Turner, for which he also wrote the music.
Listening
Theme from Shaft · Isaac Hayes, 1971
Title Theme · Isaac Hayes, 1974
Main Title "Truck Turner" · Isaac Hayes, 1974
Discography
Studio albums
- 1968Presenting Isaac Hayes
- 1969Hot Buttered Soul
- 1970To Be Continued
- 1970The Isaac Hayes Movement
- 1971Black Moses
- 1971Shaft: Music From the Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 1973Joy
- 1974Tough Guys (soundtrack)
- 1974Truck Turner (soundtrack)
- 1975Chocolate Chip
- 1975Disco Connection
- 1975Use Me
- 1976Groove-A-Thon
- 1976Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak)
- 1977New Horizon
- 1978For the Sake of Love
- 1978Hotbed
- 1979Don’t Let Go
- 1979Royal Rappin’s
- 1980And Once Again
- 1981Lifetime Thing
- 1986U-Turn
- 1988Love Attack
- 1993Truck Turner (soundtrack)
- 1995Branded
- 1995Raw & Refined
Other work
- 1971Shaft
In School of Rock
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Mentioned in other articles
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Isaac Hayes, a songwriter at the label Stax in Memphis, wrote the music for Shaft that same year.