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Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. (August 20, 1942 -- August 10, 2008) [1] was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and musician. Hayes was one of the main creative forces behind southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served as both an in-house songwriter and producer with partner David Porter during the mid-1960s. Alongside, Bill Withers, the Sherman Brothers, Steve Cropper and John Fogerty, Hayes & Porter were named to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 in recognition of their string of successful hit songs for Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas and others In the late 1960s. Their hit song "Soul Man" by Sam & Dave has been recognized as one of the best or most influential songs of the past 50 years by the Grammy Hall of Fame, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rolling Stone magazine, and the RIAA Songs of the Century.
In the late 1960s, Hayes became a recording artist, and recorded successful soul albums such as Hot Buttered Soul (1969) and Black Moses (1971) as the Stax label's premier artist. In addition to his work in popular music, Hayes was a film score composer for motion pictures. His best known work, for the 1971 soul cinema classic film Shaft, earned Hayes an Academy Award for Best Original Song (the first Academy Award received by an African-American in a non-acting category) and two Grammy Awards. He received a third Grammy for the album Black Moses.
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this cover used to scare the crap out of me back then, lol
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industrial revolution!
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NaS " A Message to the Feds, Sincerely, We the People " !!!!!!!!
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Pete Rock - Cake (feat The U.N.)
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the bling bling era was cute but its about to be done
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this is immortale techinice sample,,,,,,,,,,,,
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CAKE!
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otra cancion mas de ISAAC que mata uuuuf la buena para este señor que en paz descanse...
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"I'll leave you fulla clips like the moon blockin the sun"
youR3tard 1 year ago 13
RIP Isaac! Suck my choclolate salty balls baby!
DMSProduktions 10 months ago 6