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Isaac Hayes

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Release
1
Year
1971
Plays
384

Releases

  • Shaft

    1971 · Album

    Vinyl

Biography

American singer, keyboardist, producer, songwriter, and actor, born 20 August 1942 in Covington, Tennessee, USA, died 10 August 2008 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA (aged 65).

Signed to the Stax record label during the 1960s and 1970s, Hayes played an important role in shaping the Memphis sound. First active for the label as musician and later songwriter/producer (usually teaming up with David Porter), he enjoyed his biggest success as a solo artist in 1971 with the soundtrack of the movie Shaft.

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