Isaac Hayes
American musician and actor
Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. He was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records in the 1960s, serving as an in-house songwriter with his partner David Porter, as well as a session musician and record producer. Hayes and Porter were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 in recognition of writing scores of songs for themselves, the duo Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, and others. In 2002, Hayes was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Hayes wrote the musical score for the film Shaft (1971). For the "Theme from Shaft", he was awarded the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1972, making him the third black person, after Hattie McDaniel and Sidney Poitier, to win an Academy Award in any competitive field covered by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Hayes also won two Grammy Awards that same year. Later, he won his third Grammy for his album Black Moses.
In 1992, Hayes was crowned honorary king of the Ada region of Ghana in recognition of his humanitarian work there. He acted in films and television, such as in the movies Truck Turner (1974), Escape from New York (1981) and I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988), and as Gandolf "Gandy" Fitch in the TV series The Rockford Files (1974–1980). Hayes also voiced the character Chef in the Comedy Central animated series South Park from its debut in 1997 until his controversial departure in 2006.
On August 5, 2003, Hayes was honored as a BMI Icon at the 2003 BMI Urban Awards for his enduring influence on generations of musicians. Throughout his songwriting career, Hayes received five BMI R&B Awards, two BMI Pop Awards, two BMI Urban Awards and six Million-Air citations.
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Works
- 60 Minutes of Your Love
- A Friend’s Place
- A House Full of Girls
- A Man Will Be a Man
- After Five
- Another Execution
- Aruba
- Bag Lady
- Be Yourself
- Blue’s Crib
- Body Language
- Branded
- Breakthrough
- Bumpy’s Blues
- Bumpy’s Lament
- Café Regio’s
- Chocolate Chip
- Choppers
- Come Live With Me
- Come On In
- Death of a Carjacka
- Disco Connection
- Disco Shuffle
- Do Your Thing
- Dorinda's Party
- Drinking
- Driving in the Sun
- Déjà vu
- Early Sunday Morning
- Ellie’s Love Theme
- Everybody Got to Believe
- Give It to Me
- Groove-A-Thon
- Hobosac and Me
- Hospital Shootout
- House of Beauty
- Hung Up on My Baby
- I Ain’t Never
- I Want to Make Love to You So Bad
- I'll Do Anything To Turn You On
- I'm Gonna Make It
- Ich bin Soulfan (Soul Man)
- Ike's Plea
- Ike's Rap I
- Ike’s Mood 1
- Ike’s Rap II
- Ike’s Rap VII
- Joe Bell
- Joy
- Lawman (執法者)
- Let Me Love You
- Let the Bass Go
- Life's Mood
- Lifetime Thing
- Life’s Mood II
- Love Has Been Good to Us
- Make a Little Love to Me
- No Name Bar
- Now We’re One
- Ordonne mais pardonne
- Precious, Precious
- Pursuit of the Pimpmobile
- Rock Me Easy Baby
- Run Fay Run
- Shaft
- Shaft Strikes Again
- Shaft’s Cab Ride
- Soulsville
- St. Thomas Square
- Summer
- Thanks to the Fool
- The Duke
- The End Theme
- The Feeling Keeps on Coming
- The First Day of Forever
- The Game
- The Insurance Company
- The Mistletoe and Me
- The Red Rooster
- Theme From Shaft
- Theme From The Men
- Title Theme From Three Tough Guys
- Two Cool Guys (Theme From Beavis and Butt-Head Do America)
- VYKKII
- Walk From Regio's
- We Need Each Other Girl
- We’ve Got a Whole Lot of Love
- When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
- Wherever You Are
- Wish You Were Here You Ought to Be Here
- Wonderful
- You're in My Arms Again
- Your Loving Is Much Too Strong