Isaac Hayes

• Birthplace: Covington, Tennessee, USA
• Birthday: August 20, 1942

Perhaps no other songwriter and musician summed up soul, R&B and funk than Isaac Hayes. Once dubbed “Black Moses,” Hayes emerged from being a sideman and songwriter for Stax Records to become the embodiment of early 1970s soul music. After introducing himself with the jazz-influenced Presenting Isaac Hayes , Hayes became a top-selling artist with Hot Buttered Soul and an Academy Award winner for his theme song to the revered blaxploitation flick, “Shaft” (1971). But once he reached the mid-1970s, Hayes’ success on the charts began to…more