 | Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up Curtis Mayfield with his awsome track "Move On Up" from the Album "Curtis" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_(Curtis_Mayfield_album) from the year 1970 |
 | Isaac Hayes - Shaft Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. (August 20, 1942 -- August 10, 2008)[1] was an American soul and funk singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger, composer and actor. 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. 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. Alongside his work in popular music, Hayes was a film score composer for motion pictures. His best known work, for the 1971 blaxploitation 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. In 1992, in recognition of his humanitarian work, he was crowned an honorary king of Ghana's Ada district. From 1997 to 2006, he provided the voice for the character "Chef" on the Comedy Central animated TV series South Park. Hayes was found dead in his Memphis home on August 10, 2008 as reported by the Shelby County sheriff's department. His death came 10 days before his 66th birthday.[1] [2]Here is a complete slo-mo video clip of Isaac Hayes conducting the Theme from Shaft, which won an Oscar for best song. After viewing, visit this lost mash-up classic from 1985 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UTpVWKPxHA |
 | Isaac Hayes - Shaft II (1978) Isaac Lee Hayes (born August 20, 1942) is an American Grammy Award- and Academy Award-winning soul and funk singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger, and actor. Hayes was one of the main creative forces behind Southern soul music label Stax Records, for which he served as both an in-house songwriter/producer and later as its premier recording artist. In addition to his work in popular music, Hayes has also written scores for several motion pictures. His best known film score, for the 1971 blaxploitation 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. Hayes received a third Grammy for his 1971 album Black Moses. (from wikipedia) Isaac's Officail Website - www.isaachayes.com Isaac's Music on Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/002-0039172-5185661?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=isaac+hayes Wikipedia.org - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Hayes |
 | Isaac Hayes - Shaft - live 1973 Isaac Hayes´s live 1973, the song is Shaft, the other man is Jesse Jackson. The Soul Man was died 11.8.2008 From Spain, Rest in peace Black Moses... visit mp3 files on www.myspace.com/bomboconocecajaprods |
 | BWE Presents...Great Moments In Blaxploitation History Black Wizard Entertainment presents some of the best moments from the classics of 70s soul cinema. |
 | SHAFT opening scene (1971) This is the legendary opening scene to the hit movie shaft. You can just tell from him walking down the streets of NY that he is a bad ass mother... |
 | Papa was a Rolling Stone - Isaac Hayes, Charlotte + Jazzie B Live rendition of "Papa was a rolling stone", performed by Isaac Hayes himself, Charlotte (Kelly) & Jazzie B (Soul2Soul) on the French TV show, Tara Tata. |
 | Isaac Hayes- Soulville Isaac performing at Wattstax "Soulville" concert. |
 | Isaac Hayes scores Shaft film - Café Reggio & Shaft Theme 1971 Isaac Hayes was born in Covington, Tennessee in 1942, the second-born child of Isaac Sr. and Eula Hayes, but after their deaths was raised by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wade, Sr. The child of a poor family, he grew up picking cotton in Covington. He dropped out of high school, only to be encouraged later by his former high school teachers at Manassas High to get his diploma. He earned his diploma at the age of 21. He began singing at the age of five at his local church, and, soon after, he taught himself how to play the piano, electronic organ, flute, and saxophone. In early 1971, Hayes composed music for the soundtrack of the blaxploitation film Shaft. (in the movie, he also appeared in a cameo role as the bartender of No Name Bar). The title theme, with its wah-wah guitar and multi-layered symphonic arrangement, would become a worldwide hit single, and spent two weeks at number one in the Billboard Hot 100 in November. The remainder of the album was mostly instrumentals covering big beat jazz, bluesy funk, and hard Stax-styled soul. The other two vocal songs, the social commentary "Soulville" and the nineteen-minute jam "Do Your Thing," would be edited down to hit singles. Hayes won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for the Theme from Shaft, and was nominated for Best Original Dramatic Score for the film's score. More on Shaft the movie: Shaft is a 1971 American film directed by Gordon Parks and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. An action film with elements of film noir, Shaft tells the story of a black private detective, John Shaft, who travels through Harlem and to the Italian mob in order to find the missing daughter of a black mobster. It stars Richard Roundtree as Shaft, Moses Gunn as Bumpy Jonas, Charles Cioffi as Lt. Vic Androzzi, Christopher St. John as Ben Buford, and Gwenn Mitchell and Lawrence Pressman in smaller roles. The movie was adapted by Ernest Tidyman and John D. F. Black from Tidyman's 1971 novel of the same name. The movie is widely considered a prime example of the blaxploitation genre. The Shaft soundtrack album, recorded by Isaac Hayes, was also a success, with the "Theme from Shaft" winning the 1972 Academy Award for Best Original Song. In 2000, Shaft was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Tagline The mob wanted Harlem back. They got Shaft...up to here. Production for Shaft the movie According to Melvin Van Peebles, the original production was of a white detective story, but after the success of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971), the original script was scrapped in favor of an adaptation of Ernest Tidyman's 1970 novel Shaft, which focused on an African-American detective. Tidyman, who was white, was an editor at The New York Times prior to becoming a novelist. He sold the movie rights to Shaft by showing the galley proofs to the studio (the novel had not yet been published). Tidyman was honored by the NAACP for his work on the Shaft movies and books. Box office and Academy Awards The film was a surprising and runaway box-office success, grossing $12 million, with a budget of only $1,125,000. Isaac Hayes won an Academy Award for Best Music, Song for "Theme from Shaft". Hayes was also nominated for Best Music, Original Dramatic Score. Sequels Two sequels were made: Shaft's Big Score in 1972, and Shaft in Africa in 1973. These were followed by a series of TV movies starring Roundtree as Shaft on CBS during the 1973-1974 TV season. In 2000, a sequel was made featuring Samuel L. Jackson in the title role (see Shaft (2000 film)). Jackson plays the nephew of Richard Roundtree's character; Roundtree returns as John Shaft, still a private eye, trying to get his nephew to join him. Similar artists and followers include: Booker T. & the MG's, The Mar-Keys, Charles Wright, Zapp, The Ohio Players, Cameo, Dazz Band, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, Otis Redding, Willie & the Mighty Magnificents, The Funk Brothers, The Meters, James Brown, George Clinton, Chuck Brown, The Average White Band, Kool & the Gang, The Salsoul Orchestra, Brass Construction, Norman Harris, Earl Young, Ectomorph, Ron Baker, Aristocrats, Cee Knowledge, Lefties Soul Connection, Arthur Conley, The Artist Formerly Known as Prince and the Revolution, New Power Generation, Earth, Wind & Fire, Funkadelics, Parliament, Jimi Hendrix, Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, afros, 70's, 70s, 1970's, 1970s, Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Nirvana, disco, Percussion, Bar-Kays, barkays, Gordon Parks, film scores, Theme From Shaft, Barry White, Curtis Mayfield, Gap Band, Bill Withers, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Motown, Eric B. & Rakim, Café Reggio's, R. Kelly |
 | Theme From Shaft Our group performance from the 1999 Red Bull Great Skate competition. |
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