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

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...

Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain's rendition of that classic Isaac Hayes movie theme from 'Shaft' played live at Cambridge Folk Festival

Can you dig it?

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

Tribute to blaxploitation movies icon Shaft and black Moses, Isaac Hayes (RIP funksoul brotha man), and above all to Funk music itself by Funky Coconut. Shaft, Gordon Parks, USA, 1971.

Isaac Hayes performing/conducting Shaft live in Germany

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

Trailer do filme Shaft(2000) com Samuel L. Jackson

Theme from SHAFT (1971) Music Composed and Performed by ISAAC HAYES August 20, 1942 - August 12, 2008 IN MEMORY Lyrics: Who's the black private dick That's a sex machine to all the chicks? SHAFT! Ya damn right! Who is the man that would risk his neck For his brother man? SHAFT! Can you dig it? Who's the cat that won't cop out When there's danger all about? SHAFT! Right On! They say this cat Shaft is a bad mother SHUT YOUR MOUTH! I'm talkin' 'bout Shaft. THEN WE CAN DIG IT! He's a complicated man But no one understands him but his woman JOHN SHAFT!

the bar kays son of shaft

The Bar-Kays singing Son Of Shaft before a live audience of 100,000 people at the Los Angeles Coliseum on August 20, 1972. This event was part of the Wattstax concert festival that year, which was organized by the Memphis, Tennessee Stax Record Label to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Watts riots and black power, pride, culture, tradition and heritage struggle. The party and peaceful atmosphere of Wattstax was seen by some as "the African Americans answer to Woodstock", and the Reverend Jesse Jackson gave the invocation, which included his "I Am - Somebody" poem, which was recited in a call and response with the assembled stadium crowd. There was a film (Wattstax) directed by Mel Stuart which was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Documentary Film in 1974. The songs in the film, in order of appearance: "What You See Is What You Get", performed by The Dramatics "Oh La De Da", performed by the Staple Singers "We the People", performed by the Staple Singers "Respect Yourself", performed by the Staple Singers "Star-Spangled Banner", performed by Kim Weston "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing", performed by Kim Weston "Someone Greater Than I", performed by Jimmy Jones "Lying on the Truth", performed by the Rance Allen Group "Peace Be Still", performed by The Emotions "Old-Time Religion", performed by William Bell, Louise McCord, Debra Manning, Eric Mercury, Freddy Robinson, Lee Sain, Ernie Hines, Little Sonny, the Newcomers, Eddie Floyd, the Temprees, Frederick Knight "Son of Shaft/Feel It", performed by The Bar-Kays "I'll Play The Blues For You", performed by Albert King "Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone", performed by Johnnie Taylor "Walking the Backstreet and Crying", performed by Little Milton "I May Not Be What You Want", performed by Mel and Tim "Picking Up the Pieces", sung by Carla Thomas "The Breakdown", sung by Rufus Thomas "If Lovin' You Is Wrong, I Don't Want to be Right", sung by Luther Ingram "Theme from Shaft", sung by Isaac Hayes "Soulsville", sung by Isaac Hayes More on The Bar-Kays: The Bar-Kays are a popular soul, R&B, and funk group which began performing in 1966 and continue to perform today, although with only one original member. They began in Memphis, Tennessee as a favorite recording studio session musician group, backing major artists at Stax Records. They were chosen in 1967 by Otis Redding to play as his backing band. On 10 December 1967, Redding, his manager, and band members Jimmy King (b. 1949; guitar), Ronnie Caldwell (b. 1948; organ), Phalon Jones (b. 1949; saxophone), and Carl Cunningham (b. 1949; drums) died in a plane crash in Lake Monona while on their way to a performance in Madison, Wisconsin. Trumpeter Ben Cauley survived the crash and bassist James Alexander (who missed the flight due to returning a rental car) rebuilt the group. The reformed band consisted of Cauley; Alexander; Harvey Henderson, saxophone; Michael Toles, guitar; Ronnie Gorden, organ; Willie Hall, drums and later Larry Dodson, lead vocals. The group backed dozens of major Stax artists on recordings afterwards, including on Isaac Hayes' Hot Buttered Soul album, and changed direction in the 1970s to have a successful funk music career on Mercury Records. They continued to score hits on R&B charts well into the 1980s and have performed all over the world. The band took a hiatus in the late 1980s, but then reformed in 1991 with Alexander as the only remaining original member. Lloyd Smith joined The Bar-Kays in 1973. Soul Finger (1967) Pop Top 20, R&B#3 Son of Shaft (1972) R&B Top 10 Note In the movie Spies Like Us, starring Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase, The Bar-Kays' hit "Soul Finger" is the favorite song of the crew of a Soviet mobile ICBM platform on patrol in Tajikistan S.S.R. Dan Aykroyd also covered "Soul Finger" with John Belushi and their band, The Blues Brothers, on one of their albums. James Alexander's son is award-winning rapper and music producer Phalon "Jazze Pha" Alexander, who was named after Phalon Jones. Their songs "Too Hot to Stop" and "Soul Finger" are featured in the 2007 film Superbad. Similar artists and followers include: Booker T. & the MG's, The Mar-Keys, The J.B.'s, Isaac Hayes, Charles Wright, Zapp, The Ohio Players, Cameo, Dazz Band, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, Right Choice, Michael Cooper, Otis Redding, Willie & the Mighty Magnificents, The Funk Brothers, The Meters, James Brown, George Clinton, Chuck Brown, The Average White Band, Kool & the Gang, MFSB, 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, seventies celebration Rolling Stones The Beatles Bob Dylan Nirvana disco Percussion

Wonderfull track which goes by a great movie and represents a great actor. The climax in the song is amazing and you really feel the song when you play it LOUD

Jerry Reed's #1 hit from 1982, "She Got The Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)"

banda sonora de la peli Shaft en África

Music video Malik Adoune Shaft

the beat just kills you

U.S. universities are aiding the arms race with China and aiding America's industrial decline.

Episode called "Bad Blood" taken from X-Files season 5. Scene cuts to Agent Mulder singing the theme to Shaft after being induced with drugs.

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

Shaft in Africa, released in 1973, is the third film in the trilogy of films that starred actor Richard Roundtree as John Shaft. John Guillermin directed and Stirling Silliphant did the screenplay. The cost went up to $2,142, 000, but the gross fell to $1,458,000. MGM quickly sold the property to television, but the television series was cancelled after just seven episodes. While in Africa, John Shaft is persuaded by threats of physical force, the promise of money, and the lure of a pretty tutor, to assume the identity of a native-speaking itinerant worker in the country. His job is to help break a racket that is smuggling immigrants into Europe then exploiting them. But the villains have heard that he is on his way. Shaft must pass a test before being hired for the job; the test involves him surviving in a small, overheated room without water, and a floor covered in deep sand, mimicking the supposed conditions of Africa. Shaft ingeniously covers himself with the sand, thereby avoiding heatstroke and winning the contract from his employer.

Joel Grey presenting the Oscar® for Best Original Song to Isaac Hayes for "Shaft" - the 44th Annual Academy Awards® in 1972.

Shaft in Africa, released in 1973, is the third film in the trilogy of films that starred actor Richard Roundtree as John Shaft. John Guillermin directed and Stirling Silliphant did the screenplay. The cost went up to $2,142, 000, but the gross fell to $1,458,000. MGM quickly sold the property to television, but the television series was cancelled after just seven episodes. While in Africa, John Shaft is persuaded by threats of physical force, the promise of money, and the lure of a pretty tutor, to assume the identity of a native-speaking itinerant worker in the country. His job is to help break a racket that is smuggling immigrants into Europe then exploiting them. But the villains have heard that he is on his way. Shaft must pass a test before being hired for the job; the test involves him surviving in a small, overheated room without water, and a floor covered in deep sand, mimicking the supposed conditions of Africa. Shaft ingeniously covers himself with the sand, thereby avoiding heatstroke and winning the contract from his employer.

Incubus's song "Shaft" off of their album Fungus Amongus...

Music video for the fictional band Drive Shaft