Isaac Lee Hayes (born Aug 20, 1942, in Covington, Tennessee - died Aug 10,… Read Full Bio ↴Isaac Lee Hayes (born Aug 20, 1942, in Covington, Tennessee - died Aug 10, 2008, in Memphis, Tennessee) was an influential soul singer, songwriter, musician, producer, arranger, and actor. One of the key creative forces behind Memphis' Stax Records, Hayes began his recording career in 1962, soon playing saxophone for The Bar-Kays. Hayes and writing partner David Porter would pen numerous hits for Stax artists such as Sam & Dave ("Hold On! I'm Comin'", "Soul Man") and Carla Thomas ("B-A-B-Y") during the mid-1960s.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Hayes became famous as a recording artist in his own right, scoring with critically and commercially successful albums such as Hot Buttered Soul and Black Moses. Hayes is best known today for composing the score to the 1971 blaxploitation film Shaft. That film's "Theme from Shaft" was one of the best-selling singles in Stax Records history, and Hayes became the first African-American to win an Oscar for a non-acting category when "Theme from Shaft" won the 1972 Academy Award for Best Song.

Isaac Hayes may be known to today's youngest generation as the voice of the character "Chef", the ladies' man/school cook, on the animated sitcom South Park from 1997 until his resignation from the show in March 2006. While Hayes' departure was tagged to a controversial South Park episode on Scientology that had supposedly offended him, Hayes rarely declared anything about the departure in first person.

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I have been playing Retro Soul Music.
Isaac Hayes Was Then, And Now At The Very Summit of his Talents ( Plural)
Isaac Hayes during his life time was "underrated"!
Call It Not having received His Kennedy Honors Medals, or Accolades, that Musical Genius, Orchestral Composer, Extraordinare!
HOT, BUTTERED, SOUL
Beautiful, Soulful, Harmonic, Moving Harmonies!
PLEASE Do NOT FORGET THE MOVING PERFORMANCES, OF MODERN DANCE INNOVATOR, MS.
CATHERINE
WASHINGTON
- WHO OPENED
MR ISAAC HAYES
PERFORMANCES--
** LET ME REMIND YOU,
AGAIN I WAS 13 Years OLD and EXPERIENCED
I S A A C HAYES
HOTTER, THAN HOT TICKETS TO GET
THROUGH MY PARENTS,
AND THEIR CLOSE,
INTIMATE FRIENDS,
THE O Z I E R 'S!
** I And My Partner, in Crime- Brenda "TIO" Grady Read JET and EBONY
Magazine which described in great detail
Mr Isaac Hayes
PHENOMENAL
Musical
Expressions !
I Lived Mr. Isaac Hayes Musical Genius vicariously!
* I was 13 years old when Detroit"s Own, Interior Designer, WILLIAM OZIER,
The Only Afro-American MAN, To Have Contracts
To Design Hospital Lobbies, ETC
I APPLAUD Mr. William.Ozier, who bought The Fisher Mansion
AND Hosted The After Party For THE CHAMP,
Muhammad ALI!
**I Never Knew The Deep Significance Of A REAL
PIONEER '
UNAPOLOGETICALLY-
MR. WILLIAM OZIER
TALENT PAR
E X C E L L E N C E!!
Mr. William Ozier
Much To My 13 year old limited understanding
bought his wife, MALVIS OZIER A 2 Seater
JAGUAR COUPE
For Her 30TH BIRTHDAY!!
Now THAT IS LIVING!!
C H E E R S
TO
A
MAN
WHO
REFUSED TO BE
MINIMALIZED!!
From 63 year old
Ms. LaVerne Swint's
Yes, Mr. Julius Lavern Swint Is Among The Living!
I have reached out to William Grady on Facebook
Hoping to re-connect with THE OZIER'S 50 Years Later - 2020
Goodnight!
Ms. LaVerne Swint