Isaac Hayes(1942-2008)
- Music Artist
- Actor
- Music Department
Isaac Hayes, the second-born child of Eula and Isaac Hayes Sr., was raised
by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wade Sr. The child of a poor family,
he grew up picking cotton in Covington, Tennessee. He dropped out of high
school, but later his former high-school teachers to get his diploma, which
he earned when he was 21.
Otis Redding,
Johnnie Taylor,
The Bar-Kays, and
Booker T. Jones (later of
Booker T. & the M.G.s fame) were
some of the "Memphis Sound" musical luminaries Hayes worked with during
his early years as a budding musician and vocalist. He was a
multi-talented composer, singer, and arranger who played the piano,
vibraphone, and saxophone equally well. In 1971 he won an Academy Award
for Best Original Song for a Motion Picture for the "Theme from Shaft"
(1970) and was nominated for Best Original Dramatic Score for
Shaft (1971).
by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wade Sr. The child of a poor family,
he grew up picking cotton in Covington, Tennessee. He dropped out of high
school, but later his former high-school teachers to get his diploma, which
he earned when he was 21.
Otis Redding,
Johnnie Taylor,
The Bar-Kays, and
Booker T. Jones (later of
Booker T. & the M.G.s fame) were
some of the "Memphis Sound" musical luminaries Hayes worked with during
his early years as a budding musician and vocalist. He was a
multi-talented composer, singer, and arranger who played the piano,
vibraphone, and saxophone equally well. In 1971 he won an Academy Award
for Best Original Song for a Motion Picture for the "Theme from Shaft"
(1970) and was nominated for Best Original Dramatic Score for
Shaft (1971).