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ISAAC HAYES
Singer, keyboardist, producer, songwriter and actor.

Born: 20 August 1942 in Covington, Tennessee.
Died: 10 August 2008 in his Tennessee home.

Signed to the [l=Stax record label during the 1960s and 1970s, Hayes played an important role in shaping the "Memphis sound". First active for the label as musician and later songwriter/producer (usually teaming up with David Porter), he enjoyed his biggest success as a solo artist in 1971 with the soundtrack to the movie Shaft. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2002 (Performer).

As an actor, he is best known as the voice of Chef (4) on the animated tv-series South Park (1997-2006).

Isaac Hayes is the father of Isaac Hayes III.
 
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ISAAC HAYES & DIONNE WARWICK: A Man & A Woman (SMCR-5055)
• SoulMusic Records is proud to celebrate one of the ‘first families of soul music’ with the 2012 reissue of three titles that reflect the amazing talent of sisters Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick and their aunt Cissy Houston - expanded editions of Dee Dee Warwick’s 1969 Foolish Fool LP (SMCR-5053); Cissy Houston’s first solo album, 1970’s Presenting Cissy Houston (SMCR-5054); and this 1977 live album by Isaac Hayes & Dionne Warwick, A MAN & A WOMAN. • Both producer-songwriter-turned-recording ar...
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