Isaac Hayes News

The importance of rural music is part of the story at the Rock 'n Soul Museum in Memphis.

Alan Hewitt, platinum producer to the stars, inks deal with nuGroove/Sony Red and will release a new album entitled Retroactive in early 2010.

Few figures exerted greater influence over the music of the 1960s and 1970s than Isaac Hayes; after laying the groundwork for the Memphis soul sound through his work with Stax-Volt Records, Hayes began a highly successful solo career which predated not only the disco movement but also the evolution of rap.

Rating : * * * * Verdict : The sound of 60s soul today from golden-voiced US singer and player As well as the old-school R&B influence of Smokey Robinson, and the smooth, trippy soul of Curtis Mayfield and Isaac Hayes, there's more than a hint of Justin Timberlake's pop sensibility to Mayer Hawthorne's tunes.

1954 - Elvis Presley first hit radio with an appearance on the "Louisiana Hayride." 1956 - Elvis Presley's film Love Me Tender premiered.

Tyler Perry's got considerable competition in the oneman theater juggernaut category.

Bob Patton knew the Godfather of Soul up close and personal. They were like family.

Season 32, Episode 11 of 14 : Between 1959 and 1975, Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee, released international chart-topping hits such as "Soul Man," "Dock of the Bay, " "Green Onions," "Midnight Hour," "Respect Yourself" and the theme from Shaft.

Stax Records has announced a November 3, 2009 release date for the label's deluxe reissue of soul legend Isaac Hayes ' classic soundtrack to the movie Shaft .

'HOT BUTTERED SOUL' Isaac Hayes 1969 Tracks/time: 13/45 minutes, 33 seconds. Sounds like: Groundbreaking, baby-making merger of Memphis soul/funk with West Coast pop.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - In 1971, the song was everywhere. "Who is the man who would risk his neck for his brother man Shaft? Damn right.

Back to a 90 minute show , I began with some African pop, over to American blues, a big sampling of the Fruit Bats' album and a rash of covers - Jim James of George Harrison, Iron & Wine of The Flaming Lips; The Flaming Lips covering Beck.

Provided by the Heather Hayes Band The Heather Hayes Band will perform at Arts Alive Motown Nights.

The Church of Scientology was founded in the early 1950s by pulp science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, and it's been run by his successor, David Miscavige, since 1987.

Here's a question to get the ol' work-week brain juices flowing: Between Super Fly and Shaft , which blaxploitation film has the better theme song? They're both the work of masters of funk and soul, with iconic - and endlessly sampled/parodied - intros and lyrics that provide a badass dossier on their subjects.

Wednesday, 2 September 2009, 4:14 pm Press Release: Jubilation How do you celebrate your tenth birthday? Release a CD and throw a party - or make that four parties.

When legendary label Stax Records signs an artist to its roster, you can be sure that they're not thinking about ring tone sales -- but pure soul and the type of music with the power to unhinge and incite, much like artists Isaac Hayes, Moms Mabley and RIchard Pryor did for the label in its heyday.

Isaac Hayes, known worldwide as Black Moses, died Aug. 10, 2008, at his home in Memphis.

Like any other city in the world, Memphis sometimes does some things wrong . But then again, it can do some things so right .

David Porter has lots of memories of Isaac Hayes, as the two friends, songwriting partners and pillars of Stax Records enjoyed one of the most successful musical runs in the 1960s.