May012024

Isaac Hayes

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. Read more on Last.fm

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Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Theme from Shaft
752420
2Walk on By
743530
3Run Fay Run
588457
4Hung Up On My Baby
366746
5Never Can Say Goodbye
184633
6Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic
174858
7Theme From "Shaft"
157479
8Do Your Thing
153010
9By the Time I Get to Phoenix
146414
10The Look of Love
141662

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