Officials of Memphis International Airport say they probably won't change the airport's name to honor the late singer Isaac Hayes. During a memorial service for Hayes on...
more >
The weight of soul singer Isaac Hayes' legacy in Memphis could be measured in a single remark at his memorial service Monday. "What would you say if you were flying into...
more >
Isaac Hayes got an all-star send-off fit for the Black Moses. Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington and Wesley Snipes were among those attending Sunday's private burial service...
more >
Isaac Hayes apparently died of a stroke, officials with the sheriff's department said Tuesday. The deep-voiced soul singer died Sunday after he was found unconscious at his...
more >
When one of his final flicks, Soul Men, is released, Bernie Mac will not only be remembered for his comedic acting chops, but also his great singing voice. Yes, his singing...
more >
Though Hollywood is still reeling from the unexpected double passing of two pop-culture heavyweights over the weekend, that hasn't stopped them from paying tribute to...
more >
With its riveting orchestration, definitive guitar play and signature sensual baritone vocals, Isaac Hayes' theme song for the 1971 movie "Shaft" not only became one of pop...
more >
Oscar-winning soul singer Isaac Hayes died in Memphis on Sunday, aged 65, his friend and former manager Onzie Horne said. Horne told Reuters that he had spoken to...
more >
Highlights from the Oscar winners for best original song since the 1970s. As asterisk indicates the song also reached the top spot on Billboard's Hot 100 singles...
more >
The MTV Video Music Awards aren't until Sunday, but hip-hop stars started accepting trophies Friday night.
Sean "Diddy" Combs, T.I., Three 6 Mafia and a slew of hip-hop...
more >
The sound was never exactly polished, but it had plenty of soul, and the Memphis sound created at Stax Records has found its own special place in the history of American...
more >
"I'm just an old chunk of coal/but
I'm going to be a diamond someday," Jack Ingram sings in an
expansive rehearsal studio on New York's West Side.
The song, in...
more >
Some of the biggest names in rock
music, including Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins and
the surviving members of Led Zeppelin, will attend a private
memorial in New...
more >
Music photographer Joel Brodsky,
whose sexy, shirtless images of Doors lead singer Jim Morrison
have taken on iconic status, has died. He was 67.
He succumbed to an...
more >
Guitarist Steve Cropper loves to tell
how he auditioned Otis Redding, but there is nothing but pain
when he recalls the day the soul-music giant died in a plane
crash 40...
more >
Legendary soul label Stax Records,
which gave the world such stars as Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes,
and the Staple Singers, has been reactivated after a 30-year
hiatus by its...
more >
Trey Parker and Matt Stone have buried the hatchet with--sorry, into-Isaac Hayes.
On Wednesday's South Park 10th season premiere, Hayes' Chef character was struck by...
more >
Bitches became witches in the
sanitized lyrics of the Oscar-winning rap tune "It's Hard Out
Here for a Pimp" when the song was performed at the Academy
Awards on...
more >
Who's the man who's all tuckered out? Isaac Hayes.
The
silky smooth soul legend checked himself into an undisclosed Memphis
hospital on Tuesday to be treated for...
more >
Isaac Hayes will go back to the '70s when he guest stars on "That '70s Show."
Hayes will begin shooting next week on an episode that is scheduled for next spring, the Fox...
more >
Without a shaman or some supernatural help, Carlos Santana's
All That I Am didn't have enough to beat back the latest Now
That's What I Call Music! for chart supremacy this...
more >
It's a difficult image to conjure: Isaac Hayes struggling to overcome a nasty case of stage fright.
Not the hippest guy in the room, the epitome of cool.
Not the genius...
more >
"You don't know how frigging good
you are. Just be yourself and sing."
That is the advice rock star Graham Nash offered 34 years
ago to a nervous Bill Withers. The...
more >
Universal Music Group is launching a
joint venture with music direct-response pioneer Ira Pittelman
that will bring the major into the infomercial business.
The initial...
more >
Popular music artists Usher and 50
Cent tied for top winner at the Billboard-American Urban Radio
Networks 2005 R&B/Hip-Hop Awards on Friday night.
The two performers each...
more >
Popular music artists Usher and 50
Cent tied for top winner at the Billboard-American Urban Radio
Networks 2005 R&B/Hip-Hop Awards on Friday night.
The two performers each...
more >
Jazz label Concord
Records, riding high with Ray Charles' last release, has sealed
its acquisition of Fantasy Records, whose extensive holdings
include the Creedence...
more >
It is no wonder that the debut album
from Ricky Fante is titled "Rewind." The R&B singer's music
harks back to 1960s soul.
"Rewind," which Virgin Records releases July 13,...
more >
Isaac Hayes , Patti LaBelle and Buddy Guy will headline the Indy Jazz Fest on June 18-20, which is returning to a three-day format this year.
Ramsey Lewis , Poncho...
more >
Actor-director Gary
Oldman paces back and forth in a studio in Hollywood.
He's trying to set up the perfect shot to capture a duet
between punk icon Deborah Harry and...
more >
Estelle Axton, co-founder of the famed Stax Records Co., which generated hits from acts including Sam and Dave, Otis Redding Jr. and The Staple Singers, has died. She was...
more >
A huge archive of live recordings from
the world's leading pop, rock and jazz artists spanning the
past four decades has become available for exploitation.
Claude Nobs,...
more >
Cupid is taking aim at music
lovers.
For the past three years, music sales during the week of
Valentine's Day have been second only to the boffo weeks
leading up to...
more >
Singer and composer Isaac Hayes was among those honored at the 12th Annual Trumpet Awards, which recognize achievement by blacks in politics, business, law and the...
more >
Former Motown house band members the
Funk Brothers have corralled several guest artists to join them
on their upcoming North American and European tours.
Peabo Bryson and...
more >
Pegging the day Elvis Presley
recorded a version of Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's "That's All
Right" -- July 5, 1954 -- at as the date "rock" and "roll" were
married, Memphis...
more >
Irv Gotti, the Neptunes, and Isaac Hayes were among the winner's at BMI's 2003 Urban Awards which were held in Miami, Florida on Tuesday (August 5).
Murder Inc. Records...
more >
Isaac Hayes was overcome with joy as he accepted his induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame on Monday night (March 18) in New York City. However, he didn't let the...
more >
Isaac Hayes, the man responsible for such daring funk hits as "Theme From 'Shaft'" and "Joy," as well as co-writer of many Stax-Volt R&B hits in the 1960s, was inducted into...
more >
Anyone thinking of giving the new cookbooks from Isaac Hayes and Patti LaBelle as holiday gifts might want to give that a second thought. Those were just two of the...
more >
Some might say Isaac Hayes has done it all in his entertainment career -- recording artist, actor, philanthropist, and radio personality -- but you can now add "cookbook...
more >
Macy Gray, Isaac Hayes, and Erykah Badu are among the stars who appear on Guru's Jazzmatazz III Street Soul, which is scheduled for an October 3 release.
Gray joins Guru...
more >
Isaac Hayes's fourth annual "Salute To Soul" Birthday Celebration has been set for August 16 at the Copacabana at 617 West 57th Street, between 11th and 12th...
more >
To Samuel L. Jackson, there's something special about the music from the original Shaft. Jackson, who portrays the title character in the forthcoming Shaft movie, told...
more >
Nearly 30 years after his "Theme From Shaft" was released, Isaac Hayes finds himself in demand again for the classic recording. Hayes updates the song on the soundtrack for...
more >
Isaac Hayes will be raising funds for alternative cancer research and battered women in a special musical event called Café Soul, tomorrow night (Nov. 16) in New...
more >
In what has to be one of the strangest performance pairings of the year, multi-platinum R&B act Boyz II Men and legendary soul singer Isaac Hayes will share centerstage...
more >
