Black Moses - Album
Black Moses (Album) by Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes>
Artist Biography For 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. In The Late 1960s And Early 1970s Hayes Became Famous As A Recording Artist In His Own Right Scoring With Critically And Commercially Successful Albums Such As Hot Buttered Soul And Black Moses. Hayes Is Best Known Today For Composing The Score To The 1971 Blaxploitation Film Shaft. That Film's "Theme From Shaft" Was One Of The Best-Selling Singles In Stax Records History And Hayes Became The First African-American To Win An Oscar For A Non-Acting Category When "Theme From Shaft" Won The 1972 Academy Award For Best Song. Isaac Hayes May Be Known To Today's Youngest Generation As The Voice Of The Character "Chef" The Ladies' Man/school Cook On The Animated Sitcom South Park From 1997 Until His Resignation From The Show In March 2006. While Hayes' Departure Was Tagged To A Controversial South Park Episode On Scientology That Had Supposedly Offended Him Hayes Rarely Declared Anything About The Departure In First Person.
POPULAR
TRACKS
MIXES
ALBUMS
Video 1 : 50
Music Tags for Isaac Hayes:
Biography - 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. In The Late 1960s And Early 1970s Hayes Became Famous As A Recording Artist In His Own Right Scoring With Critically And Commercially Successful Albums Such As Hot Buttered Soul And Black Moses. Hayes Is Best Known Today For Composing The Score To The 1971 Blaxploitation Film Shaft. That Film's "Theme From Shaft" Was One Of The Best-Selling Singles In Stax Records History And Hayes Became The First African-American To Win An Oscar For A Non-Acting Category When "Theme From Shaft" Won The 1972 Academy Award For Best Song. Isaac Hayes May Be Known To Today's Youngest Generation As The Voice Of The Character "Chef" The Ladies' Man/school Cook On The Animated Sitcom South Park From 1997 Until His Resignation From The Show In March 2006. While Hayes' Departure Was Tagged To A Controversial South Park Episode On Scientology That Had Supposedly Offended Him Hayes Rarely Declared Anything About The Departure In First Person.
read less
read more
16 Similar Artists To Isaac Hayes - Frogtoon Music
.
Isaac Hayes - Lead And Background Vocals
"Hot" "Buttered" And "Soul" Backing Vocals
The Bar-Kays Instrumentation " They Long To Be Close To You" And "Going In Circles" Instrumentation On All Other Tracks By The Isaac Hayes Movement Piano Vibraphone Organ Electric Piano - Isaac Hayes
Bass - Ronald Hudson
Bongos Congas - Gary Jones
Drums Tambourine - Willie Hall
Electric Piano - Lester Snell
Guitar - Charles "Skip" Pitts
Piano - Sidney Kirk
Published: 11 Nov 2013, 19:11
Black Moses Is A Double Album By Isaac Hayes Released On Stax Records' Enterprise Label In 1971. The Follow-Up To Hayes' Successful Soundtrack For Shaft Also A Double Album Black Moses Features Hayes' Version Of The Jackson 5's Hit Single "Never Can Say Goodbye". Hayes' Version Became A Hit In Its Own Right Peaking At Number 22 On The Billboard Hot 100. In Addition To "Never Can Say Goodbye" Other Selections On Black Moses Include Covers Of Songs Made Popular By The Carpenters " They Long To Be Close To You" Toussaint McCall "Nothing Takes The Place Of You" The Friends Of Distinction "Going In Circles" Dionne Warwick "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" And Little Johnny Taylor "Part Time Love" . Hayes Names Black Moses As One Of His Most Personal Works. The Very Same Sample Of "Ike's Rap II" Was Used In Four Tracks At About The Same Time In The Mid-1990s Hell Is Around The Corner By Tricky Glory Box By Portishead Jorge De Capadócia And Salve Both By Brazilian Hip Hop Group Racionais MC's. The Album's Title Derives From Stax Executive Dino Woodward's Nickname For Hayes Which He Bestowed Upon The Musician After Comparing The Effects Of His Music On Black Audiences To The Leadership Of The Biblical Figure Moses. The Then Deeply Christian Hayes Shied Away From The Nickname Finding It "sacrilegious" Although Journalist Chester Higgins Popularized The "Black Moses" Nickname In An Article He Wrote On Hayes For Jet. Hayes Came To See "Black Moses" As A Symbol Of Black Pride "Black Men Could Finally Stand Up And Be Men Because Here's Black Moses He's The Epitome Of Black Masculinity. Chains That Once Represented Bondage And Slavery Now Can Be A Sign Of Power And Strength And Sexuality And Virility" Larry Shaw Head Of Marketing And Publicity At Stax Came Up With The Idea To Name Hayes' LP Black Moses. He Also Devised With The Assistance Of Bar-Kays Member Ron Gordon A Gatefold Album Cover Design Which Unfolded Into A Poster-Sized Image Of Hayes Dressed In Biblical-Inspired Attire As "Black Moses". PersonnelIsaac Hayes - Lead And Background Vocals
"Hot" "Buttered" And "Soul" Backing Vocals
The Bar-Kays Instrumentation " They Long To Be Close To You" And "Going In Circles" Instrumentation On All Other Tracks By The Isaac Hayes Movement Piano Vibraphone Organ Electric Piano - Isaac Hayes
Bass - Ronald Hudson
Bongos Congas - Gary Jones
Drums Tambourine - Willie Hall
Electric Piano - Lester Snell
Guitar - Charles "Skip" Pitts
Piano - Sidney Kirk