Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the year-long series Sounds Of Blaxploitation, Craig D. Lindsey plays the hits that defined a genre, drawing connections ...

The blaxploitation movies of the '70s are great, but they're not, for the most part, good. These were cheap movies, made quickly. The editing was slapdash. The dialogue was hokey. A lot of the lead ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Isaac Hayes in 1971. “Shaft” toes the line between film score and soundtrack, which is sort of the point. The movie’s opening ...

Yet the "Theme from Shaft," which would earn both Grammys and an Oscar, was just a snippet of the groundbreaking music for which Hayes -- who died Sunday at age 65 -- was responsible.He penned soul ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Isaac Hayes, the pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose relentless "Theme From Shaft" won Academy and Grammy awards, died Sunday, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office ...

HURRICANE, W.Va. — Issac Hayes the musician is well known for performing the theme from the 1970s TV show “Shaft.” Isaac Hayes the golfer doesn’t sing “Shaft” but certainly is adept at swinging one.

In the year-long series Sounds Of Blaxploitation, Craig D. Lindsey plays the hits that defined a genre, drawing connections between the music of the moment and the films that gave it a platform. It’s ...

“Shaft” toes the line between film score and soundtrack, which is sort of the point. The movie’s opening track is undisputedly iconic. But the rest of Hayes’ score is equally effecting in its blend of ...

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