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Isaac Hayes - Soul Man

major artist of the 1970s, Isaac Hayes remains an iconic figure in soul music and rhythm 'n'blues. Orphan, it looks at a young age to music. Raised in North Memphis by his grandparents, he taught himself to play the organ, saxophone and piano, drawing much of the folk blues of Blind Lemon Jefferson as Hank Williams. The artist performs in several clubs in Memphis and is working with Floyd Newman, a member of the Mar-Keys, before signing in Stax Records. This alliance allows him to play along with Otis Redding and support many groups as a saxophonist. From the mid-1960s, he composed some songs with David Porter to success for the band Sam and Dave, including "Hold On I'm Comin 'or' Soul Man 'and recorded several albums in the process. His gold record 'Hot Buttered Soul', released in 1969, launching his show: bald, shirtless, fitted with glasses and black tights, the artist leads an orchestra of twenty musicians, singers accompanied by naked, skull shaved. It also triumph before a hundred thousand people in 1972, during the festival at Memorial Coliseum in Wattstax Los Angeles. Its popularity is growing when he received in 1971 an Oscar for the film 'Shaft', which he composed the soundtrack. The rest of his career remains less memorable. He recorded several duets with Dionne Warwick and Millie Jackson in 1977 before signing his true return in 1995 on 'Branded', an album hailed by critics. Also an actor, he appeared in movies, 'Hustle & Flow' and 'Truck Turner' and television, the series 'Stargate'. Multi-talented musician, Isaac Hayes scored his work by several generations before dying in 2008 at age 65.