From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Hayes’s wonderful Theme From Shaft went to number one in America and won an Oscar; when it breaks from that amazing hi-hat sequence into a groove machine about two-thirds of the way through, well, ...

The composer of what I believe to be the absolute coolest movie theme ever was born on this date in 1942, Isaac Hayes. Hayes continually succeeded in many areas. In the 1960s it was with soul music on ...

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 ...

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Memphis, Tenn. - Isaac Hayes, the baldheaded, baritone-voiced soul crooner who laid the groundwork for disco and whose "Theme From Shaft" won both Academy and Grammy awards, died Sunday afternoon ...

Memphis guitar player Charles 'Skip' Pitts has died at 65. He famously played the distinctive riff on on Isaac Hayes's 1970s soul and funk track, Theme from Shaft. Tim Sampson, communication director ...

One of the great wah-wah pedal players in history also played on The Isley Brothers’ hit “It’s Your Thing.” By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Skip Pitts, a master of the wah-wah pedal guitar sound whose ...

Hayes' son wanted to license unreleased tracks, but the filmmakers went with a score using the original theme and music based on Hayes' sound. The son of the legendary Isaac Hayes is upset that there ...

Single version of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Fortunate Son”: (l to r) Doug “Cosmo” Clifford, Tom Fogerty, John Fogerty, Stu Cook. (Fantasy Records) Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Fortunate Son,” ...