- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 52 min., 20 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- R & B musician Isaac Hayes was born in Covington, Tennessee, on August 20, 1942. Following the death of his parents, he lived with his grandparents in Memphis. Leaving school in the ninth grade, Hayes performed at various clubs in town. He returned to night school and recorded his first album in 1962. Hayes' breakthrough album, Hot Buttered Soul, came in 1969. In 1971, he wrote the soundtrack to the movie Shaft becoming the first African American to win an Oscar for Best Song. Hayes also began to act, and had his first major role in the 1974's Truck Turner. Hayes returned to acting in 1981 with a role in Escape From New York. Hayes also had a radio program on KISS-FM. He also established restaurants around the country. In 2002, Hayes was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Hayes passed away on August 10, 2008 at age 65.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Isaac Hayes
- Isaac Hayes
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 997165476
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Isaac Hayes.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
025220
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded Memphis, Tennessee 2003 June 25.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Film Actor Musician and Singer Film Score Composer.
- Added Author
Hayes, Isaac, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.