"Album ReCue" celebrates 50th anniversaries: 1971 releases chosen by FUV hosts. Above, an archive of Alisa Ali's conversation with Darren DeVivo about his selection, Isaac Hayes's watershed Shaft ...

Fifty years ago this month, Isaac Hayes changed the course of movie music with his score for “Shaft.” Not only did Hayes, 29 at the time, become the first Black man to win a music Oscar for his title ...

With its riveting orchestration, definitive guitar play and signature sensual baritone vocals, Isaac Hayes' theme song for the 1971 movie "Shaft" not only became one of pop music's iconic songs, but ...

1971 introduced moviegoers to an iconic character, John Shaft. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THEME FROM SHAFT") UNIDENTIFIED MUSICAL GROUP: (Singing) Shaft. ISAAC HAYES: Can you dig it? SHAPIRO: The film was a ...

Pivotal 1971 soundtrack was one of soul music’s best sellers of all time and earned Isaac Hayes a Grammy, Oscar and Golden Globe. LOS ANGELES, Calif. — In 1971, the song was everywhere. “Who is the ...

He began writing songs, establishing a songwriting partnership with David Porter, and in the 1960s they wrote classic hits for Sam and Dave such as "Hold On, I'm Coming," "Soul Man," and "When ...

Isaac Hayes III attends “Atlanta Robbin’ Season” Atlanta Premiere at Starlight Six Drive In on February 26, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. Source: Paras Griffin/Getty Images North America) *The son of soul ...

The son of the legendary Isaac Hayes is upset that there are no original Hayes tracks in the new “Shaft” movie, calling its soundtrack album “a cultural disaster.” New Line Cinema, which made the ...

Fifty years ago this month, Isaac Hayes changed the course of movie music with his score for “Shaft.” Not only did Hayes, 29 at the time, become the first Black man to win a music Oscar for his title ...

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 ...