At the time, Hayes later recalled that "nobody had any idea that we were producing legendary stuff. We were getting a check and royalties and having fun and trying to impress girls."
In 1967, he issued his debut solo LP, "Presenting Isaac Hayes," a "loose jazz-flavored effort" recorded in the early-morning hours after a raucous Stax party, according to the All Music Internet database.
For The Record
Los Angeles Times Tuesday, August 12, 2008 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 1 inches; 41 words Type of Material: Correction
Isaac Hayes obituary: The obituary of singer Isaac Hayes in Monday's Section A said that after the 1975 album "Chocolate Chip," Hayes didn't release new material until "Love Attack" in 1986. In fact, Hayes released several albums in that time period.
Two years later, he broke through with his second album, "Hot Buttered Soul," considered adventurous for including only four -- albeit lengthy -- songs.
Unhappy with his royalty arrangement with Stax, Hayes had severed ties with the label by 1975 and started his own imprint, which didn't last.
After the 1975 album "Chocolate Chip," Hayes didn't release new material until "Love Attack" in 1986.
In the intervening years, he pursued acting, eventually appearing in more than 60 movies and television shows. He recently completed work on the film "Soul Men," with Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac. Mac died Saturday at age 50.
Through the Isaac Hayes Foundation, Hayes built a school in Ghana. The country recognized his humanitarian efforts by crowning him a king.
Hayes was married several times and had several children.
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Isaac Hayes: A selective discography
* "Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration" (Stax, 2007)
The Isaac Hayes story and the Stax story are inseparable. The label launched Hayes and, as a writer and session man, he created some of its most memorable music. This compilation includes key Hayes tracks alongside others that bear his mark, including "Soul Man" by Sam & Dave and "B-A-B-Y" by Carla Thomas.
* "Hot Buttered Soul" (Stax, 1969)
This album defined a new era in progressive black music and made Hayes a star in his own right. Backed by the impeccably muscular band the Bar-Kays, Hayes takes four songs -- three covers and one funk escapade with an impossible title, "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic" -- and creates a fantasia of sexy murmurs, fat beats and swirling strings. The spoken-word introduction to "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" is a love manual all by itself.
* "Shaft" (Stax, 1971)
