prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
No, VH-1 Classic isn't preparing an all-day marathon of Tom Jones videos, 24 Hours is the title of the first new Jones album to see a U.S. release in 15 ...
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
Photo: Getty Las Vegas staple Tom Jones will release his first U.S. album of new material in 15 years, as 24 Hours hits stores on November 25th. Just as Jones’ 2002 Reload (which did not get a domestic release) featured a plethora of guests, Jones will welcome U2’s Bono and the Edge on one song this [...]
Mirror On America (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
Playlist Part I 1. Need To Belong To Someone 2. The Look of Love 3. Ike's Mood 4. I'll Be The Other Woman - The Soul Children (production/arrangements) 5. Hung Up On My Baby 6. By the Time I Get To Phoenix 7. Going In Circles 8. Baby - Carla Thomas 9. Walk On By Part II 1. Do Your Thing 2. So I Can Love You - The Emotions 3. Never Can Say Goodbye 4. Joy 5. Hyperbolic..... 6. I Stand Accused 7. Soulsville...
Billboard (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
Music industry legend Jerry Wexler, who kick-started his career as a Billboard journalist in the late 1940s and went on to cultivate the careers of Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and Led Zeppelin while a partner at Atlantic Records, has died at the age of 91 at his home in Siesta Key, Fla.
Reality TV Website (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
VH1 Classic and VH1 Soul will air The Golden Globe nominated documentary "Wattstax"
The TV Zone (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
To honor the memory of soul superstar Isaac Hayes, VH1 Classic and VH1 Soul will air The Golden Globe nominated documentary “Wattstax” on Wednesday at 8 p.m. Filmmaker Mel Stuart captured the August 20, 1972 Wattstax music festival known...
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
R.I.P. Isaac Hayes and and thank you for sharing a lifetime of making music.
Lynn Sweet (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
11:30 p.m. Aug. 11-- If any black cats were coooler than Isaac Hayes, they didn't cross my path. The hot buttered silky smooth singer-songwriter died suddenly Sunday at his home in Memphis. He was 65. I spoke to Hayes...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
Musician and creator of 1970s soul style
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
Musician and creator of 1970s soul style
Listen Up (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
Sad to mark the passing of R&B icon and songwriter extraordinaire Isaac Hayes Sunday at 65 -- you can read the appreciation Steve Jones and I put together here. Personally, although I recognize its vast influence on disco, rap and...
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
Source: [b]Entertainment Weekly[/b] Oscar winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Isaac Hayes has died at the age of 65, according to CNN. Hayes, best known for his pop/R&B classic ''Theme From Shaft'' and more recently as the voice of Chef on South Park, was found next to an active treadmill by ...
Entertainment Weekly (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
An Oscar and Grammy winner, a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, and a key influence on today's hitmakers
Skeptical Brotha (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
I am just really undone. First, Bernie Mac and now Issac Hayes. By Hank Dudding and Bob Mehr , Memphis Commercial Appeal August 10, 2008 Legendary soul music performer Isaac Hayes died this afternoon after he was found unconscious in his Shelby County home. He was 65. A family member found the entertainer next to a running [...]
dustbury.com (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
In the beginning, at least for me, the credit read "Hayes-Porter": David Porter and Isaac Hayes were the in-house composers for Stax/Volt, and the first time I saw that credit was on Carla Thomas' "B-A-B-Y," the first real hit she'd had in five years. They went on to do all the big Sam and Dave hits, and Hayes began cutting some sides on his own. But it took a pair of disasters at Stax the death...
