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The song was not intended to be a single, but the success of the film and the popularity of the track in nightclubs led to a 45 record of the theme being released on Enterprise Records two …

“Theme from Shaft” with its immediately recognizable melody and percussive female background vocals became not just a career defining song for Isaac Hayes, but representative of …

"Theme from Shaft", written and recorded by Isaac Hayes in 1971, is the soul and funk-styled theme song to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Shaft. The theme was re...

The following year, "Theme from Shaft" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, with Hayes becoming the first African American to win that honor – or any Academy Award in a non …

Today, almost 50 years after it was released, “Theme from ‘Shaft’” remains a cornerstone in popular music: a fascinating melding of pop, soul, jazz and disco (the 4:34 album version was …

This is the theme song to the 1971 movie Shaft, starring Richard Roundtree as a Harlem detective hired by a mob boss to find his kidnapped daughter. Written, produced and arranged by …

Issac Hayes performed Shaft at Lifebeat's The Beat Goes On - 1995 Motown Soul Legends 🎙️ Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Smokey Robinson ... | Greatest Hits of All Time

From its opening bars, “Theme From Shaft” exudes an unmistakable aura of cool confidence and swagger. Built around a hypnotic bassline, funky guitar riffs, and lush orchestration, the song …

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Theme From Shaft (Remastered 2009) · Isaac Hayes Shaft ℗ 2009 Concord Music Group Inc. Released on: 2009-01-01 Composer Lyricist: …