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Grammy Award winning Singer Isaac Hayes born

August 20, 1942 - August 10, 2008 (66)

Isaac HayesGrammy Award winning Singer / Songwriter Isaac Hayes born in Covington, Tennessee. His well known film score, for the 1971 blaxploitation film Shaft, earned Hayes an Academy Award for Best Original Song (the first Academy Award received by an African-American in a non-acting category) and two Grammy Awards.

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