Isaac Hayes
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The next big thing to happen to southern soul was Isaac Hayes' extended orchestral raps, that debuted on Presenting (1967) with a lengthy cover of Erroll Garner's Misty, and that matured on the four-song album Hot Buttered Soul (1969), including colossal covers of Jimmy Webb's By The Time I Get To Phoenix and Burt Bacharach's Walk On By. Movement (1970) was more of the same: four lengthy covers, including George Harrison's Something. This style of subdued singing and lavish production was further revolutionized by the soundtrack to the film Shaft (1971), that added a strong funky undercurrent.

Black Moses (1971) was another ambitious (double) album.

Hayes died in 2008 at 65.

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