I was looking through past Oscar winners and saw that “Theme from Shaft” won in 1971. It also won a Grammy that year.
Some of the other Oscar winners seem a little lame now, but Shaft has kept its cool.
It’s on Freegal. I like the version by Henry Mancini.
According to Contemporary Black Biography, (Yes, I read things like that I’m a librarian. It’s well-written, and you can find out a lot of interesting stuff.) Hayes pioneered a unique sound that prefigured the disco movement. And he also used spoken tracks, which he called “rap.”
He also voiced “Chef” for a number of years until he quit abruptly when the show mocked his religion, Scientology. (Though one wonders why he didn’t notice South Park’s equal-opportunity mock-o-rama before.)
This year, another artist is going for the double: Adele.
Her Grammies are in her pocket, and she’s the favorite for the Oscar.
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| The song "Theme from Shaft" won both an Oscar and a Grammy. Image Credit |
I was looking through past Oscar winners and saw that “Theme from Shaft” won in 1971. It also won a Grammy that year.
Some of the other Oscar winners seem a little lame now, but Shaft has kept its cool.
It’s on Freegal. I like the version by Henry Mancini.
According to Contemporary Black Biography, (Yes, I read things like that I’m a librarian. It’s well-written, and you can find out a lot of interesting stuff.) Hayes pioneered a unique sound that prefigured the disco movement. And he also used spoken tracks, which he called “rap.”
He also voiced “Chef” for a number of years until he quit abruptly when the show mocked his religion, Scientology. (Though one wonders why he didn’t notice South Park’s equal-opportunity mock-o-rama before.)
This year, another artist is going for the double: Adele.
Her Grammies are in her pocket, and she’s the favorite for the Oscar.
Source Citation
"Isaac Hayes." Contemporary Black Biography. Vol. 73. Detroit: Gale, 2009. Biography In Context. Web. 22 Feb. 2013.
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