Isaac Lee Hayes， Jr.（1942 年 8 月 20 日 - 2008 年 8 月 10 日）是美国词曲作者、音乐家、歌手，偶尔也是一名演员。海耶斯是南方灵魂音乐厂牌 Stax Records 背后的创意影响者之一，他在 1960 年代中期与他的搭档 David Porter 合作，担任内部词曲作者和唱片制作人。海耶斯、波特、比尔·威瑟斯、谢尔曼兄弟、史蒂夫·克罗珀和约翰·福格蒂于 2005 年入选词曲作者名人堂，以表彰他们为自己、二人组“山姆和戴夫”、卡拉·托马斯等人创作了数十首著名歌曲。

由Hayes和Porter创作的热门歌曲“Soul Man”，由“Sam & Dave”首次演唱，被格莱美名人堂评为过去50年来最具影响力的歌曲之一。这首歌还被摇滚名人堂、滚石杂志和 RIAA 评为世纪之歌。

在 1960 年代后期，海耶斯也成为了一名唱片音乐家，他录制了几张成功的灵魂专辑，例如 Hot Buttered Soul （1969） 和 Black Moses （1971）。除了在流行音乐方面的工作外，海耶斯还担任电影配乐的作曲家。

海耶斯以为电影《轴》（1971）配乐而闻名。1972年，海耶斯凭借创作的《竖井主题曲》获得了奥斯卡最佳原创歌曲奖。海耶斯成为继西德尼·波蒂埃（Sidney Poitier）和哈蒂·麦克丹尼尔（Hattie McDaniel）之后，第三位在电影艺术与科学学院（Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences）涵盖的任何竞争领域获得奥斯卡奖的非裔美国人。同年，海耶斯还获得了两项格莱美奖。后来，他凭借音乐专辑《Black Moses》获得了他的第三个格莱美奖。

1992年，为了表彰他在那里的人道主义工作，海耶斯被加冕为加纳阿达地区的名誉国王。海耶斯还出演过电影和电视，例如在电影《我要把你弄傻》中，以及在电视连续剧《罗克福德档案》（1974 – 80）中饰演甘道夫“甘迪”菲奇。然后从1997年到2005年，他将自己独特而深沉的声音借给了动画电视连续剧《南方公园》中的角色“厨师”。

2003 年 8 月 5 日，艾萨克·海耶斯 （Isaac Hayes） 因其对几代音乐制作人的持久影响而在 203 BMI 城市奖中被授予 BMI 偶像称号。在他的歌曲创作生涯中，海耶斯获得了五项 BMI R&B 奖、两项 BMI 流行音乐奖、两项 BMI 城市奖和六项 Million-Air 引用。截至 2008 年，他的歌曲产生了超过 1200 万次表演。

Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American songwriter, musician, singer, and occasionally an actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the mid-1960s. Hayes, Porter, Bill Withers, the Sherman Brothers, Steve Cropper, and John Fogerty were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 in recognition of writing scores of notable songs for themselves, the duo "Sam & Dave", Carla Thomas, and others.

The hit song "Soul Man" written by Hayes and Porter, and first performed by "Sam & Dave" has been recognized as one of the most influential songs of the past 50 years by the Grammy Hall of Fame. This song was also honored by The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, by Rolling Stone magazine, and by the RIAA as the Songs of the Century.

During the late 1960s, Hayes also became a recording musician, and he recorded several successful soul albums such as Hot Buttered Soul (1969) and Black Moses (1971). In addition to his work in popular music, Hayes worked as composer of musical scores for motion pictures.

Hayes is well known for his musical score for the film Shaft (1971). For his composition of the "Theme from Shaft", Hayes was awarded the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1972. Hayes became the third African-American, after Sidney Poitier and Hattie McDaniel, to win an Academy Award in any competitive field whatsoever covered by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Hayes also won two Grammy Awards for that same year. Later, he was given his third Grammy Award for his music album Black Moses.

During 1992, in recognition of his humanitarian work there, Hayes was crowned as the honorary king of the Ada, Ghana region. Hayes also acted in motion pictures and television, such as in the movie, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, and as Gandolf "Gandy" Fitch in the TV series The Rockford Files (1974 – 80). Then from 1997 to 2005, he lent his distinctive, deep voice to the character "Chef" on the animated TV series South Park.

On August 5, 2003, Isaac Hayes was honored as a BMI Icon at the 203 BMI Urban Awards for his enduring influence on generations of music makers.Throughout his songwriting career, Hayes received five BMI R&B Awards, two BMI Pop Awards, two BMI Urban Awards and six Million-Air citations. As of 2008, his songs generated more than 12 million performances.

Description above from the Wikipedia Isaac Hayes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.