Isaac Hayes News

When they click , they're timeless; when they clunk , they're also unforgettable -- for the wrong reasons.

Many music aficionados can take pleasure merely from a song's arrangement, much like techies can spot well-written computer code or architects a nicely turned eave.

A 15-year-old girl has acknowledged setting a fire in a hotel room being occupied by her grandparents, who are the owners of the burned home that once belonged to late soul singer Isaac Hayes.

Concord Music Group will release Albert King's I'll Play the Blues for You as part of its Stax Remasters series on May 22, 2012.

Director Roger Corman's "Little Shop of Horrors" was a B-movie released in 1960 that virtually overnight became a cult classic, largely due to its mix of sci-fi horror and social commentary .

In New Atlantis: Musicians Battle for the Survival of New Orleans , John Swenson writes about Stevie Wonder's appearance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2008: Most of all, though, Stevie Wonder came to New Orleans intending to perform a healing on the city.

Charles 'Skip' Pitts with the Bo-Keys in 2007. Theme from Shaft reached No 1 in the US and No 4 in the UK.

Shelby County Fireman Reginald Tucker looks for support after a hot spot pops up while battling a blaze at the former home of Memphis musician Isaac Hayes Wednesday evening.

Picture: Isaac Hayes live in concert at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London on 03-08-2007. The 65 year old singer, songwriter, famous for the theme song from the film 'Shaft', was found dead in his home on August 10, 2008.

Charles "Skip" Pitts , the man responsible for two of the greatest guitar riffs ever conceived - those from Isaac Hayes' universe-conquering "Theme From Shaft" and the Isley Brothers' "It's Your Thing" - passed away today in Memphis from cancer at age 65.

Steve Kazee, left, and Cristin Milioti are shown in a scene from "Once," in New York.