Isaac Hayes (Aug. 20, 1942 – Aug. 10, 2008) was an American R&B musician, singer, composer, producer, and actor with a 50-year career in entertainment. The lavish orchestration and elongated arrangements of his 1969 second album, Hot Buttered Soul, spearheaded the transformation of soul music into a maximalist form. Background Isaac Hayes was born Isaac […]
Millie Jackson is an American soul singer who made nineteen albums between 1972 and 1983 on Spring/Polydor, followed by seven further titles on Jive and Ichiban during the subsequent 12-year period. She rose to prominence with the albums Caught Up (1974) and Still Caught Up (1975), which combined deep soul balladry with candid spoken-word monologues. […]
I Got to Try It One Time is the third album by American R&B/soul vocalist Millie Jackson, released in 1974 on Spring Records. Tracklist: A1. “How Do You Feel the Morning After” (2:58) A2. “I Got to Try It One Time” (3:03) A3. “Get Your Love Right” (3:25) A4. “Gospel Truth” (3:01) A5. “My Love […]
Cleopatra Jones is a soundtrack album to a blaxploitation action/comedy with music by composer/arrangers J.J. Johnson and Carl Brandt and soul singers Joe Simon and Millie Jackson. The album was released in 1973 on Warner Bros. Tracklist: A1. Joe Simon — “Theme From Cleopatra Jones” (3:48) A2. Carl Brandt — “The Wrecking Yard” (3:36) A3. […]
Still Caught Up is the fifth album by American soul singer Millie Jackson, released in 1975 on Polygram-subsidiary Spring Records. Tracklist: A1. “Loving Arms” (3:42) A2. “Making the Best of a Bad Situation” (2:54) A3. “The Memory of a Wife” (5:17) A4. “Tell Her It’s Over” (4:06) B1. “Do What Makes You Saftisfied” (3:24) B2. […]
