Isaac Hayes Links Isaac Hayes delivered a record seven #1 R&B albums and charted 20 LPs on the R&B and Pop charts from 1969-80. He's the first African American composer to win the Oscar for Best Musical Score for Shaft. Hayes has had dozens of roles in films and TV, including "The Chef" on South Park. In the early '90s he started The Isaac Hayes Foundation to transform underserved and poor communities into areas of positive change, promoting literacy, music education, nutritional education, and innovative programs that raise self-esteem. Click on the thumbnail to the right to see Isaac Hayes's handprints in cement. Click on the thumbnail to the right to see photos of Isaac Hayes.