# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/isaac-hayes
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:26:47.600Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/isaac-hayes"
name: "Isaac Hayes"
slug: "isaac-hayes"
description: "Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. was an American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. He was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records in the 1960s, serving as an in-house songwriter with his partner David Porter, \nas well as a session musician and record producer. Hayes and Porter were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 in recognition of writing scores of songs for themselves, the duo Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, and others. In 2002, Hayes was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame."
tagline: "American musician and actor (1942-2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Issac_Hayes_1971_press_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1942-08-20"
deathDate: "2008-08-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           61.12
  momentum:             4.513253203852583
  historical:           25.980396
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005002/"
    handle:    "nm0005002"
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    handle:    "3IKV7o6WPphDB7cCWXaG3E"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://isaachayes.com"
sources:
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "خورخي هايز"
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    title: "خورخى هايز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Άιζακ Χέιζ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Isaac Hayes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Isaac Hayes"
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    title: "Isaac Hayes"
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    title: "Isaac Hayes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Isaac Hayes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "אייזק הייז"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Isaac Hayes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Hayes"
    title: "Isaac Hayes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump