The Singer: Stax recording artist, Shaft theme singer, King of New York, voice of South Park's Chef and Scientologist: Isaac Hayes amassed quite the rap sheet before his death last year. He started as a songwriter for Stax Records and became a singer in his own right in the late '60s. Today's cut comes from 1969's Hot Buttered Soul, though the album's 12-minute version of "Walk on By" is truncated here.
The Song: Originally a hit for Dionne Warwick, the Bacharach/David composition "
