Isaac Hayes and David Porter

Isaac Hayes and David Porter were one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the 1960s. After playing on several sessions for Otis Redding, Hayes was tapped to play keyboards in the Stax house band, and eventually established a partnership with songwriter David Porter. Under the name the Soul Children, the Hayes-Porter duo composed some 200 songs, reeling off a string of hits for Stax luminaries like Sam & Dave (the brilliant "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby," "Soul Man," “I Thank You” and "Hold On, I'm Comin'"), Carla Thomas ("B-A-B-Y,") and Johnnie Taylor ("I Got to Love Somebody's Baby," "I Had a Dream"). As an individual artist, Isaac Hayes went on to become the first African American composer to win an Oscar for “Best Score” for his soundtrack to the film “Shaft,” the theme song of which became a #1 hit. David Porter went on to engineer the relaunch of the Stax label and is a current member of th Board of Trustees of The Recording Academy.