Can ya dig it? Isaac Hayes' "Theme From Shaft" was released as a single on this day in 1971, a slick, shortened version of the original from the Shaft film. While the Shaft soundtrack hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts and won a Grammy for Best Film Score, the “Theme from Shaft” took home the Oscar for Best Original Song. Revisit the album today: https://found.ee/hayes-shaft | Stax Records

Stax celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the iconic 1971 film & soundtrack, Shaft, with the Theme From Shaft EP featuring 5-tracks, all different versions of the award-winning “Theme From Shaft” song. Listen to the EP here: https://found.ee/themefromshaft-ep The EP features two covers of the theme, one from Joe Bataan and another by Bernard Purdie; a live version performed by Isaac Hayes at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 1972 and “Theme From Shaft (RAC Mix),” a previously unreleased alterna