GK – Ringo Starr – Ringo made a career out of being in the right place at the right time, by being a pretty good available drummer just as three musical geniuses happened to need one. He gets by with a little help from his friends here too. LCB – Isaac...

These subtleties manifest themselves most clearly on the 'The Rakehell'. Built around bassist Karl Blau’s supple groove, it sounds almost like Parliament, chopped and screwed beyond recognition, Dylan Carlson’s freewheeling guitar scrawling over a...

There’s no denying that Ernest Tidyman’s tough, tight script; Richard Roundtree’s incredible starpower, and Isaac Hayes’ Oscar-winning score all contributed to the creation of this landmark, but the most impressive element of “Shaft” is the maestro...

Connors takes tourney: Jimmy Connors hits a backhand in his quarterfinal match with Fritz Buehning at the U.S. National Indoor Tournament at The Racquet Club of Memphis on Feb. 10, 1984. Connors won 6-3, 7-6 (7-3). Isaac Hayes is back in Memphis, but...

Next up, Rumer (real name Sarah Joyce) tells Billboard.com is a covers set called "Boys Don't Cry" that she's "just finished" and hopes to release in May. As the title indicates, it features "obscure covers from the 70s written by men," including tunes...

And yet, somehow, they do not. Like Brando's mumbling or Michael Jordan's outstretched tongue, they are pendants to an overwhelming gift. He purrs like Isaac Hayes and screams like Jay Hawkins. He slips from quoting a standard hymn--"Just as I am,...