Isaac Hayes

Isaac Hayes

male, deceased (2008)
Scientologist, funk, musician, soul music, shaft, Theme from Shaft…The Best Of The Soul, AcademyAwardforBestOriginalSong, Best Song Academy Award winning songwriter, Academy Award for Best Song
Isaac Lee Hayes (born August 20, 1942, in Covington, Tennessee) is an American soul and funk singer, songwriter, musician, record producer,...
Jimmy van Heusen

Jimmy van Heusen

male, deceased (1990)
Academy Awards for Best Original Song, AcademyAwardforBestOriginalSong, Emmy, American, Best Song Academy Award winning songwriter, composer
Jimmy Van Heusen (January 26, 1913 - February 7, 1990), was an American composer. Writing songs for films and television, he won four Academy...
Craig Brewer

Craig Brewer

male, 37 years old
AcademyAwardforBestOriginalSong, director, Screenwriter, It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp, Best Original Song, Maggie Lynn
Craig Brewer is an American film director and screenwriter. His 2005 movie "Hustle & Flow" won the Audience Award at the 2005 Sundance Film...
Elliott Smith

Elliott Smith

male, deceased (2003)
Omaha, Portland, Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith, bass guitar, autopsy, Miss Misery…Best Original Song, AcademyAwardforBestOriginalSong
Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith was an Academy Award-nominated American singer-songwriter and musician. His primary instrument was the guitar, but he...
Paul Jabara

Paul Jabara

male, deceased (1992)
streisand, Songwriter, It's Raining Men, Grammy Award winner, The Main Event/Fight, AcademyAwardforBestOriginalSong…best r&b song, Grammy Award for Best R&B Song, Best Original Song
Paul Jabara (January 31, 1948 - September 29 1992) was an American actor and songwriter. Jabara was in the original cast of the stage musicals...
Sacha Distel

Sacha Distel

male, deceased (2004)
French singer, b.j. thomas, AcademyAwardforBestOriginalSong, jazz, French, the ed sullivan show
Sacha Distel (January 29, 1933 - July 22, 2004) was a French singer who had hits such as a cover version of the Academy Award winning "Raindrops...