Isaac Hayes

Isaac Hayes

male, deceased (2008)
Isaac Lee Hayes (born August 20, 1942, in Covington, Tennessee) is an American soul and funk singer, songwriter, musician, record producer,...
Rufus Thomas

Rufus Thomas

male, deceased (2001)
Rufus Thomas was a rhythm and blues and soul singer from Memphis, Tennessee, who recorded on Sun Records in the 1950s and on Stax Records in the...
Eddie Floyd

Eddie Floyd

male, 72 years old
Eddie Floyd (born Eddie Lee Floyd, 25 June 1935, Montgomery, Alabama) is a soul/R&B singer and songwriter, best known for his work on the Stax...

William Bell

male, 71 years old
William Bell (born William Yarborough, 16 July 1939, Memphis, Tennessee) is an American soul singer and songwriter. He was one of the architects of...
Johnnie Taylor

Johnnie Taylor

male, deceased (2000)
Johnnie Harrison Taylor (born May 5, 1937, Crawfordsville, Arkansas; died May 31, 2000, Dallas, Texas) was an American vocalist in a wide variety...

Jim Stewart

male
Jim Stewart (born July 29, 1930), was a record company executive and producer who co-founded Stax Records.

David Porter

male, 68 years old
David Porter is an American soul musician best known as the songwriting partner of Isaac Hayes during the 1960s. As house composers for Stax...
Booker T. Jones

Booker T. Jones

male, 65 years old
Booker T. Jones (born November 12 1944) is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known for fronting the band,...
Estelle Axton

Estelle Axton

female, deceased (2004)
Estelle Axton (September 11, 1918 - February 25, 2004) was the co-founder, with her brother Jim Stewart, of Stax Records. Born in Middleton,...
Rob Bowman

Rob Bowman

male
Rob Bowman is a Professor in Ethnomusicology. Dr. Bowman currently serves as Director of York University's Graduate Program in Ethnomusicology &...