Home / Music / Theme from Shaft hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100Music linernotes album music isaac-hayesTheme from Shaft hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100Theme from Shaft reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The track that proved a funky soul instrumental could top the pop charts and made Isaac Hayes a household name. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesShaft went Platinum within a month of releaseIsaac Hayes' Shaft soundtrack is a double album — mostly instrumentalsTheme from Shaft made Isaac Hayes the first African-American Oscar winner in a non-acting categoryIsaac Hayes' Shaft soundtrack arrived in July 1971 on Stax's Enterprise labelIsaac Hayes' Shaft soundtrack started at MGM and finished at StaxExploreMatilda Mann makes indie folk for the confessional-cottagecore crowdNurse With Wound makes music that defies genre labelsOdyssey's Good Times is Philly soul-disco at its most lushAstrud Gilberto's Quiet Nights is bossa nova straight from the sourceRated PG proves that qawwali and Western rock can share a roomPrevious Theme from Shaft made Isaac Hayes the first African-American Oscar winner in a non-acting categoryNext The Pat Metheny Group's debut album was recorded and released in early 1978