''Chocolate Chip'' is the seventh

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

by American

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musician

Isaac Hayes Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. He was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records in the 1960s, serving as an in-house songwr ...

. It was released in 1975 by

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through Hayes' own imprint, Hot Buttered Soul Records, marking Hayes' first release after leaving the then-financially troubled

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label.Bowman, Rob ''Soulsville, U.S.A.: the story of Stax Records'' Music Sales Group, 2003
at Google Books. pp. 332-334. The album was Hayes's segue into the emerging disco scene and featured horns and layered beats, while maintaining his traditional soulful vocals. “Chocolate Chip” was certified Gold by the

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for sales of over 500,000 copies. It reached number one on the Billboard R&B Albums chart the week ending August 9, 1975 and stayed in the top position for two weeks. It was his seventh and final number one album.

Track listing

All songs written by Isaac Hayes except where noted.

Charts

Personnel

* Isaac Hayes - arranger, RMI keyboard computer, producer, vocals * Emerson Able - flute, alto saxophone *

Ben Cauley Ben S. Cauley Jr. (October 3, 1947 – September 21, 2015) was an American trumpet player, vocalist, songwriter, and founding member of the Stax recording group the Bar-Kays. He was the only survivor of the 1967 plane crash that claimed the live ...

- trumpet * Lewis Collins - flute, tenor saxophone * Bill Easley - flute, alto saxophone * Roosevelt "Head" Green - engineer * Jack Hale - trombone * Willie Hall - drums * The Movement - guest artist *

Floyd Newman Floyd Newman (August 17, 1931 – May 23, 2023) was an American saxophonist, session musician and bandleader. As a baritone sax player, he was long associated with Stax Records, and as a member of The Mar-Keys’ horn section and the Memphis Ho ...

- flute, baritone saxophone * Darrell Smith - flute, Tenor saxophone * Lester Snell - Fender Rhodes * Errol Thomas - guitar, bass * Jackie Thomas - trombone * Fred Valentine - photography

References

{{Authority control Isaac Hayes albums 1975 albums Albums produced by Isaac Hayes ABC Records albums

Track listing

Charts

Personnel

See also

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