''Disco Connection'' is the eighth

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by American

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musician

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

. The album, credited to his backing band, The Isaac Hayes Movement, was released in 1975. The album debuted at number 85 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Isaac Hayes

Personnel

*Isaac Hayes - vocals, keyboards, synthesizer *

Charles Pitts Charles "Skip" Pitts (April 7, 1947 – May 1, 2012) was an American soul and blues guitarist. He is best known for his distinctive "wah-wah" style, prominently featured on Isaac Hayes' title track from the 1971 movie '' Shaft''. He is widely cons ...

, Michael Toles, William Vaughn, Anthony Shinault - guitar *Errol Thomas - bass guitar *Lester Snell - keyboards, arrangements *Sidney Kirk - keyboards * Willie Hall, Willie Coles - drums, tambourine *Jimmy Lee Thompson - congas *Darnell Smith, Tommy Williams - tenor saxophone *Bill Easely, Emerson Able - alto saxophone *

Floyd Newman Floyd Newman (born August 17, 1931) is a 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 Horns. Born in Memphis, in t ...

- baritone 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 ...

, Edgar Matthews, Johnny Davis, William Taylor - trumpet, flugelhorn *Bill Flores, Jackie Thomas - trombone *Gary Russell - bass trombone *Bryant Munch, Richard Dolph - French horn *The Memphis Strings - strings

References

1975 albums Isaac Hayes albums Albums produced by Isaac Hayes ABC Records albums {{1970s-R&B-album-stub