To Be Continued (Isaac Hayes Album)
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''...To Be Continued'' is the fourth
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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 ...
, issued in 1970 on
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' Enterprise label. The LP includes Hayes' cover of the
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composition " The Look of Love", which was issued as a single in an edited form, peaking at #79 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Hayes had covered Bacharach/David songs on his previous albums ''
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'' (" Walk On By") and '' The Isaac Hayes Movement'' (" I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself"). The ''...To Be Continued'' album as a whole peaked at #1 on the ''
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'' Black Albums and Jazz Albums charts, and at #11 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Bowman, Rob (1997). ''Soulsville U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records.'' New York: Schirmer Trade. . Pg. 213–214


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Personnel


See also

* List of number-one R&B albums of 1970 (U.S.) * List of number-one R&B albums of 1971 (U.S.)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:To Be Continued 1970 albums Isaac Hayes albums Stax Records albums Albums produced by Isaac Hayes Jazz albums by American artists Albums with cover art by Joel Brodsky