- 'Umntu Womphefumlo' wakhululwa kwi-Stax Records, ileyibhile yomphefumlo odumileyo apho u-Otis Redding, uWilson Pickett no-Isaac Hayes barekhoda. Yabhalwa kwaye yaveliswa nguHayes noDavid Porter, kunye neqela le-Stax house likaBooker T. & the MG's badlala izixhobo, ngaphandle kukaBooker ngokwakhe owayengekho ekholejini, yingakho uHayes wangeniswa e-Stax.
- U-Isaac Hayes wathetha ngale ngoma kudliwano-ndlebe nonomathotholo kawonke-wonke weSizwe: 'Ndifumene umbono ngokubukela kumabonwakude udushe lwaseDetroit. Kwakusithiwa ukuba ubeka 'umphefumlo' kumnyango weshishini lakho, abayi kuwutshisa. Emva koko igama elithi 'umphefumlo,' yayiyinto evuselelayo kubantu base-Afrika baseMelika, kwaye yayinempembelelo yomanyano, kwathiwa ngokuzingca okukhulu. Ngoko ndacinga, 'Kutheni ungabhali ingoma ethi 'Soul Man.' Kwaye konke okufuneka ukwenze kukubhala ngamava akho obuqu, kuba bonke abantu base-Afrika baseMelika kweli lizwe babenamava afanayo. Kodwa saqaphela ukuba ngaphezu kokuba ngamava ase-Afrika aseMelika, yayingamava omntu, kwaye ngoko ke yawela kwaye yaba yintengiso kakhulu.'
- Xa le ngoma yabhalwa, kwakungekho nkcazo ecacileyo 'yoMntu womphefumlo.' Emva kokuba u-Isaac Hayes eze nesihloko, uDavid Porter wabhala yonke i-lyric esekelwe kwinto awayecinga ukuba uMntu woMphefumlo uya kuba. KuPorter, waye:
Emaphandleni: 'Yiza' kuwe kwindlela enothuli.'
Hardscrabble: 'Ndifumene into endiyifumene nzima.'
Umthandi omkhulu: 'Ndafunda indlela yokuthanda ngaphambi kokuba ndidle.'
Umfazi omnye: 'Ndinike ithemba kwaye ubekuphela kwesithandwa sakho.'
Echaza lo mfana, uPorter wathi: 'Wayengenalo i-fancy-city-slant, kodwa wayenento eyenzeka ngaphakathi kuye eyenza abantu bamthande ngokwenene.'
Okubangel 'umdla kukuba, umbhali-mbhali wePorter u-Isaac Hayes uya kuba ngumzekelo omtsha, umphefumlo omnandi xa ebhala umxholo we-movie. Umphini . Lo Mphefumlo ngumama ombi... - U-Isaac Hayes wayefuna ukuba irekhodi libe nezinto ezinesingqisho ezifana nengoma kaBo Diddley ' Bo Diddley ,' kwaye uPorter wacela umculi uSam Moore ukuba amnike 'i-squall kaBobby Bland.'
- Indoda yomphefumlo 'yaye yafundiswa eWoodstock' (ngamanye amaxesha ingaziwa 'njengefundiswe kwimpahla elungileyo'). Oku kwakuyiminyaka emibini phambi komthendeleko owaziwayo; UDavid Porter wakhetha igama elithi 'Woodstock' ukuze abe nombono wesikolo esiphuma kwiintonga. 'Eli gama lichaza isikolo esasisehlathini ndaweni ithile kwaye babengakwazi ukubiza igama lesikolo,' utshilo. 'Imithi yagawulwa isikolo senziwa, kwaye basibiza ngokuba yiWoodstock.'
- USam noDave yayinguSam Moore kunye noDave Prater. UMoore wayekwiqela levangeli leThe Melionaires; U-Prater wayengumculi we-solo ngaphambi kokuba badibane ngo-1961. Baye basayinwa ngu-Roulette ngo-1962 kwaye batshintshela kwi-Atlantic ngo-1965 ngaphambi kokurekhoda i-Stax. Ngo-1988 uPrater wasweleka kwingozi yemoto. Baye bangeniswa kwiRock And Roll Hall of Fame ngo-1992.
- Kwinqaku le-1:15, unokuva isiginkci uSteve Cropper edlala amanqaku amane afuna impendulo kuSam Moore: 'Yidlale, Steve!' Oku kwazenzekela, kwaye kwenziwa kuthatho olunye.
Cropper ukhumbule ukuba Enganqunyulwanga ngo-2015: 'USam wathi' Yidlale, Steve!' ngexesha elinye kuphela, ekuthatheni enye, eyenzeka ukuba yeyona ilungileyo, ke sasebenzisa loo nto. Andizange ndiyicinge ngelo xesha. Sasingazi ukuba iza kwenza imbali.'
Isitudiyo seStax apho barekhoda khona ingoma yayiyindawo yeqonga eguqulweyo, kunye nesiseko samandla okudala. Ukukhothwa kwesiginci sikaCropper kweza emva kokuba umvelisi u-Isaac Hayes emcele ukuba afumane inxalenye yesilayidi evakalayo ka-Elmore James. UCropper wasebenzisa iZippo lighter njengesilayidi kwaye wafumana loo manqaku adumileyo. - Ethetha ngokuza nentshayelelo yesiginci edumileyo, uSteve Cropper wathi: 'U-Isaac Hayes weza kum ngobusuku obungaphambi kweseshoni. Bekusemva kwemini kwaye bebebuyele eofisini yabo, bebhala imini yonke. Waphuma kwaye wathi, 'UDavid Porter kunye nam sifumene le ngcamango enkulu. Ndicinga ukuba le ngoma ibetha kakhulu, kodwa andinakukwazi ukuza nayo nantoni na yentshayelelo kule nto.' Wandicela ukuba ndihle ndiye epiyano naye umzuzu nje ndiqhathe, ndenza njalo. Wayesoloko esiza nolu tshintsho-wayeyimvumi yejazz elungileyo, kwaye wayenokuza nezi seti ezahlukeneyo zotshintsho, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ndiyekele kum ukuba ndibeke uhlobo oluthile lokukhothwa okanye into ngaphezulu kwezo nguqu, kwaye yiloo ndlela intshayelelo ethi 'Soul Man' yazalwa ngayo.'
- Oku kwaphumelela iGrammy yowe-1967 yeyona Rhythm iBalaseleyo kunye neBlues Group Performance. Ibingunyaka wesibini nje eliwonga likhutshwa.
- I-Blues Brothers yakhulula oku njengento yokuqala yabo yokuqala ngo-1979. Yabetha i-#14 e-US, kwaye yanceda ukuseka i-duo njengesenzo somculo esisemthethweni. Abazalwana baseBlues babe NgoMgqibelo ebusuku Live abaqhula uJohn Belushi kunye noDan Aykroyd, kwaye bajika i-skit yabo kumboniso waba ngumboniso bhanyabhanya kunye nokhenketho. Iimvumi zabo ezixhasayo ziquka uPaul Shaffer osuka Ubusuku obunye kunye noDavid Letterman kunye noSteve Cropper kunye noDonald 'Duck' Dunn, ababengamalungu e-Booker T. Kwaye i-MG's.
UCropper wachaza: 'Sasisebenza kwizinto zaseNew York ukuzama ukwenza umboniso kunye noDan Akroyd noJohn Belushi, kwaye kwenzeka ukuba ndicebise ukuba benze into mhlawumbi edansa ngakumbi okanye intengiso encinci kuba sasisenza iiblues ezininzi. Babeyi-Blues Brothers, kodwa ndacinga ukuba i-Rhythm & Blues kufuneka idlale indima encinane kumboniso wethu ngoko ndacebisa 'uMntu womphefumlo.' Sangena kuyo ngoko nangoko kwaye ndathi, 'Uyazi, uSam & Dave babedla ngokwenza zonke ezi nyathelo zokudanisa kunye nezinto.' Ngoko bangena kuyo baza bayonwaba kakhulu ngaloo ngoma.' - Ukunika iingcinga zakhe kwinguqulelo yeBlues Brothers yale ngoma, uSam Moore wathi: 'Ndingathi babengabahlekisi abalungileyo. Ndayijonga ngalendlela ujonga ngayo iiCoasters. Ibiyimidlalo ehlekisayo evela kwiqela lamaqhula.'
- Xa uBob Dole wayegqatsela ukuba ngumongameli wase-United States ngo-1996, wasebenzisa le ngoma, yaphinda yabizwa ngokuba yi-'Dole Man,' njengengoma yakhe yephulo wade wamangalelwa ngabanini-copyright bengoma.
- USam Moore urekhode kwakhona oku kunye noLou Reed njengomxholo wefilimu ka-1986 enegama elifanayo. Ifilimu imalunga nomfo omhlophe ozenza ngathi umnyama ukuze afumane i-scholarship eHarvard; I-hijinks iyenzeka xa ekhethwa ukuba adlale ibhola yomnyazi kwaye abonakale eyoyikeka. UReed noMoore bacula ingoma NgoMgqibelo ebusuku Live ngoNovemba 15, 1986.
