There's all that weeping and all that crying
Motherless children have a hard time
when the mother is gone

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$1.75 in 1956 is equivalent to $21.00 in today's money. Although the fee was usually only a few dollars, for many, it was a significant amount of money, sometimes representing a substantial portion of a family’s household income for the week.

Sheet music for "Shaft" by Isaac Hayes.
Who's the cat that got the Oscar? Isaac Hayes
You're damn right!

Quincy Jones intervened arguing that while Hayes did not physically write the notes on paper, the composition, arrangement, and ideas were entirely his own. Hayes was allowed to remain in the category winning the Oscar making him the first African American to win an Oscar in a non-acting category.