Legendary soul label Stax Records placed more than 175 hit songs on Billboard's Hot 100 pop charts as well as a staggering 250 hits on the R&B charts. Stax Number Ones features fifteen songs that hit #1 on either charts. The album includes many of the greatest names in soul music together on one stellar compilation: SAM & DAVE, OTIS REDDING, ISAAC HAYES, STAPLE SINGERS, JOHNNIE TAYLOR, BOOKER T. & THE MG's JEAN KNIGHT, SHIRLEY BROWN and more.