“CNN) — Soul singer and arranger Isaac Hayes, who won Grammy awards and an Oscar for the theme from the 1971 action film “Shaft,” has died, sheriff’s officials in Memphis, Tennessee, reported Sunday.”
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/10/hayes.obit/
What a shame.
RIP Shaft
By: 91Regal - 11th August 2008 at 16:54
Being older than you geezers, I’ll remember him for the album ‘To Be Continued’ in which he turned Bacharach & David’s saccharine tune The Look of Love into something really soulful and sexy. Goodnight & sleep well, Mr. Hayes.
By way of a tenuous link, can anyone remember the name of a BBC series of (I think) late 80s/early 90s in which a Brit travels to the USA to find the members of a long defunct vocal group – I seem to remember Isaac was one of the group, and several other well known soul men were in the series.
By: Flying-A - 11th August 2008 at 03:21
I remember him best from his guest appearance in an episode of The Rockford Files in which his character displayed his physical prowess by tearing the top off a beer can. Rockford (James Garner) then did the same thing, saying something like “Aluminum makes a hero out of everybody.”
By: DazDaMan - 10th August 2008 at 22:40
RIP Chef…
By: fw190uk - 10th August 2008 at 22:19
Salty balls
No more chocolate salty balls, very sad news. He`s with the super adventure club in the sky now.
By: bombsaway - 10th August 2008 at 22:15
R.I.P chef
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