Soul Legende Isaac Hayes verstorben

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Soul legend Isaac Hayes, whose simmering grooves and smooth, talk-singing style paved the way for disco and rap, died Sunday, August 10, at the age of 65. The Associated Press reports that Hayes collapsed at his home in Memphis, though the exact cause of death has yet to be reported.

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As his website notes, Hayes scored 20 albums on the R&B and pop charts between 1969 and 1980. 1970's The Isaac Hayes Movement and ...To Be Continued were both hits, but it was 1971's Shaft, the soundtrack to Gordon Parks' blaxploitation film, that launched Hayes into the stratosphere. Shaft hit number one on both the pop and R&B charts, and won both Grammy and Academy Awards. Hayes' performance of "Theme From Shaft" at the 1972 Oscars remains one of television's most powerful musical moments.

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R.I.P.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2cHkMwzOiM

quelle: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/articl...ayes-1942-2008