Isaac Hayes, dies

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Live4Today — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:17:39 GMT

Issac Hayes will be remembered it's sad to hear such news there was another lost this week as well the Comedian Bernie Mac, Thanx for the post Blackapple. Live for Today as if it was Tommorrow.

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Blackapple — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:41:43 GMT

Soul Man is a 1967 song written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter, first successful as a hit single by Atlantic Records soul duo Sam and Dave.

Most African-American owned and operated institutions - with the word soul . [1] Relating this occurrence to the biblical story of the Passover, [2] Hayes and songwriting partner David Porter came up with the idea, in Hayes' words, of a story about one's struggle to rise above his present conditions. It's almost a tune [where it's] kind of like boasting... [ More ]

Isaac Hayes, dies

Blackapple — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:32:28 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -

Isaac Hayes, the pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose relentless Theme From Shaft won Academy and Grammy awards, died Sunday, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office said. He was 65.

A family member found Hayes unresponsive near a treadmill and he was pronounced dead about an hour later at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, according to the sheriff's office. The cause of death was not immediately known.