Farewell Issac

Another sad loss in the world of music, has happened today, and it will be one of the largest losses for the music industry.
The sheriff's office, said authorities received a 911 call after Hayes' wife and young son and his wife's cousin returned home from the grocery store and found him collapsed in a downstairs bedroom.

Hayes was born in 1942 in a tin shack in Covington, Tenn., about 40 miles north of Memphis. He was raised by his maternal grandparents after his mother died and his father took off when he was 1 1/2. The family moved to Memphis when he was 6.

Hayes wanted to be a doctor, but got redirected when he won a talent contest in ninth grade by singing Nat King Cole's "Looking Back." Hayes laid the groundwork for disco, for what became known as urban-contemporary music and for romantic crooners like Barry White.

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

You will be dearly missed by friends and all who are in the music world. Farewell Issac Hayes.........