Every time I have turned the radio or the TV on today, I have been informed that a chap called Isacc Hayes has died.
Quite frankly i don't think many will even know who he was, the media keeps telling us that he was famous for the no 1 single of a film called Shaft ????? and the voice of Chef in South Park???? Hardly record breaking stuff.
Yet on the other hand a guy called Frankie Laine died in 2007 aged 94, yet very little was made of his demise, I wonder why?
Frankie Laine still holds the record for the most weeks at number one, for one recording ("I Believe" 27 weeks) with Elvis Presley 18 weeks, The Beatles 16 weeks and ABBA 12 weeks. He also sang a number of title tracks for films & TV, Blazing Saddles, and Rawhide to name just a couple. He was still entertaining well into his eighties.
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