Soul singer Roy Hammond, best known for writing and producing the Honey Drippers' often-sampled 'Impeach The President,' has died.
Soul singer Roy Hammond, best known for writing and producing the Honey Drippers' often-sampled"Impeach The President," has died at 81.that Hammond died on Wednesday at his home in Allendale, South Carolina, as a result of liver cancer.
Hammond was born on Aug. 3, 1939, in Newington, Georgia, and had dreams of being a professional boxer before pivoting to music in the late 1950s, setting off a decade-long run singing, writing and producing hits beginning with the Long Beach, Long Island, group The Genies. The group hit No. 72 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1958 with"Who's That Knockin'," and after a stint in the Air Force, he got back to work in 1965 under his own name , releasing the single"Shotgun Wedding," which hit No. 14 on the R&B chart; he released his debut solo album,He scored more hits through the late 1960s and early 1970s, including "Got To Get Enough " and"Don't Blame The Man.
"Some people say that he's guilty / Some people say I don't know / Some people say, give him a chance / Aw, some people say, wait till he’s convicted / Impeach the president," they sang on the track, which advocated for the impeachment of the President in the midst of the Watergate scandal that ultimately resulted in Nixon's resignation.
The song's biggest impact, though, is in the booming drums cooked up by Hammond on the track, which have reportedly been sampled more than 600 times on hip-hop tracks, including on MC Shan's"The Bridge," Eric B and Rakim's"Eric B. is President" Kris Kross'"Jump," Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg's"The Chronic ," LL Cool J's"Around the Way Girl," Tupac Shakur's"I Get Around," The Notorious B.I.G.
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