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TM BIOGRAPHY THE DELFONICS CAUGHT THE RISING TIDE OF R&B AND POP MUSIC AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME IN THE LATE 1960’S, WHEN YOUNG MALE GROUPS WERE COMING INTO THEIR OWN. THE DELFONICS UNIQUE STYLE OF SONG AND WELL CHOREOGRAPHED DANCE STEPS CAUGHT THE WORLD BY STORM. THE DELFONICS QUICKLY BECAME A STELLAR ATTRACTION ON WORLD WIDE CONCERTS, COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND BECAME ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER GROUPS TO APPEAR AT THE WORLD RENOWED APOLLO THEATER IN NEW YORK. THE MOTIVATING FORCE OF THE GROUP WAS WILLIAM (POOGIE) HART. AS A LITTLE BOY, WILLIAM WAS INSPIRED BY GROUPS, SUCH AS FRANKIE LYMAN and THE TEENAGERS, LITTLE ANTHONY and the IMPERIALS, THE TEMPTATIONS AND GLADYS KNIGHTS and the PIPS. WILLIAM ORGANIZED HIS FIRST SINGING GROUP, LITTLE HART and THE EVERGLOWS AT THE AGE OF 14. WILLIAM WENT ON TO FORM OTHER GROUPS, THE VELTONES, THE FOUR GUYS, THE ORFONICS AND THE GRAMMY AWARD WINNING GROUP THE DELFONICS. THE DISTINCT SOUND OF THE DELFONICS HAS ALWAYS AND WILL BE WILLIAM HART‘S NATURAL FIRST TENOR VOCALS. WILLIAM HAD A PASSION FOR WRITING. HIS VERY FIRST SONG TO BE RECORDED WAS ENTITLED, “PRETTY LITTLE GIRL IN THE YELLOW DRESS.” WILLIAM CONTINUED TO WRITE. THE FIRST SONG THAT PUT THE DELFONICS NAME IN THE PHILADELPHIA AREA WAS “HE DOESN’T REALLY LOVE YOU” THIS SONG WAS AN INSTANT PHILADELPHIA HIT, BEING PLAYED DAILY ON THE LOCAL RADIO STATIONS. THE NEXT SONG THAT WAS RELEASED ”YOU”VE BEEN UNTRUE” BECAME AN INSTANT HIT THROUGH OUT THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN STATES, YET ANOTHER SONG WRITTEN BY WILLIAM HART. THE DELFONICS WERE WELL ON THEIR WAY TO SUCCESS. WILLIAM, BEING A TRUE ROMANTIC WANTED TO FIND A SIMPLE WAY TO TELL A YOUNG LADY THAT HE LOVED HER. HIS WRITING OF THE SONG “LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU”WAS INSPIRED BY HIS BABY SON THAT WOULD BE IN HIS PLAYPEN SAYING THE WORDS”LA LA LA” THE SONG WAS ROMANTIC , YET SENTIMENTAL. WILLIAM’S SMOOTH, AND MELLOW FIRST TENOR VOCALS MADE LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU AN INSTANT HIT . WILLIAM’S VOICE IS ONE OF THE MOST RECONGIZED VOICES IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY TODAY. “LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU” BECAME AN INSTANT HIT PEAKING AT #2 ON BILLBOARDS TOP 100 . THE DELFONICS CONTINUED TO RELEASE HIT SONGS WRITTEN BY WILLIAM HART AND ARRANGED BY THOM BELL AND WILLIAM HART. THE STEADY STREAM OF HITS KEPT COMING “YOU GET YOURS AND I’LL GET MINE” “BREAK YOUR PROMISE” “I’M SORRY” AND “THE DELFONICS THEME”, ALL THESE SONG REACHED BILLBOARD’S TOP TEN. THE DELFONICS WERE IN SUCH DEMAND THROUGH OUT THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE. CAUSING RIOTS WHEREVER THEY PERFORMED. THE DELFONICS HAD BECOME INTERNATIONAL STARS. IN 1970 ”DIDN’T I BLOW YOUR MIND ” WAS RELEASED, WRITTEN BY WILLIAM HART AND ARRANGED BY THOM BELL AND WILLIAM HART, THE SONG WAS AN OVERNIGHT HIT, “DIDN’T I BLOW YOUR MIND” REACHED THE #1 POSITION ON THE BILLBOARD TOP 100. AT THE 1971 GRAMMY AWARDS “DIDN’T I BLOW YOUR MIND “WON A GRAMMY FOR THE BEST R&B SONG OF 1970. THE DELFONICS HAD BECOME THE SOUND THAT SEVERAL GROUPS BEGIN TO IMITATE. THE DELFONICS HAD CREATED A NEW ERA IN MALE GROUPS. THE DELFONICS CONTINUED TO TOUR AND PERFORMED ON THE TOP RATED TELEVISON SHOWS “SOUL TRAIN, AMERICAN BAND STAND”, THE JOHNNY CARSON SHOW” “THE MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW”,” THE “MERV GRIFFIN SHOW”, NUMEROUS TV MUSIC SPECIALS AND TV SHOWS THROUGHOUT EUROPE. THE DELFONICS CONTINUED TO MAKE THE CHARTS WITH THEIR HIT SONGS, “FOR THE LOVE I GAVE TO YOU” READY OR NOT HERE I COME,“OVER AND OVER AGAIN”, “TRYING TO MAKE A FOOL OF ME”, “YOU’RE GONE”, “SOMEBODY LOVES YOU” AND THE HITS GO ON AN ON. THE DELFONICS HAD 18 SONGS THAT REACHED THE BILLOARDS TOP 20. THE DELFONICS HIT SONGS HAVE CONTINUOUSLY BEEN COVERED OVER THE YEARS BY ARETHA FRANKLIN, REGINA BELL, NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK, SWINGOUT SISTERS, MANHATTAN TRANSFER, SILK, BETTE MIDLER, PRINCE, THE JACKSON 5, ANGELA BOFILL, THE FUGEES, MISSY ELLIOT, PATTI LABELLE, GHOSTFACE, GRAND PUBA, SAMANTHA SANDS, GROVER WASHINGTON JR. AND OTHER WELL KNOWN ARTIST. THE DELFONICS MUSIC HAS PLAYED IN NUMEROUS MOVIES AND TV SHOWS, THE FIVE HEART BEATS, CROOKLYN, JOHN Q, THE FISH THAT SAVED PITTSBURGH, FAMILY MAN, QUEEN’S LOGIC ,THE GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATED JACKIE BROWN, AND MOST RECENT, CARLITTO’S WAY, THE SOPRANOS, MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, GIRLFRIENDS, SEX IN THE CITY, ALL MY CHILDREN, GENERAL HOSPTAL AND ALSO NUMEROUS TELEVISON COMMERCIALS. THE DELFONICS HAVE A NEW CD OUT ON WILLIAM HART’S LABEL, “LA LA RECORDS, ENTITLED “THE DELFONICS TODAY ALL PLATINUM” WHEN YOU LISTEN TO WILLIAM’S MELODIC VOICE, “YOU WILL SAY WILLIAM HASN’T LOST ANYTHING”. PRESENTLY WILLIAM HART IS PRODUCING THE MUSIC SCORE FOR A NEW MOVIE ENTITLED “MAGIC MAN”. THE DELFONICS WILL ALSO PERFORM ONE OF THE MOVIES SOUND TRACKS THROUGHT FOUR DECADES THE DELFONICS AND THEIR MUSIC HAS TESTED THE HANDS OF TIME AND CONTINUES TO BE A STRONG INFLUENCE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY TODAY. THE DELFONICS ARE PERFORMING THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD SINGING THEIR HIT SONGS THAT STILL CAPTURE THE HEARTS OF SEASONED AND NEW DELFONICS FANS ALIKE. THE DELFONICS TAKE GREAT PRIDE AND A COMMITTED EFFORT TO BE FOCUSED ON THEIR VOCALS STYLE AND PROFESSIONALISM. THE DELFONICS ARE TRUE LEGENDS IN ST THE 21 CENTURY VISIT THE OFFICIAL DELFONICS WEBSITE @ www.aaeg.com/delfonics THE ORIGINAL DELFONICS .

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