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Old music is understandably relative. It can come with baggage, attachments, bias and context. It can be a go-to, a safe space, a place where the feelings ...

Any Philadelphia native that ever attended a “blue light” house party or witnessed a spectacular “Battle of the Groups” at the legendary Uptown Theater, knows that those occasions would not have been ...

TRENTON – Nice (and clean) is what William Hart strove for as a music maker when he wrote ‘Didn’t I Blow Your Mind’ and 17 other million-sellers for The Delfonics. But that was before the rap ...

William “Poogie” Hart, lead singer of the R&B band The Delfonics, has died at the age of 77. According to TMZ, the singer was hospitalized in Philadelphia after he was having trouble breathing. He ...

The cross-generational team of Younge and William Hart has resulted in songs that capture the relationship between The Delfonics' music and... First Listen: The Delfonics, 'Adrian Younge Presents The ...

Hart's vocals led classic Billboard Hot 100 hits like "La - La - Means I Love You," "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" and "Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love)." By Andrew Unterberger, ...

Aficionados of sophisticated, sweet and sensual soul music need no introduction to William Hart. As the leader and prominent songwriter of the legendary trio the Delfonics (also comprised originally ...

The music world has lost an irreplaceable titan today. TMZ reports that William “Poogie” Hart, the lead singer of the iconic R&B trio The Delfonics, passed away Thursday, July 14, at the age of 77.

Tapping the veins of The Delfonics' emotive ballads has made for intensely dramatic tracks. Hart sings most often in the thin air of his upper register and, when his voice has been paired with gruff ...

Hart sang and co-wrote Philly soul classics like “La-La Means I Love You” and “Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time).” William “Poogie” Hart, the longtime lead singer of the hitmaking R&B trio, The ...