Grammy-award-winning lead singer of the R&B band The Delfonics, William “Poogie” Hart, is dead.<\/p>\n
William Hart’s death was confirmed by his son,\u00a0Hadi, who told TMZ the singer was having trouble breathing so he was recently taken to Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, where he passed away Thursday, July 14, from complications during surgery.<\/p>\n
William and his brother,\u00a0Wilbert, launched the Philly-based group in the late ’60s with\u00a0Randy Cain,\u00a0Ritchie Daniels\u00a0and\u00a0Thom Bell.<\/p>\n
In 1971, The Delfonics won a Grammy Award for “Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)” for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group, Vocal Or Instrumental.<\/p>\n
“Didn’t I” and “La-La” were also featured in\u00a0Quentin Tarantino’s film “Jackie Brown.” Other movies that have popularized their music were\u00a0Spike Lee’s “Crooklyn” and “The Family Man” with\u00a0Nicolas Cage.<\/p>\n
Their songs “Ready or Not Here I Come (Can’t Hide from Love)” and “Funny Feeling” were played in the video game “Grand Theft Auto V” on a fictional radio station The Lowdown 91.1.<\/p>\n
The original band split in 1975 after achieving twelve top-20 hits on Billboard’s R&B and Soul Single Chart. Former members created splinter groups that continued to perform through the ’90s and 2000s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Grammy-award-winning lead singer of the R&B band The Delfonics, William “Poogie” Hart, is dead. William Hart’s death was confirmed by his son,\u00a0Hadi, who told TMZ the singer was having trouble breathing so he was recently taken to Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, where he passed away Thursday, July 14, from complications during surgery. William and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":89183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[119,14297,273,14298],"class_list":["post-89179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-dies","tag-grammy-award-winning","tag-singer","tag-william-hart"],"yoast_head":"\n