THE ORIGINAL DELFONICS CAME OUT OF THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE PHILADELPHIA PENNA THEY STARTED SINGING IN 1965 IN THE BASEMENT OF THEIR HOME IN WEST PHILADELPHIA. THEY ATTENDED SCHOOL IN PHILADELPHIA, OVERBROOK HIGH SCHOOL BEING THE LAST SCHOOL ATTENDED BY THIS GROUP WHICH CONSISTED OF WILBERT HART , BORN OCTOBER 19,1947 AND HIS BROTHER WILLIAM ALEXANDER HART, BORN JANUARY 17, 1945..AND HERBERT RANDAL CAINE THE THIRD, BORN IN JANUARY 1945
THEY WON TALENT SHOWS AT LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS, AND DID COLLEGE HOME COMINGS BEFORE SIGNING A MANAGING CONTRACT WITH STAN THE MAN WATSON IN 1966..THE MANAGER NAMED THE GROUP THE DELPHONICS BECAUSE HE WAS IN A GROUP CALLED THE DELVIKINGS, AND THE GROUP AT HAD BEEN NAMED ORPHONICS BY THE TWO HART BROTHERS AFTER LOOKING AT A STEREO IN THEIR BASEMENT WHICH READ STEREOPHONIC SOUND..THATS HOW THE NAME CAME ABOUT..THE MANAGER TOOK THE GROUP TO CAMEO PARKWAY STUDIOS AND RECORDED TWO SONGS ONE CALLED PRETTY LITTLE GIRL IN A YELLOW DRESS. AND THE SONG THAT WAS CHOSEN TO BE THE FIRST RELEASE WAS HE DON'T REALLY LOVE YOU, WHICH WAS WRITTEN BY WILLIAM POOGIE HART, AND THOM BELL..THIS WAS A FIVE STATE LOGO DEAL, AND THE SECOND RELEASE WAS
YOU'VE BEEN UNTRUE,THEN THE GROUP TRIED A THIRD RELEASE WHICH FINALLY BUSTED THRU THIS SONG WAS LA LAH MEANS I LOVE YOU..IT WENT GOLD, AND STARTED THE GROUP TO BE KNOWN INTERNATIONALLY AS WELL AS NATIONALLY..THEY CONTINUED WITH A STRING OF HITS SUCH AS HEY LOVE SOMEBODY LOVES YOU BREAK YOUR PROMISE,TRYING TO MAKE A FOOL, I'M SORRY,FOR THE LOVE, YOU GET YOURS, I'LL GET MINE
READY OR NOT, THE SUPER SONIC SOUL DELFONICS WERE KNOWN FOR THE SOUND OF SEXY SOUL,CLASSIC SOUL, ALBUMS SUCH AS LA LAH, DIDN'T I, SOUNDS OF SEXY SOUL, HEY LOVE, ARE HEARD ON RADIO STATIONS AND THIS GROUP HAS NATIONAL ACCLAIM FOR THE BEST R AND B CLASSIC GROUP OF ALL TIME. IN 1971 WON A GRAMMY FOR BEST R AND B GROUP PERFORMANCE ON DIDN'T I BLOW YOUR MIND..WHICH SOLD 2 MILLION COPIES IN 1968..THE CHOREOGRAPHY OF THIS GROUP WAS REMARKABLE AND CONTINUE TO BE WITH WILBERT HART PORTRAYING THE SMOOTHE SEXY SOUL APPEARANCE WITH HIS CLASSIC MOVES THAT DAZZLE THE AUDIENCES AT EVERY TURN, AND EVERY VENUE IN THE COUNTRY AND OUT..THERE HAS BEEN MANY CHANGES ON THIRD BASE,AS THE BROTHERS CONTINUED TO SIGN SWING AND SWAY THEIR STYLE ON ALL THE NEW MEMBERS REPLACING RANDY CAINE ,WITH MAJOR HARRIS IN 1972. ALTHOUGH HARRIS ONLY SONG ON TWO SONGS, HE NEVER WROTE ANY THING FOR THE DELFONICS, NEITHER DID RANDY..TODAY THERE ARE TWO GROUPS OF DELFONICS, THERE IS WILLIAM POOGIE HARTS GROUP OF DELFONICS AND THERE IS WILBERT HART FORMERLY OF THE DELFONICS WHO HAS THE BEST PERFORMANCE AND HE LEAVES THE AUDIENCE SPELLBOUND, WITH STANDING OVATIONS AFTER EACH SONG, AND PERFORMANCE...WHAT EVER GROUP OF FONICS YOU SEE OUT THERE IN THE CONCERT SCENE, YOU WILL WALK AWAY SINGING THE CLASSIC SEXY SOUL HITS OF THE SUPER SONIC DELFONICS/DELPHONICS...THE BEST ALBUM OF COURSE IS THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION AND THE BEST OF THE DELFONICS BY ARISTA RECORDS IS SECOND, WITH THE SOUND OF SEXY SOUL ALBUM, MAKING A LOT OF MEMORIES HAPPEN..THE DELFONICS HAVE PERFORMED WITH SUCH GREAT ARTIST AS THE WHISPERS AT CONSTITUTION HALL, IN WASHINGTON D,C THAT PERFORMANCE WITH WILBERT HART FORMERLY OF THE DELFONICS WAS ALL THAT...THE WHISPERS GAVE UP THE PROPS THAT NITE..ALSO THE SHOW WITH THE MIGHTY DELLS, AND THE DRAMATICS AND THE CHILITIES,WAS ANOTHER GREAT SHOW, BUT THE MOST REMARKABLE SHOW WAS WILBERT HARTS DELFONICS WITH LITTLE ANTHONY AND THE IMPERIALS AT THE APOLLO THEATRE IN NEW YORK WITH THE STYLISTICS..THAT SHOW WAS AWESOME...SO THERE YOU HAVE IT THE BEST BIO ON THE NET...BY SAFA, SHALLAH, CLARA AND HANNAH, NUMBER ONE FANS OF THE SUPER SONIC SOUL DELFONICS
WILBERT, WILLIAM AND RANDY CAINE, THE ORIGINAL GROUP OF FONICS...NOTABLE QUOTES I REMEMBER
DICK CLARK ASKING MICHAEL JACKSON, WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE GROUP, ANSWER WAS THE DELFONICS...ALSO THE DOCUMENTARY OF BOYS TO MEN, WHO WAS YOUR FAVORITE GROUP..ANSWER..THE SUPER SONIC DELFONICS,SO THERE YOU HAVE IT...HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS GREAT BIO AND I HOPE TO SEE IT POSTED ON THE NET..THE GIRLS SIGNING OFF AS P E R F E C T...BIO
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