Grammy-winning Delfonics singer William 'Poogie' Hart dies at 77

William "Poogie" Hart, in addition to writing the classic "Sound of Philadelphia" ballads "La-La

(Means I Love You)" and "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time),

Was also a founding member of the Grammy-winning trio the Delfonics. He was 77 years old.

Hadi Hart told The New York Times Wednesday that Hart died at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia on July 14.

A surgical complication caused the death. In the late 1960s and early 1970s,

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The Delfonics had six top 40 pop hits and more than a dozen top 20 R&B hits. Thom Bell provided the rich orchestral

arrangements and layered harmonies that made Philadelphia soul as essential to the '70s as Detroit's Motown label had been the decade before.

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The O'Jays. Even after they stopped having hits, their songs remained popular.

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