The Delfonics- Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)|REACTION!!! THIS WAS INSANE

[@loudelk99]

One of the most soulful breakup songs ever written.

[@themajicman745]

These guys had some of the best slow jams you will ever hear back in the late 60's-70's. Another hot one by them is "La La La Means I Love You" I would love to see you react to "What's Come Over Me" by Blue Magic.

[@davidsawtelle3775]

Philly's finest DELFONICS! Seen them live several times! Listen to For The Love I Gave! Don't forget! Best song I've ever seen done live!

[@IceManLikeGervin]

A very mind blowing reaction 🤯! Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) was the second single released from The Delfonics 1970 album: The Delfonics. It was written by Thom Bell and William Hart. It was produced by Thom Bell. The song reached #3 on the R&B chart, # 10 on the Hot 100 and #13 on the Cash Box 100. William Hart is the lead singer on this song. The song won a 1971 Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group. Many people sing along to slow jams while dancing don't you remember Martin Lawrence's character in House Party slow dancing and singing in the girl's ear? The song has been extensively covered since 1970 by many artists including: Aretha Franklin, David and Jimmy Ruffin, Lisa Fischer, Millie Jackson, Regina Belle, Jackie Jackson, The Trammps, Maxine Nightingale, Patti LaBelle, New Kids On the Block and many more. Daryl Hall and Todd Rundgren covered this song in Episode 40 of the musical television show: Live From Daryl's House. In 1997, the song was featured in the motion picture: Jackie Brown, and was included on the movie's soundtrack. The song shows up in the 2019 television series: Euphoria, in the episode: "The Trials And Tribulations Of Trying To Pee While Depressed" and in the 2021 Sopranos prequel movie: The Many Saints Of Newark. The Delfonics Info 📰: Prior to forming The Delfonics, William "Poogie" Hart sang in a variety of groups including: Little Hart And The Everglows, The Veltones, The Four Guys and The Four Gents. Members of some of these early groups included THE brothers William and Wilbert Hart, Ritchie Daniels, Randy Cain, Stan Lathan and Donald Cannon, friends who all met at Philadelphia's Overbrook High School in the 1960s. In 1964, William "Poogie" Hart and his brother, Wilbert Hart, formed a group called: The Orphonics, consisting of themselves plus Randy Cain and Richie Daniels. After Richie Daniels joined the armed services, they used Ricky Johnson as his replacement. Randy Cain later rejoined, and the original trio of William Hart, Wilbert Hart and Randy Cain became: The Orphonics. The name came from a stereophonic machine the Hart brothers had in their basement. In 1965, William Hart was working in a barbershop in Philadelphia. A man named Stan Watson came into the barbershop one day, where William Hart, who had written quite a few songs by this point, would sing while playing his guitar. Stan Watson told William Hart that he knew a young arranger/producer for Cameo-Parkway Records named Thom Bell, who was at the time working with Chubby Checker. Stan Watson thereafter introduced the group to Thom Bell. William Hart recalls that the first song he presented to Thom Bell was an original composition of his entitled: "He Don't Really Love You". Thom Bell immediately produced the music arrangement to that song and it was released on Moon Shot Records, which later became Cameo-Parkway Records. The Orphonics were soon renamed as "The Delfonics", and their first song recording: "He Don't Really Love You" b/w "Without You", which had been arranged and produced by Thom Bell, was released on the Moon Shot Records record label in August 1966. The second Delfonics' song recording: "You've Been Untrue" b/w "I Was There", once again arranged/produced by Thom Bell was released in April 1967 on Cameo Records. By the end of 1967, Cameo-Parkway Records announced that it would soon no longer exist as a record company. In December of that year, Thom Bell took The Delfonics into Cameo-Parkway Record's recording studio to record a William Hart composition, entitled: "La-La (Means I Love You)", which featured William Hart on falsetto lead. With Cameo-Parkway Records about to be defunct, Stan Watson started up his own record label entitled: Philly Groove Records, and in December 1967the single: "La-La (Means I Love You)", was first released to the local Philadelphia music market. After gaining national distribution/promotion with New York's Amy-Mala-Bell Records, the single became a hit radio song in 1968, selling over one million copies. It reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was awarded a gold disc. The group's debut album: La La Means I Love You, was released on Philly Groove Records in 1968, featured the hit original song compositions: "La-La (Means I Love You)", "Break Your Promise", "I'm Sorry" and "Can You Remember"; along with covers of the Hal David/Burt Bacharach compositions "Alfie" and "The Look Of Love". Four more Thom Bell-produced albums from The Delfonics appeared in the next few years: The Sound Of Sexy Soul, The Delfonics Super Hits, The Delfonics and Tell Me This Is a Dream. Among The Delfonics' popular hits were the Grammy Award-winning song: "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)", "(For The Love) I Gave To You", "Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love)" and "Hey! Love". The Delfonics and Thom Bell had to work with a basic budget on the first creation as Thom Bell explained: "When I took them into the studio we didn't have any money to pay for string players and an orchestra so I played most of the instruments myself!"-a far cry from the full classical productions from 1968 to the beginning of the 1970s. "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" also sold a million copies and by March 1970 received a gold disc from the R.I.A.A. By 1972, The Delfonics racked up twelve top-20 hits on Billboards R&B/Soul Single Chart. Randy Cain left the group in 1971 after completing their fourth album, and in 1973 had a hand in forming the R&B group: Blue Magic. Randy Cain was replaced by Major Harris III; by then, however, Thom Bell had moved on to produce The Stylistics and later, The Spinners. The Delfonics swiftly produced another album: Alive & Kicking (1974), produced by Stan Watson. However, in the absence of Thom Bell, The Delfonics' career declined sharply, and with the exception of the aforementioned songs: "Hey! Love" and the minor hits "When You Get Right Down To It", "I Don't Want To Make You Wait" and "I Told You So", major success eluded them after 1975. The song: "(For The Love) I Gave To You", although popular, was never released as a single. Most of their songs at this point were written by lead singer William Hart. Late 1974, Major Harris III started his solo career by signing with Atlantic Records, and releasing his 1975 No. 1 R&B hit single: "Love Won't Let Me Wait", which peaked at No. 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. on June 25, 1975. The group split up into two separate groups of Delfonics around 1975; one group featured Major Harris III and Wilbert Hart, with new member Frank Washington, formerly of The Futures. The other group featured William Hart with new members. Future group line-ups would become confusing as members shifted between groups and multiple groups toured the circuit as The Delfonics. Major Harris III moved to William Hart's group around 1980, with their third member being the returning Randy Cain. Frank Washington also switched from Wilbert Hart's group, joining in 1985. While the main recording line-up of the group was William Hart, Major Harris, and Frank Washington, they would tour as two separate trios with additional members added. One group featured William Hart, Randy Cain, and Garfield Fleming, and the other consisted of Frank Washington, Major Harris III, and Freddy Ingleton. William Hart also toured with another line-up consisting of himself, Johnny ("JJ") Johnson and Pat Palmer, and toured in Japan at least one time with Freddy Ingleton and Salaam Love. In 1989, Wilbert Hart, Major Harris III and Frank Washington appeared on The Arsenio Hall Show as The Delfonics. Through the 1990s, The Delfonics groups continued to perform live on stage in various group manifestations. The William Hart's Delfonics with Major Harris III and Frank Washington made several recordings, including backing vocals on the song: "After The Smoke Is Clear", on the 1996 hip hop album: Ironman, by Ghostface Killah of The Wu Tang Clan. The groups reorganized again in the 1990s. William Hart began touring with Johnnie Johnson and Garfield Fleming; this group recorded as The Delfonics. Major Harris III toured with Frank Washington and Pat Palmer. Wilbert Hart's group included Salaam Love (formerly in William Hart's group) and Eban Brown who formerly performed with the group: Ray, Goodman & Brown, and a short stay with: The Manhattans, as lead tenor. Eban Brown was lead tenor with Wilbert Hart's group for five years, from 1993 until his departure to take a two-year break from the industry in 1998. Eban Brown and Salaam Love were replaced by first tenor Van Fields and New York native Greg Hill around 1999. After a very short stay with Wilbert Hart's group, Van Fields left and joined The Stylistics in 2000 and Greg Hill left in 2005 and was replaced in the group by Salaam Love. William Hart's group with Johnnie Johnson and Garfield Fleming were featured in concert on the DVDs: The Big Show and '70s Soul Jam, whereas Wilbert Hart's group is featured on the DVD: Old School Soul Party Live!, which was part of the PBS My Music series. Major Harris III is also featured on the re-released DVD: Blue Magic/Margie Joseph/Major Harris Live!, which was recorded in 1975. Wilbert Hart released a Delfonics' CD in 2005 entitled: Fonic Zone, which he wrote and produced. Rapper Rick Ross was featured on the single entitled: "Here For U". ****CONTINUE BELOW****

[@IceManLikeGervin]

William Hart continued touring with his group, Johnnie Johnson and Garfield Fleming while Wilbert Hart continued touring with his group, Eban Brown and Salaam Love. Randy Cain reunited with the Hart brothers at the Rhythm and Blues Foundation Awards in Philadelphia to perform for the first time together in years, and were honored with the Pioneer Award. Soon after, Randy Cain joined William Hart on his tour and stayed with that unit until his death in 2009. William Hart, along with Russell Thompkins Jr., the original lead singer of The Stylistics and Ted Mills the original lead singer of Blue Magic came together to record a CD entitled: The Three Tenors of Soul, which was produced by songwriter and producer, Bobby Eli and released in 2007. Randy Cain passed away on April 9, 2009 at the age of 63. Major Harris passed away on November 9, 2012 at the age of 65. In 2020, William Hart and Wilbert Hart celebrated their 55th anniversary in the music industry. Lead singer William Hart passed away died on July 14, 2022 at the age of 77. Wilbert Hart is the only surviving original member of The Delfonics still performing live on stage as of 2023 as: Wil Hart Of The Original Delfonics. The Classic Delfonics Group Members 👨🏿‍🎤👨🏿‍🎤👨🏾‍🎤👨🏾‍🎤: William Hart (born on January 17, 1945 in Washington, DC) Wilbert Hart (born on October 19, 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Herbert Randal Cain III aka Randy Cain (born on May 2, 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Major Harris III (born on February 9, 1947 in Richmond, Virginia) Television And Film Credits 📺📽: The David Frost Show (April 7, 1970 Season 2 Episode 157): William and Wilbert Hart and Randy Cain appeared on the British talk show host's US syndicated program. SOUL! (April 16, 1970 Season 1970 Episode 46): William and Wilbert Hart and Randy Cain appeared on the television show. American Bandstand (January 2, 1971 Season 14, Episode 18): William and Wilbert Hart and Randy Cain appeared on the show. Top Of The Pops On July 1, 1971 (Season 8, Episode 26) William and Wilbert Hart and Major Harris appeared on the UK television show. Soul Train (December 11, 1971 Season 1 Episode 11): William and Wilbert Hart and Major Harris appeared on the television show. Soul Train (March 2, 1974 - Season 3 Episode 24): William and Wilbert Hart and Major Harris appeared on the television show. Soul Train (May 8, 1976 - Season 5 Episode 35): William and Wilbert Hart and Major Harris appeared on the television show. The Ebony Affair TV Show: (In 1973): William and Wilbert Hart and Major Harris appeared on the television show. The Arsenio Hall Show (March 22, 1989 Season 1 Episode 75): Wilbert Hart, Major Harris and Frank Washington appeared on show. It's Showtime At The Apollo (May 15, 2004 Season 17 Episode 23). Love Train: The Sound Of Philadelphia (January 2009): William Hart, Randy Cain and Garfield Fleming performed on this television special. TV One Unsung (November 20, 2013 Season 6 Episode 14): William and Wilbert Hart were featured on "The story Of The Delfonics". Luke Cage (September 30, 2016 Season 1 Episode 9): William "Poogie" Hart and The Delfonics are featured performers on the Netflix original series. Mr. SOUL! The Movie (In 2018): William Hart, Wilbert Hart, Randy Cain and Major Harris, earlier performances from SOUL!, are featured in the 2018 award-winning documentary film. Honors And Awards 🏅: RIAA Gold Record: On March 18, 1970, The Delfonics were awarded a Gold Record for sales of one million units. Grammy Award: William Hart, Wilbert Hart and Randy Cain won a Grammy Award for best R&B performance for their song, "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)", in 1971. Philadelphia Music Alliance Walk of Fame: In 1995, William Hart, Wilbert Hart, Randy Cain and Major Harris were inducted as The Delfonics into the Philadelphia Music Alliance Walk of Fame. The Rhythm and Blues Foundation: In 2006, William Hart, Wilbert Hart and Randy Cain received the Rhythm and Blues Pioneer Award. The National Rhythm and Blues Music Society: In 2013, William & Wilbert Hart were honored with, Lifetime Achievement Awards and Major Harris and Randy Cain received Posthumous Awards at Resorts Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Atlantic City Walk Of Fame: On April 24, 2023 The Delfonics were inducted into the newly established Atlantic City Walk Of Fame, presented by The National R&B Music Society Inc. William Hart, Wilbert Hart, Randy Cain and Major Harris were the inductee for The Delfonics. The original members of Black Ivory Leroy Burgess, Stuart Bascombe and Russell Patterson inducted The Delfonics. The Delfonics Albums 📀: La La Means I Love You (1968) Sound Of Sexy Soul (1969) The Delfonics (1970) Tell Me This Is A Dream (1972) Alive & Kicking (1974) Return (1981) Forever New (1999) Fonic Zone (2005) Adrian Younge Presents The Delfonics (2013) Wilbert Hart Albums 📀: Hold On For Love (1999) William Hart Albums 📀: The Three Tenors Of Soul w/ Russell Thompkins Jr and Ted Mills (2007) Major Harris III Albums 📀: My Way (1974) Blue Magic Live Featuring Major Harris And Margie Joseph (1975) Jealousy (1976) How Do You Take Your Love (1978) I Believe In Love (1984) Some good songs from The Delfonics 🎶: La La La (Means I Love You), What's Come Over Me, Funny Feeling, Break Your Promise, I'm Sorry, Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love), Trying To Make A Fool Of Me, Somebody Loves You, The Way Things Are, I Don't Want To Make You Wait, Alfie, Think It Over, Walk Right Up To The Sun, Over And Over, Tell Me This Is A Dream, Loving Him, You Got Yours And I'll Got Mine, Delfonics Theme, When You Get Right Down To It, Hey! Love, I Told You So, Don't Throw It All Away, Looking For A Girl, You've Been Untrue, I Don't Care What People Say, Can You Remember, Lying To Myself, Baby I Love You, Round & Round, Everytime I See My Baby, (For The Love) I Gave To You, Too Late and He Don't Really Love You. Fun Fact 🕵🏾‍♂: The Delfonics songs: "Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love)" and "Funny Feeling", were used in the video game: Grand Theft Auto V, on the fictional radio station: The Lowdown 91.1.

[@khenley7100]

Awesome reaction !! S Nation. Again, Old soul!!

[@gregusmc2868]

Love it! The PHILLY SOUND! You got a new subscriber. ❤️🫡🤘🏼

[@citypopFM]

The Delphonics recorded music that transcends centuries. Songs like these will always be fresh and perfect no matter anything.

[@ScottSWS-wb8ky]

The delfonics arre a awesome group! Listen to hey love song too!

[@paulfromthe]

I had the same emotions as you. I always listen to NPO Soul Jazz and heard this song on the radio last month (yes on the radio!). Later I also watched the video. Amazing. It is the real sound of Philadelphia. Congratulations on your nice channel! From the netherlands!

[@TheGreatGig73]

I've been a rocker since the 60's and 70's But the Motown and Philly sound cannot be beat!!!!

[@bennygreene1421]

Just a poor white guy here when I need to cry this is so awesome it gets to me. Amazing.

[@bennygreene1421]

👍

[@DanPLC]

The movie Jackie Brown introduced me to this amazing song. Tarantino always picks the best songs for his films.

[@trishriley9681]

❤️

[@lavenderhearts101]

Love your reaction ❤️

[@perryphillips2919]

First comment. I really love your videos 💯💯

[@RonBryantCutnEdgeCartoonsandGG]

Excellent reaction

[@texvor6949]

The problem with that video is its not the true performance. Some idiot put the record version over the video and uploaded it. The actual soul train performance is incredible and use to be on youtube until those fools took that down and now all you can find is this version. You thought this was good wait till you see how they sung it live in the true version of it.

[@busybee6726]

Philly sound

[@leeboddy3118]

T sounds good cos it is good xx