A major hit for the Philadelphia Delfonics written by William Hart and Thom Bell. Instantly recognizable for it's use of an arresting french horn clarion call figure that serves to set the stage for the dramatic sweeping soulful arangment. Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... The Delfonics were a quintessential Philadelphia soul singing group, most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... William Hart (March 31, 1823 - June 17, 1894), American landscape and cattle painter, was born in Paisley, Scotland, and was taken to America in early youth. ... Thom Bell was the record producer behind much of the Philadelphia soul subgenre of soul music in the 1970s. ...