Major Harris, the former member of the soul group the Delfonics died at age 65 on Friday in Richmond.
According to the Associated Press, his sister, Catherine Thomas, said that he passed away from congestive heart and lung failure after being rushed to the hospital.
The singer of the 1975 hit “Love Won’t Let Me Wait" grew up in a musical family with his father being a guitarist and his mother leading the church choir. When he was a teenager he was tall for his age and was able to easily get into clubs to see musicians perform.
"He always appeared to be older, which gave him a lot of ins to a lot of older places," Thomas said, reports The Huffington Post.
Before Harris was with the Delfonics he was in various groups like The Teenagers, The Charmers and Nat Turner's Rebellion. It wasn't until the early 1970s that he joined the Delfonics who were known for hits like “La-La (Means I Love You)” and “Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time).”
Thomas said music "was his life."