American singer/songwriter Del York was born and raised just outside Detroit, Michigan. In the early Seventies Del learned to play guitar and found his true calling because, once he learned a few chords, he immediately wrote his first song. Songwriting became his focus and so he packed up his motorcycle - guitar and all – and headed to Nashville.

Del was successful in getting two songs published on that first trip and was signed on with BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) as a songwriter. Later, he entered and won the Kentucky Fried Chicken Country Music Songwriting Contest at radio station CKLW-FM; in Windsor, Ontario. His winning song was Softly in the Night, co-written with Lorraine Kelsch. Del received another songwriting award in the 1990’s, this time from the Billboard Magazine Song Contest for his song, Mama’s Intensive Car, which he eventually recorded.

Del recorded and released three records of his own in the 1980’s including: Hole-Hearted Man, Biggest Heartache in the World, and Honky-Tonk Café. The recordings received considerable airplay. Honky-Tonk Café reaching # 27 on the Independent Charts.

In 1993 Del moved from the Motor City to Music City, USA, Nashville, Tennessee. However, he soon realized that Nashville had moved away from the singer/songwriter format that had served it so long and so well. Eventually, Del moved back to Detroit and in 1998 he formed his own music publishing house, Delbert Music, BMI. As a publisher Del placed two songs on a CD by recording artist Joseph James on JJC Records. Joe recorded Rollin’ On and Honky-Tonk Café. Joe’s recording of Honky-Tonk Café, released in 2001, stayed on the Music Row Charts for almost two years. Today, Del is back in the studio and continues to write songs.

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