Musical Youth
Musical Youth are a British reggae - pop band that had some success in the early 1980s. After a long period of separation of the two former band members have since been musically active under this name.
Band History
Musical Youth was founded in 1979 in Birmingham. The initiative came from Fred Waite, who was a member of the reggae band The Techniques in the 1960s. He sang in the early days of the group together with his sons, Junior ( born 1967) and Patrick ( * 1968 ) as well as their school friends Michael (* 1969) and Kelvin Grant (born 1971 ), also a pair of brothers. All four boys contributed vocals; Instruments played Kelvin Grant ( guitar ), Junior Waite (drums ) and Patrick Waite ( bass). The quintet has performed in local pubs and released on a small label, the first single Political.
This enabled the group to get a gig in the BBC radio show of John Peel. After this gig the popularity of Musical Youth increased enormously, which brought the band a record deal with MCA Records. At this time, Fred Waite withdrew as lead singer; in its place rose Dennis Seaton (1967 ) in the band. With it, the Single Pass the Dutchie was recorded, which was a disarmed version of Pass the Kouchie, a reggae hit of the Mighty Diamonds. In place of the " Kouchies " ( of a joint ) joined the " Dutchie ", the term of endearment for a Dutch oven. The song became a worldwide success: He became a number 1 hit in the British charts, was number two in Germany and number ten in the U.S.. The single sold more than four million copies and was nominated for a Grammy. Another major success was in the following year Never Gonna Give You Up ( sixth place in the UK); Moreover, the group took with Donna Summer on the title Unconditional Love, who made it to the UK Top 20.
After some not-so- successful recordings finally in 1985 the separation, as Dennis Seaton left the band. The plans for a reunion were abruptly halted when Patrick Waite, the interim drug offenses had been accused, died on 2 March 1993. He had suffered for some time from heart problems.
The Grant brothers remained as musically active as if acting as a soloist Dennis Seaton, who also founded his own band with ' XMY '. In 2003 there was part of a 1980s nostalgia tour to Reunion of Musical Youth. In 2005 occurred only Dennis Seaton and Michael Grant on together under this name.
Discography
Albums
- The Youth of Today (1982 )
- Different Style ( 1983)
Compilations
- Pass the Dutchie (1987 )
- Anthology (1994 )
- The Best of Musical Youth ... Maximum Volume (1995 )
- The Best of Musical Youth (2004)
Singles
- General / Political (1981 )
- Pass the Dutchie (1982 )
- Youth of Today (1982 )
- Never Gonna Give You Up (1983 )
- Heartbreaker (1983 )
- Tell Me Why (1983 )
- 007 (1983)
- Unconditional Love ( with Donna Summer ) ( 1983)
- 16 (1983)
- She's Trouble ( 1983)
- Whatcha Talking ' Bout (1984 )
- Let's Go to the Moon (1984 )
- On the Road (1986 )