Musical Youth

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Dennis Seaton performing for Musical Youth 2005
Dennis Seaton performing for Musical Youth 2005
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
The Youth of Today
  DE 23 January 17, 1983 (13 weeks)
  UK 24 
gold
gold
December 04, 1982 (22 weeks)
  US 23 01/08/1983 (22 weeks)
Different style
  US 144 December 17, 1983 (12 weeks)
Singles
Pass the Dutchie
  DE 2 11/29/1982 (20 weeks)
  AT 2 01/15/1983 (12 weeks)
  CH 1 11/28/1982 (11 weeks)
  UK 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
gold
gold
09/25/1982 (14 weeks)
  US 10 12/11/1982 (18 weeks)
Youth of Today
  DE 29 02/28/1983 (6 weeks)
  UK 13 11/20/1982 (10 weeks)
Never gonna give you up
  UK 6th 02/12/1983 (10 weeks)
Heartbreaker
  UK 44 04/16/1983 (3 weeks)
Tell Me Why
  UK 33 07/09/1983 (6 weeks)
Unconditional Love (with Donna Summer)
  UK 14th 09/17/1983 (13 weeks)
  US 43 09/03/1983 (8 weeks)
007
  UK 26th 10/22/1983 (6 weeks)
Sixteen
  UK 23 01/14/1984 (8 weeks)
She's Trouble (Special New Mix)
  UK 87 05/12/1984 (3 weeks)
  US 65 01/14/1984 (7 weeks)

Musical Youth is a British reggae - pop - band that had some success in the early 1980s. After a long period of separation, two of the former band members are now musically active again 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 . In the early days of the group he sang together with his sons Junior (* 1967) and Patrick (* 1968) and their school friends Michael (* 1969) and Kelvin Grant (* 1971), also a pair of brothers. All four boys contributed vocals; Instruments played by Kelvin Grant ( guitar ), Junior Waite ( drums ) and Patrick Waite ( bass ). The quintet performed in local pubs and released the first single Political on a small label .

This enabled the group to get an appearance on the BBC radio show by John Peel . After this gig, Musical Youth's popularity soared, which brought the band a record deal with MCA Records . At that time, Fred Waite retired as lead singer; Dennis Seaton (* 1967) joined the band in his place . With him the single Pass the Dutchie was recorded, which was a defused version of Pass the Kouchie , a reggae hit by the Mighty Diamonds . In place of the “Kouchie” (a joint ) there was the “Dutchie”, the endearing word for a Dutch oven . The song developed into a worldwide success: It became a number one hit in the British charts , was number two in Germany and number ten in the USA . The single sold more than four million times and was nominated for a Grammy . Another huge hit was Never Gonna Give You Up (number six in the UK) the following year ; The group also took on the title Unconditional Love with Donna Summer , which made it into the UK's Top 20.

After a few not so successful recordings, the split finally took place in 1985 when Dennis Seaton left the band. The plans for a reunification were stopped abruptly when Patrick Waite, who had meanwhile been charged with drug offenses, died on March 2, 1993. He had suffered from heart problems for a long time.

The Grant brothers remained as musically active as the soloist Dennis Seaton, who also founded his own band with 'XMY'. In 2003, Musical Youth reunited as part of a 1980s nostalgia tour. In 2005 only Dennis Seaton and Michael Grant appeared 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

  • Generals / 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)

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  1. ↑ Chart sources albums: DE UK US
  2. ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
  3. ↑ Chart sources Singles: DE, AT, CH, US UK / Unconditional Love : UK US
  4. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK

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