Musical Youth

. "One Of Us" is used as the theme song to the CBS television series Joan of Arcadia. Musical Youth's members included:. She and her band accompanied the Dixie Chicks for a national tour in the summer of 2003, during which time she also joined veteran San Francisco jam-rockers The Dead (see Grateful Dead) as a vocalist, and released her third album, titled How Sweet It Is, a collection of classic rock and soul covers. The Grant brothers remain involved in music, while Seaton released a solo set in 1989 before going on to form his own band, XMY. Osborne was featured in the 2002 film Standing in the Shadows of Motown and toured with legendary Motown sidemen The Funk Brothers. Plans to re-form were scotched when Patrick Waite, who had gone on to a career of juvenile crime, died of natural causes while awaiting a court appearance on drug charges. Her second studio album was Righteous Love, which was a long-delayed commercial failure; it fell off the charts quickly.

A revival of Desmond Dekker's "007" saw them back in the Top 30, but after one final hit with "Sixteen", they fell from commercial grace and subsequently split up in 1985 when Seaton left the band. Doing so placed her in the same school of female singer-songwriters as Tori Amos and Sarah McLachlan. Minor successes with "Heartbreaker" and "Tell Me Why" were succeeded by a surprise collaboration with Donna Summer on the UK Top 20 hit "Unconditional Love". Teresa" were minor hits following the success of "One of Us", and Osborne's audience grew significantly with her appearance at Lilith Fair. The catchy follow-up, "Youth Of Today", also reached the UK Top 20 and early in 1983 "Never Gonna Give You Up" climbed to number 6. "Right Hand Man" and "St. A US Top 10 hit also followed. The song was much more pop-oriented than the rest of the album, which was steeped in country, blues and folk music.

The infectious enthusiasm of the group's performance captured the public's imagination and propelled the record to number 1 in the UK charts. Her first album was Relish, which became a hit due to the single "One of Us". Based on the Mighty Diamonds" "Pass The Kouchie" (a song about marijuana), the title had been subtly altered to feature the patois "dutchie" (literally a "cooking pot"). After moving to New York City in the early 1990s, Osborne formed her own record label, Womanly Hips, to release a few independent recordings before signing to Mercury Records. During the winter of 1982, the group issued one of the fastest-selling singles of the year in "Pass The Dutchie". Joan Osborne (born July 8, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter originally from Anchorage, Kentucky (now part of Louisville). By that time, founding father Frederick Waite had backed down to be replaced by Dennis Seaton as lead singer.

An appearance on BBC disc jockey John Peel's evening show brought further attention to the group and they were signed to MCA Records. Although schoolboys, the group managed to secure gigs at certain Birmingham pubs and released a single, "Political"/"Generals", on local label 021 Records. The latter pair's father, Frederick Waite, was a former member of Jamaican group the Techniques, and sang lead with Junior at the start of the group's career in the late 1970s. This pop/reggae-influenced group featured two sets of brothers, Kelvin and Michael Grant and Junior and Patrick Waite.

Musical Youth formed in 1979 at Duddeston Manor School, Birmingham, England. Different Style (MCA). The Youth Of Today (MCA). Anthology (Musical Youth) (MCA).

Junior Waite. 1969, d. February 18, 1993. Patrick Waite - b. Kelvin Grant.

Michael Grant. Dennis Seaton.