Musical Youth

. The campaign responded by dropping the song from their playlist. Musical Youth's members included:. The band made the news briefly in late October 2004 when John Hall publicly commented that the Bush presidential campaign never received permission to use the song at campaign events. The Grant brothers remain involved in music, while Seaton released a solo set in 1989 before going on to form his own band, XMY. Hall quit his solo career and reunited with the band in the early 1990s, releasing a few recordings on the band's own label, Major Records. 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. Kelly died of a heroin overdose in 1984.

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. They continued performing, in spite of a diminishing audience, and released One of a Kind in 1982. 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". Orleans, meanwhile, got another hit with Forever's "Love Takes Time". 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. In 1977, Hall left to begin a solo career and became active in the anti-nuclear program, cofounding Musicians United for Safe Energy. A US Top 10 hit also followed. The song was used as a slogan by ABC television in 1977.

The infectious enthusiasm of the group's performance captured the public's imagination and propelled the record to number 1 in the UK charts. "Still The One" from their follow-up LP Waking and Dreaming was their second big hit. 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"). One of its singles, "Dance with Me", became a Billboard top ten song in 1975. During the winter of 1982, the group issued one of the fastest-selling singles of the year in "Pass The Dutchie". After ABC dropped the group, their self-produced second album, Let There Be Magic, came out on Asylum Records in 1974. By that time, founding father Frederick Waite had backed down to be replaced by Dennis Seaton as lead singer. Their debut album was Orleans, recorded in Muscle Shoals.

An appearance on BBC disc jockey John Peel's evening show brought further attention to the group and they were signed to MCA Records. The band signed with ABC Records in 1973. Although schoolboys, the group managed to secure gigs at certain Birmingham pubs and released a single, "Political"/"Generals", on local label 021 Records. Lance Hoppen, Larry's brother, joined the band later in that year. 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. The band took their name from New Orleans because that city was home to the mixture of music they played when the band was founded. This pop/reggae-influenced group featured two sets of brothers, Kelvin and Michael Grant and Junior and Patrick Waite. The band was founded in January 1972 in Ulster County, New York by Wells Kelly, John Hall and Larry Hoppen.

Musical Youth formed in 1979 at Duddeston Manor School, Birmingham, England. Orleans is a 1970s soft rock band, best known today for "Dance with Me" and "Still the One". 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.