Young-Holt Unlimited

Biography

Young-Holt Unlimited were a soul and jazz instrumental musical ensemble from Chicago, Illinois. Drummer Isaac Holt and bassist Eldee Young, formerly members of Ramsey Lewis jazz trio, formed a new outfit called the Young-Holt Trio with pianist Don Walker in 1966. They met with modest success, including the minor hit, "Wack-Wack", which charted at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 1968, the group renamed itself Young-Holt Unlimited, and replaced Walker with Ken Chaney. Under their new name, the group scored a number three Hot 100 hit with "Soulful Strut", the backing instrumental track from Barbara Acklins "Am I the Same Girl". "Soulful Strut" sold a million copies with the gold record awarded by the R.I.A.A. in January 1969, less than 3 months after the tracks release.[1] Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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