Musical Youth, the child novelty act, had the good fortune of finding fame in England and America on the back of their smash hit “Pass The Dutchie“.
The group formed in 1979 at Duddeston Manor School, Birmingham, England as a pop/reggae influenced group, featured two sets of brothers, Kelvin and Michael Grant, as well as, Junior and Patrick Waite.
To put things in perspective, Michael Grant was nine years old in 1979, when he and his guitarist brother Kelvin, then seven, joined Musical Youth.
The band, which featured vocalist Dennis Seaton, keyboardist Michael Grant, and the Waite brothers — Patrick, who played bass and Freddie Junior, who played drums had gone their separate ways.
By the late 1990s, Musical Youth had passed into history and then in 1998, Seaton’s former manager David Morgan heard Pass The Dutchie on the soundtrack of 1980s-themed romantic comedy hit The Wedding Singer.
