This US soul-jazz group was formed in Chicago in 1965 as the Young-Holt Tri… Read Full Bio ↴This US soul-jazz group was formed in Chicago in 1965 as the Young-Holt Trio with Eldee Young (7 January 1936, Chicago, Illinois, USA; bass), Red Holt (b. Isaac Holt, 16 May 1932, Rosedale, Mississippi, USA; drums) and Hysear Don Walker (piano). Young and Holt both studied at Chicago's American Conservatory Of Music. They later joined the Ramsey Lewis Trio and were featured on two of the group's best-known singles, "The 'In' Crowd" and "Hang On Sloopy" (both 1965). The bass player and drummer then broke away to pursue their own direction - although their debut R&B hit on Brunswick Records, "Wack Wack' (1967), was as undemanding as Lewis" work of this period. In 1968 pianist Walker was replaced by Ken Chaney. Soon Chaney was out and the act was reconstituted as the Young-Holt Unlimited. Under that name, the act hit in 1968 with the million-selling "Soulful Strut", a US pop Top 5 hit. This instrumental was, in fact, the backing track to a Barbara Acklin single, "Am I The Same Girl?', but with Floyd Morris" piano part replacing the vocal line. Ironically, neither Young, nor Holt, was on the record as the instrumental was by the Brunswick studio band. Despite that, Young-Holt Unlimited continued to make technically precise, but rather sterile records before the group's two mainstays decided to rejoin Ramsey Lewis in 1983. Young-Holt Unlimited's recordings have been extensively sampled by R&B and hip hop artists.
Soulful Strut
Young-Holt Unlimited Lyrics
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@drewsplove5339
It is insanely hard to find the name/title of an instrumental when all you have is the melody stuck in your head. I've been looking for this for a VERY long time. I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I had an emotional outburst when I accidentally came across this on Youtube. 😭
@786ashwireless8
Drew Splove YES!!!!
@larryhinze8658
Nice score!
@HB-pg9sc
You& I had the same problem for a long time. One of the classic R&B stations in my city has an oldies program every Saturday morning that they start off with this song. So I called the DJ one Saturday morning & asked for the name & that's how I was able to learn it.
@kriskirk3896
well that's the appropriate response
@bdcmatt9041
Shazam is a free app for my phone, found it in 5 seconds after downloading it.
@helenperez6927
My first husband and I, both sixteen in '68, danced to this all by ourselves in a friends garage while everyone else was partying inside the house. He was a great dancer. This beautiful memory will always be in my heart.
@briankliewer5082
Now that's a lovely memory, indeed. I love this tune, too.
@helenperez6927
Thank you, yes!
@Wa3ypx
Helen, did he pass??