Young-Holt Unlimited

Young-Holt Unlimited were an American soul and jazz instrumental musical ensemble from Chicago, Illinois.

Drummer Isaac "Red" 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 Acklin's "Am I the Same Girl." "Soulful Strut" sold a million copies with the gold record awarded by the RIAA in January 1969, less than 3 months after the track's release. Unfortunately, follow-up releases failed to match "Soulful Strut"'s commercial success, and the group had disbanded by 1974, with Young and Holt continuing to play in Chicago small bands.

Young died of a heart attack on February 12, 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand, at the age of 71.

Holt was believed still to be active as of early July 2011.^{[citation needed]}

Albums discography

• 1966: Wack Wack (in harriet the spy)
• 1967: Feature Spot (as The Young Holt)
• 1967: "The Beat Goes On"
• 1967: On Stage
• 1968: Soulful Strut
• 1968: Funky But!
• 1968: Live at the Bohemian Caverns
• 1969: Just a Melody
• 1970: Mellow Dreamin'
• 1971: Born Again
• 1973: Oh, Girl
• 1973: Young-Holt Unlimited Plays Super Fly

References

• Huey, Steve. Young-Holt Unlimited. Allmusic, Retrieved September 8, 2007.