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Roll in the August: Young-Holt Unlimited Soulful Strut 1968 HQ

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USA #3 BILLBOARD, 1968 Young-Holt Unlimited (also known as Young-Holt Trio), were a U.S. soul and jazz instrumental musical ensemble from Chicago, Illinois, United States. 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 with “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. Follow-up releases failed to match the commercial success of “Soul

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