As first generation British-Jamaicans set the UK reggae scene alive in the late
1970s and early 1980s, Birmingham teenagers Musical Youth were one of the first
Caribbean boybands attempting to take over the pop charts. Put together when
Frederick Waite (a member of 1960s rocksteady group The Techniques) put his sons
Junior and Patrick together with schoolfriends Michal Grant and Dennis Seaton
and arranged local gigs at pubs around the city. The band got their big break
when they appeared on John Peel's Radio 1 show and landed a deal with MCA
Records. Seaton's sugar sweet harmonie...