Musical Youth was formed in 1979 by Frederick Waite (sr.), who discovered that his sons Patrick and Frederick (Junior) were talented musicians. Junior played drums and Patrick, who envied his brother’s musical instrument, got a bass, which he went on to play very well. Freddie Waite was acquainted to the Grant family and taught their son Kelvin to play guitar, while his elder brother Michael was playing keyboards. He then formed a band with these four talented young musicians and sang lead vocals himself at first.

Once the band started getting attention from record companies, Freddie Waite thought it wise to find a lead singer that was just as old as the boys were. Junior directly recommended Dennis Seaton, who went to school with him at Duddeston Manor School and after a short audition, Dennis was immediately adopted as the new lead singer.

In 1982 they signed to MCA Records and their first single “Pass The Dutchie” was an instant smash. It went to number one in the UK and reached the same position in many charts around the world, putting “the Youth” on the map. Though none of the succeeding singles could match the success of “Dutchie”, the success story didn’t end after their number one smash. “The Youth Of Today”, “Heartbreaker” and “Never Gonna Give You Up” did well in different countries around the world. The sophomore album “Different Style!” contained the hit singles “007” and “Tell Me Why” and the boys even recorded a single with Donna Summer: “Unconditional Love”.