Unlimited Touch is tagged as: funk, disco, boogie, disco funk, lowrider funk Unlimited Touch was an R&B group with club leanings from Mt. Vernon, NY & Brooklyn. They weren’t disco, and they weren’t exactly straight-up R&B; like their Prelude labelmates D Train, Unlimited Touch combined the two forms into what is often referred to as post-disco. They enjoyed minor success on the R&B charts, but they were embraced more by DJs — such as the Paradise Garage’s Larry Levan — and became one of the countless inspirations behind house music. Their singles were often full-blow songs, with verses and a chorus, and they were often made with the dancefloor in mind. The group’s formation was sparked from the efforts of Crown Heights Affair’s William Anderson and Raymond Reid. The sextet — bassist Sandy Anderson, drummer Tony Cintron, guitarist Phil Hamilton, vocalist Stephanie James, keyboardist Lenny Underwood, and vocalist Audrey Wheeler — broke out on Prelude in 1980 with “I Hear Music in the Streets,” a single that didn’t do much commercially but fared much better in U.K. and U.S. clubs. A handful of other singles were issued, including the number 29 U.K. chart hit “Searching to Find the One,” prior to the release of a self-titled LP that packaged the singles together. The less ... Read More About Unlimited Touch Biography...  Send Unlimited Touch ringtones to your cell
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