Unlimited Touch was an American,
New York–based
post-disco group,
[2] most active in the early 1980s.
[2]
The group's most famous song in its short lifespan was "I Hear Music in
the Streets", which made number 6 on US Dance chart in 1981.
The group consisted of Audrey Wheeler (lead singer), Philip Hamilton,
Tony Cintron, Sandy Anderson, Stephanie James and Lenny Underwood.
[1] Raymond Reid and William Anderson from New York–based band
Crown Heights Affair instigated Unlimited Touch in the early 1980s,
[2] but they were not part of the band.
[4] The group was signed to
Prelude Records (via
Epic Records in the
UK)
[4] and released their self-titled debut album in 1981.
[5]
Charles Richards was the executive producer of the group. Lenny
Underwood co-wrote "I Hear Music in the Streets" and "Searchin' to Find
the One", which were minor hits in the
US Billboard R&B chart.
Due to a label and group dispute, they disbanded by the end of 1981,[4]
but re-formed in 1983 with a new line-up of just three of the original
members: Wheeler, Anderson, and James. They released a second album Yes We're Ready in 1983.[2] Their final single "Reach Out (Everlasting Lover)" reached number 54 on the US Dance chart in 1984,[3] but the group disbanded again not long after this.[2] In 1993, Unidisc Music issued the Searching to Find the One compilation album.[2]
In 1997, "I Hear Music in the Streets" was sampled by Rampage, along with Billie Lawrence on their song "Take It to the Streets".[6] The song has also been sampled by producer Sean Combs who sampled the bass guitar and drum breakdown for the Faith Evans song "All Night Long" in 1999.[4]
On March 31, 2020, bassist Sandy Anderson died from the
COVID-19 virus.
Studio albums
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