| Unlimited Touch | |
| Background: | group_or_band |
| Origin: | New York, United States |
| Genre: | Post-disco |
| Years Active: | 1980–1981, 1983–1984 |
| Label: | Prelude |
| Past Members: | Audrey Wheeler Philip Hamilton Tony Cintron Sandy Anderson (deceased) Stephanie James Lenny Underwood |
Unlimited Touch was an American, New York–based post-disco group, most active in the early 1980s.[1] 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.[2] Raymond Reid and William Anderson from New York–based band Crown Heights Affair instigated Unlimited Touch in the early 1980s,[1] but they were not part of the band. The group was signed to Prelude Records (via Epic Records in the UK) and released their self-titled debut album in 1981.[3] 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.[1] Their final single "Reach Out (Everlasting Lover)" reached number 54 on the US Dance chart in 1984, but the group disbanded again not long after this.[1] In 1993, Unidisc Music issued the Searching to Find the One compilation album.[1]
In 1997, "I Hear Music in the Streets" was sampled by Rampage, along with Billie Lawrence on their song "Take It to the Streets".[5] 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.[6]
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Dance | US R&B [7] | UK | |||||
| 1980 | "I Hear Music in the Streets" | align=center | 6 | align=center | 33 | align=center | ― |
| 1981 | "Searching to Find the One" | align=center | — | align=center | 29 | align=center | 76 |
| "Love to Share" | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — | |
| 1983 | "No One Can Love Me (Quite the Way You Do)" | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — |
| "Happily Ever After" | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — | |
| "Yes, I'm Ready" | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | — | |
| 1984 | "Reach Out (Everlasting Lover)" | align=center | 54 | align=center | — | align=center | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||