Artist:Young & Company
Song:I Like (What You're Doing to Me)
Album:Old School Volume 3
The 1980 single I Like (What You're Doing to Me) reached # 15 on the Billboard Dance chart and #20 on the British Singles chart. It was the biggest hit for the funk group Young & Company. Apparently the record sold 250,000 copies in the US and didn't chart in pop or R&B. So it should have charted higher. I suspect record company shenanigans. Young & Company was a family band originally from West Virginia. But by 1970 they had moved to East Orange, NJ and formed the band The Young Movement. William, Michael and Kenneth Young all sang. Buddy Hankerson played bass. The Youngs and Hankerson wrote and produced everything. Dave Reyes was the drummer. By 1979, the band name was changed to Young & Company. Singer Jackie Thomas had joined along with guitarist Joshua Thompson and pianist Mike Clark. They signed with Brunswick Records and that's when I Like (What You're Doing to Me) was a dance club hit. Brunswick had been around since the 20s. But by the 70s, they were in financial and legal trouble and would soon close. Most of Brunswick's music was produced by house producers led by Carl Davis. When an artist handled their own production, A&R director Ray Daniels would cook the books so the artist wouldn't know how much money they were supposed to get. That's what they did to Young & Company. The band recorded for other labels and even rerecorded a lot of their songs. You can get I Like (What You're Doing to Me) on this Thump Records various artists comp. Young & Company continued to perform. Hankerson left and started his own band in the 90s. Here's Young & Company performing I Like (What You're Doing to Me) on the Dutch TV show Star Club Jan. 26, 1981.
