The Young Caucasians were a pop band from the Washington DC area.
The band released a seven-song album, Pop Quiz (Wasp Records, 1983), and six-song EP, The White Stuff (1986). While The Washington Post described their music as "good-humored", it noted that they were not a "joke band".
The Young Caucasians was also the name of a fictional singing group from 1957 that appeared in a single sketch during the fifth episode on November 12, 1977 of Saturday Night Live season 3. In the sketch, the group — composed of cast members Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Jane Curtin, Bill Murray, Laraine Newman, and Gilda Radner — performed an interpretation of the Ray Charles song "What'd I Say" (1959) for Charles, who was the episode's host. Charles subsequently performed his own version of the song.
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Further reading Zibart, Eve. "Penguinicity: The Paper Ace: [FINAL Edition]." The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext), 06 Jan., 1989, pp. n17. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/penguinicity-paper-ace/docview/307114877/se-2. Harris, Bill. "Singing its Praises ; TV: Glee is Charming enough that You can Forgive show's Shortcomings." The London Free Press, 26 Dec., 2009. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/singing-praises-tv-glee-is-charming-enough-that/docview/2212612434/se-2. Harrington, Richard. "The First Year at the Top: [FINAL Edition]." The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext), 18 Nov., 1987, pp. b07. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/first-year-at-top/docview/306955012/se-2. Viets, Elaine. "Who's Who that's Hip; A Guide for the Uninformed: [FINAL Edition]." The Gazette, 20 Sept., 1991, pp. B4/BREAK. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/whos-who-thats-hip-guide-uninformed/docview/432169045/se-2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/style/1989/05/27/the-young-caucasians-final-fling/4a075f86-d738-41fe-9a95-489769265f87/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250908102910/https://www.avclub.com/saturday-night-live-classic-ray-charles-1798205313#!