Red Top Young

Biography

Red Top Young (born Robert Lee Young; February 15, 1936 – May 26, 2021) was an American blues, rhythm and blues, country, rock and roll and jazz musician. Robert Lee Young was born February 15, 1936, in Martinsville, Virginia, to Willie and Mattie Young. One of seven children, he started his education in Martinsville and completed high school in Elyria, Ohio. Subsequently, he attended Cleveland Music School in Cleveland, Ohio. All of his brothers had a love for music and the talent to go with it. He started making music at the age of eight and never stopped during his life. After learning to play on a "1000 pound" upright piano that one of his brothers purchased, he knew that music was what he wanted to do.

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