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KC and the Sunshine Band is an American musical group.
Founded in 1973, their style has included funk, R&B, and disco.
Their most well known songs include the disco hits "That's the Way (I Like It)", "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty", "Boogie Shoes", "I'm Your Boogie Man", "Give It Up", "Get Down Tonight" and "Please Don't Go".

1970s
The group was formed by Richard Finch and Harry Wayne Casey ("KC"), a record store employee and part-timer at TK Records in Miami. Following demo work, Casey and Finch were encouraged to create their own group. The initial members were just Casey and Finch (his main partner in songwriting), but Finch soon added guitarist Jerome Smith (June 18, 1953 - July 28, 2000)[1], and drummer Robert Johnson, both TK studio musicians.

The first few songs, "Blow Your Whistle" (September 1973) and "Sound Your Funky Horn" (February 1974), were released as singles, and had limited impact. However, a side project writing and producing music for George McCrae took Finch and Casey's "Rock Your Baby", featuring Smith on guitar, and made it a hit in mid-1974, selling 11 million copies worldwide. The band's "Queen of Clubs", which featured uncredited vocals by George McCrae, was a hit in England, peaking at #7, and they went on tour to England in 1975 off that success.

With the release of the self titled triple platinum second album KC and the Sunshine Band in 1975 came the group's first major US hit with "Get Down Tonight". It topped the R&B chart in April and the Billboard chart in August. "That's the Way (I Like It)" also became a number one hit in November 1975 and the group did well at the 1976 Grammy Awards. The 1976 album Part 3 yielded three top 5 singles: "I'm Your Boogie Man", "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" and "Keep It Comin' Love". Their success lasted until the fifth album and 1979—80; their last chart topping hit was "Please Don't Go" in December 1979, hitting #1 for one week in January 1980, and becoming the first #1 hit of the 1980s. With the declining popularity of disco, the group explored other styles and changed labels, joining Epic Records in 1980 after TK Records went bankrupt.

Queen of Clubs
Released 17th August 1974
Reached No.7 12wks in charts

Sound Your Funky Horn
Released 23rd November 1974
Reached No.17 9wks in charts

Get Down Tonight"
Released 29th March 1975
Reached No.21 9wks in charts

That's the Way (I Like It)
Released 2nd August 1975
Reached No.4 10wks in charts

I'm So Crazy ('Bout You)
Released 22nd November 1975
Reached No.34 3wks in charts

(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty
Released 17th July 1976
Reached No.22 8wks in charts

Keep It Comin' Love
Released 11th December 1976
Reached No.31 8wks in charts

I'm Your Boogie Man
Released 30th April 1977
Reached No.41 4wks in charts

Boogie Shoes
Released 6th May 1978
Reached No.34 5wks in charts

It's the Same Old Song
Released 22nd July 1978
Reached No.49 5wks in charts

Please Don't Go
Released 8th December 1979
Reached No.3 12wks in charts

Give It Up
Released 16th July 1983
Reached No.1 14wks in charts

(You Said) You'd Gimme Some More
Released 24th September 1983
Reached No.41 3wks in charts

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