Kc and the Sunshine Band is an American musical group. Founded in 1973 in Miami, Florida, their style has included funk, R&B, and disco. Their most well known songs include the disco hits "That . .   Expand    Wikipedia

Kc and the Sunshine Band is an American musical group. Founded in 1973 in Miami, Florida, 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", "I'm Your Boogie Man", "Keep It Comin' Love", "Get Down Tonight", "Give It Up", and "Please Don't Go". They took their name from lead vocalist Harry Wayne Casey's last name ("KC") and the "Sunshine Band" from KC's home state of Florida ('The Sunshine State'). The group was formed by Harry Wayne Casey ("KC"), a record store employee and part-timer at TK Records in Miami.KC started the group in 1973 he originally called the band KC & The Sunshine Junkanoo Band as he used studio musicians from TK and a local Junkanoo band called the Miami Junkanoo Band. He was then introduced too Richard Finch who was doing engineering work on records for TK and this was the beginning of the Casey-Finch musical collaboration. The initial members were just Casey and Finch, but they soon added guitarist Jerome Smith (June 18, 1953 - July 28, 2000) and drummer Robert Johnson, both TK studio musicians.

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