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  KC and the Sunshine Band - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
KC and the Sunshine Band is an American musical group.
The band's "Queen of Clubs" was a hit in Europe, and they went on tour to Europe in 1975 off that success.
This band is also one of the most stupidest bands ever to set foot on the face of the earth.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/KC_and_the_Sunshine_Band   (773 words)

  
 K.C. and The Sunshine Band   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
KC & The Sunshine Band released two singles from their first album, "Do It Good" and hit the R&B charts when "Blow Your Whistle" went to #27 in the fall of ’73 and "Sound Your Funky Horn" made it to #21 in early ’74.
KC & The Sunshine Band finally left T.K. Records, which Casey recalls as being pre-occupied with breaking new acts and not focusing on the Sunshine Band, and signed with Epic Records.
Former Sunshine Band rhythm guitarist Jerome Smith was killed in a freak construction accident in West Palm Beach, Florida on August 10th, 2000.
www.classicbands.com /kc.html   (1309 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Best of KC & the Sunshine Band: Music: KC & the Sunshine Band   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
KC and the Sunshine Band, led by Harry Wayne Casey, brought a bit of male bravado to the predominantly diva-led disco scene.
While many consider KC and the Sunshine Band a part of the Disco era, they really were one of the bands that came up on the early end of the Disco era (I consider the early era to be Pre-Saturday Night Fever).
KC and the Sunshine Band are remembered for their very catchy songs that appealed equally to radio stations, record buyers and disco dancers.
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 c h i c a g o I N N E R V I E W
Listing his mother as a main influence, the man currently internationally known as KC of KC and the Sunshine Band says that he was struck by the organ music flowing at her church.
KC did not take this easy, as he had vested so much into the disco sound that a once-accepting public was turning its collective back on.
KC came out with Give It Up in 1983, then called it quits in 1985, but only to return in 1991 after nostalgia was unbearable for people aching for the familiar and the funky amidst the sterile '80s.
www.chicagoinnerview.com /archives/jan04_kc_sunshine_band.htm   (1116 words)

  
 KC and the Sunshine Band: Nostalgia
K.C. and the Sunshine Band were one of the most successful disco bands of all time, racking up several danceable hits throughout the mid-to-late 70’s.
The newly-formed K.C. and the Sunshine band scored their first hit in 1975 with “Get Down Tonight,” a stomping groove peppered with percussive horns and a keyboard-like flourish that was actually a sped-up tape of a guitar.
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 KC and the SUNSHINE BAND : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
KC And The Sunshine Band (no. 4 LP '75), Part 3 (no. 13 '76), four more on TK incl.
Greatest Hits; KC Ten on Meca; The Painter '81 and All In A Night's Work '82 on Epic.
Without the Sunshine band, KC went out with a bang with 'Give It Up' '83, a UK no. 1.
www.musicweb.uk.net /encyclopaedia/k/K13.HTM   (248 words)

  
 Disco Profiles - KC and the Sunshine Band
KC and the Sunshine Band were primarily interested un making people happy with their party music; they were actually at the forefront of a revolution during the mid and late 70's that pushed rock towards its current percussive and dance oriented direction.
KC and The Sunshine Band were now a phenomenon.
KC and The Sunshine Band continue to tour both in the US and overseas.
www.comicgenius.com /DiscoFever/disco_profiles/kc_&_the_sunshine_band/kc_profile.htm   (1184 words)

  
 Book A Band - KC & The Sunshine Band   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
KC's records literally sold millions (75 million to be exact) keeping him on a winning streak that lasted well into the eighties.
KC shares a distinction with The Beatles as the first artist to have four #1 singles in the span of one year: "Boogie Shoes", "Rock Your Baby", "Get Down Tonight", and "That's The Way (I Like It)".
Back then, KC And The Sunshine Band were the most successful promulgators of the boisterous, tropically funky dance music known as The Miami Sound.
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 KC & the Sunshine Band - Leading Authorities Speakers Bureau
KC won a songwriting Grammy in 1976 for best RandB song for "Where Is the Love," which was recorded by Betty Wright.
In 2001, KC was honored with the NARAS Governor's Award, the highest honor given by a chapter of the Academy.
KC songs are regularly heard at sporting events, including the recent NBA Playoffs between San Antonio Spurs and New Jersey Nets.
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 KC and The Sunshine Band Bio - Mars Talent
KC and The Sunshine Band is one of the most recognizable names from the disco craze of the '70s.
KC shares a distinction with The Beatles as the first artist to have four #1 singles in the span of one year:
Formed in 1973 in Hialeah, Florida and originally named KC and The Sunshine Junkanoo Band, the band ruled both the Pop and RandB charts, as well as the dance floors throughout the '70s.
www.marstalent.com /bio_kc_sunshine_band.htm   (281 words)

  
 KC and the Sunshine Band
When Harry Wayne Casey - KC for short - started The Sunshine Band, he probably didn't know that he would sell more than 100,000,000 records, win three Grammy Awards (and have nine other nominations) and take home an American Music Award.
With seven new band members - a new drummer, four new horn players, a new guitarist and a new dancer - the show is "even more incredible than it was" with more "getting down," Mr.
KC and The Sunshine Band is also scheduled to perform on the "Get Up and Dance" tour beginning in August.
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 KC and the Sunshine Band
Additionally, KC and the Sunshine Band's grooves and bass lines have been sampled in everything from RandB by R. Kelly to Rap by Snoop Dogg to Dance by Ultra Nate and many many more...
KC and The Sunshine Band celebrated their 25th Anniversary in 1999 with a commemorative double CD release titled THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION.
Combining the funk of the70's, the fun-loving attitude of the 80's and the swinging groove of the 90's and beyond, KC and The Sunshine Band continue to forge new musical territory and delight fans of all ages throughout the world.
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 KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND Unofficial Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
They had no precedents, were completely original in their approach and virtually by themselves, pointed the direction that pop music would take in the 80's, with 9 Grammy nominations and the receipt of 3 Grammy awards.
KC and The Sunshine Band enter the 90's with a new release "The Game of Love", and a U.S. tour to continue their legacy.
KC and The sunshine Band - Tk Records 1974 -Rhino Records 1990 LP/CD The Sound of Sunshine TK Records 604 - 1975
www.70disco.com /kc.htm   (1309 words)

  
 VH1.com : K.C. & the Sunshine Band : Biography
KC & the Sunshine Band officially formed in 1973, but a debut single, "Blow Your Whistle," sunk from sight upon release.
But it was another Casey/Finch original, "Rock Your Baby," that R&B artist George McCrae scored a hit with in 1974 as KC & the Sunshine Band began issuing further albums and singles, quickly scoring big hits on their own.
Come the '90s, an appreciation of everything '70s swept across the U.S., which led to a renewed interest bands from the era, prompting KC & the Sunshine Band to re-form for concert performances.
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 KC of Sunshine Band falls from stage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
NEW YORK - For KC of KC and the Sunshine Band, falling off the stage during a concert is definitely not the way he likes it.
KC, whose real name is Wayne Casey, took a headfirst fall off a 6-foot-high stage while performing Saturday at the Cinco de Mayo Festival in Phoenix.
The band was two songs into its set when Casey took the tumble, just as "Boogie Shoes" was beginning.
www.azcentral.com /ent/celeb/articles/0509kc.html   (186 words)

  
 Montreal Mirror - Music : KC and the Sunshine Band
KC (aka Harry Wayne Casey) of KC and the Sunshine Band sounds exhausted on the other end of the line.
KC co-wrote and sang a gaggle of unforgettable '70s tunes, including "I'm Your Boogie Man," "Keep It Comin' Love," "Boogie Shoes" and "Shake Your Booty." Though he originally didn't see his music as disco, he's since embraced the label, welcoming the post-disco-backlash revival of the past decade and a half.
KC: This was supposed to be a coffee table book and it wasn't supposed to talk about everything in my life.
www.montrealmirror.com /ARCHIVES/2003/082103/music2.html   (631 words)

  
 KC & the Sunshine Band News
Certainly not those '70s showmen known as KC and the Sunshine Band, who will play one of 200 dates this year at Harrah's April 20.
KC & the Sunshine Band, who exploded from the Miami R&B scene into international disco and pop stardom with a string of chart-top hits like "Get Down Tonight" and "That's The Way," will find a new CD home for...
Musikfest is reviving the Disco era with a night of 1970s dance music, including KC & the Sunshine Band, Gloria Gaynor, Tavares and Sister Sledge featuring Kathy Sledge.
www.topix.net /who/kc-the-sunshine-band   (719 words)

  
 Open Directory - Arts: Music: Bands and Artists: K: KC and the Sunshine Band   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
KC and the Sunshine Band - Page has dates and biography regarding releases and a discography.
KC and the Sunshine Band from Washington D.C. - Picture of the girls and KC performing in Washington D.C. October 1999.
KC and the Sunshine Band 25th Anniversary Collection at Rhino Records - Site has information of special Edition track listing of 2 CDs with 31 dance classics in ram and wma sample formats spanning 1975-1983.
dmoz.org /Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/K/KC_and_the_Sunshine_Band   (456 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: The Best of Kc and the Sunshine Band: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
K.C. & the Sunshine Band, led by Harry Wayne Casey, brought a bit of male bravado to the predominantly diva-led disco scene.
The Best of KC and the Sunshine Band provides a fairly broad sampling of the Sunshine Band's music, including "Keep It Comin' Love," "I'm Your Boogie Man," and the tropical funk of "Boogie Shoes." --Steve Gdula --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
K.C. and The Sunshine Band gave their own musical revolutionary sound for a disinctive way of rock history through an american disco faze trend society.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000071B6   (979 words)

  
 Jerome Smith Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musicians Directory
KC and The Sunshine Band Guitarist Dies In Construction Accident
Smith was the rhythm guitarist on KC and the Sunshine Band's
Jerome Smith, of K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Dies at 47
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 KC & the Sunshine Band MP3 Downloads - KC & the Sunshine Band Music Downloads - KC & the Sunshine Band Music Videos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
From the mid- to late '70s, the multi-member and racially integrated group led by bandleaders Harry Wayne "KC" Casey and Richard Finch racked up some of the era's biggest and instantly recognizable dance hits.
KC of Sunshine Band Falls From Stage May 9, 2005
There can be little argument that Chic was disco's greatest band; and, working in a heavily producer-dominated field, they were most definitely a band.
www.mp3.com /kc-&-the-sunshine-band/artists/73936/summary.html   (230 words)

  
 KC and the Sunshine Band singer falls off stage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
KC and the Sunshine Band singer falls off stage
Although visibly injured, KC jumped back on stage and finished the show before heading off to hospital.
In a statement at his official website, KC said "Last night in Phoenix at the beginning of the show I lost my balance and fell 6 feet to the asphalt head first.
www.undercover.com.au /news/2005/may05/20050510_kc.html   (255 words)

  
 KC and the Sunshine Band Album Reviews - Jimmy "Bo" Horne
The house band played on almost every single, and company founder Berry Gordy was involved in producing and songwriting.
KC and Rick Finch (and other members of the Sunshine Band, to be fair) wrote, produced, and played on songs for many artists, including Betty Wright, George McCrae, Blowfly, and Fire.
Essentially, this is a KC and the Sunshine Band cd with a different singer.
www.beckysisland.com /kcsbalbrevjimmy.html   (722 words)

  
 ProSoundWeb | Concert Systems USA: On the Road with Innova SON for KC & The Sunshine Band
When KC and The Sunshine Band’s 2001 Summer Tour left the Walnut Creek Amphitheater, in Raleigh, NC, on July 17, concert officials at Madison Square Garden were very concerned.
They were expecting KC, and their opening act The Village People, to perform at their Paramount Theater, in NY, in less than 24 hours.
Rather than having a 56-channel snake coming off the stage, the Innova SON has a pair of coaxial cables that connect the FOH to the Innova SON Stage box which houses the 56 mic-pre’s to a Whirlwind Concert 52 splitter and that is how the signal is also routed to the analogue desk.
www.prosoundweb.com /live/articles/claudia/concertsystems.shtml   (1191 words)

  
 KC & The Sunshine Band - Nationwide Speakers Bureau
A UNIQUE FUSION OF With sales of over 75 million records, nine Grammy nominations, three Grammy Awards and The American Music Award, KC and the Sunshine Band are one of the seminal forces in pop.
Along with the Beatles, KC is the only artist to have four number one singles in the span of a year: Boogie Shoes, Get Down Tonight, That’s the Way I Like It, and Rock Your Baby.
The Bee Gees may have been the undisputed disco kings of the late ‘70s, but KC & the Sunshine Band weren’t far behind.
www.nationwidespeakers.com /speaker/474   (367 words)

  
 KC of KC and the Sunshine Band is... [Free Republic]
KC of KC and the Sunshine Band is...
KC of KC and the Sunshine Band is...a republican
KC used to do the nose candy but he's really cleaned up his act.
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 KC and The Sunshine Band - Music Book Cd
KC and The Sunshine Band - Music Book Cd I'll be there for you
"KC", became the most beloved figure of the disco era, setting the tempo for an upbeat cultural revolution that extinguished the gloom of the Vietnam War and put a smile back on America's face as hundreds of thousands of young fans boogied to KC and The Sunshine Band's hook-laden sounds.
Charting the ups and downs of KC's 30-year career, this photo packed portraint of Miami's first and greatest pop musical export invites the reader on a tour through the glitterball past and into the future, as KC continues his journey into the 21st century with his dance-happy music intact.
www.heykcsb.com /music_book_cd.html   (876 words)

  
 KC and the Sunshine Band still shake, shake, shaking booty - The Clarion-Ledger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Original band: KC joined bassist Richard Finch to form an interracial band in 1973 that contained between seven and 11 members at different times.
Early Years: One of KC and Finch's biggest breaks was writing Rock Your Baby, which singer George McCrae turned into a hit in 1974.
In 1975, KC and the Sunshine Band had three consecutive No. 1 singles.
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