KC and the Sunshine Band (album)
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KC and the Sunshine Band is the second studio album
Studio album
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 of the hugely successful disco
Disco
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 group KC and the Sunshine Band
KC and the Sunshine Band
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 ", " Shake Your Booty", "I'm Your Boogie Man", "Keep It Comin' Love", "Get Down Tonight", "Give...

. The album contained three major hit songs—"That's the Way (I Like It)
That's the Way (I Like It)
"That's the Way " is a song written by H.W. Casey and Richard Finch, and recorded and released in 1975 by KC and the Sunshine Band for their eponymous second album...

", "Get Down Tonight
Get Down Tonight
"Get Down Tonight" is a song released in 1975 on the eponymous album by the disco group KC and the Sunshine Band. The song became widely successful, becoming the first of their five number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart...

", and "Boogie Shoes
Boogie Shoes
"Boogie Shoes" is a popular song released in 1975 on the self-titled album KC and the Sunshine Band by the disco group KC and the Sunshine Band. The song became a hit when it appeared on the Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack in 1977. The song is still heard on radio stations today as a disco-era staple...

".

This album was re-released in 1994 by Rhino as KC and the Sunshine Band ...And More. This reissue contained additional tracks from prior to 1975, along with two 1980s-era remixes.

Track listing

  1. "Let It Go (Part One)" – 2:56
  2. "That's the Way (I Like It)
    That's the Way (I Like It)
    "That's the Way " is a song written by H.W. Casey and Richard Finch, and recorded and released in 1975 by KC and the Sunshine Band for their eponymous second album...

    " – 5:07
  3. "Get Down Tonight
    Get Down Tonight
    "Get Down Tonight" is a song released in 1975 on the eponymous album by the disco group KC and the Sunshine Band. The song became widely successful, becoming the first of their five number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart...

    " – 5:14
  4. "Boogie Shoes
    Boogie Shoes
    "Boogie Shoes" is a popular song released in 1975 on the self-titled album KC and the Sunshine Band by the disco group KC and the Sunshine Band. The song became a hit when it appeared on the Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack in 1977. The song is still heard on radio stations today as a disco-era staple...

    " – 2:15
  5. "Ain't Nothin' Wrong" – 3:07
  6. "I'm So Crazy ('Bout You)" (Casey, Finch, Willie Clarke) – 3:04
  7. "What Makes You Happy" – 2:49
  8. "I Get Lifted" – 3:04
  9. "Let It Go (Part Two)" – 2:01

Bonus tracks on 1994 "...And More" Reissue

  1. "I'm Gonna Do Something Good To You" (Clarence Reid, Willie Hale) – 2:33
  2. "Why Don't We Get Together" (Casey) – 4:29
  3. "Do It Good" (Casey, Finch, Betty Wright) – 2:29
  4. "I'm A Pushover" – 3:49
  5. "You Don't Know" – 2:32
  6. "Get Down Tonight (Rick Finch & Tony Battaglia Remix)" – 7:44
  7. "That's The Way (I Like It) (Rick Finch & Tony Battaglia Remix)" – 5:55


All songs were written by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch, except where noted.

Personnel

  • Harry Wayne Casey
    Harry Wayne Casey
    Harry Wayne "K.C." Casey is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and producer. He is most famous for his group, KC and the Sunshine Band, and as a producer of several hits for other artists.-Early years:...

     – keyboards
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    , vocal
  • Jerome Smith – guitar
    Guitar
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  • Richard Finch
    Richard Finch (musician)
    Richard Finch , is an American composer, producer, engineer, and song arranger. He is best known as the co-founder, producer and former bass player of KC and the Sunshine Band...

     – bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , drum
    Drum
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    , percussion
    Percussion instrument
    A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...

  • Robert Johnson – drum
  • Oliver Brown
    Ollie E. Brown
    Ollie E. Brown is an American drummer, percussionist and record producer. A prolific session musician, Brown has performed on over a hundred albums in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. Brown was also half of the American dance-pop duo Ollie & Jerry, which had a Top 10 hit with "Breakin'.....

     – percussion
  • Fermin Goytisolo – percussion
  • Ken Faulk – trumpet
    Trumpet
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  • Vinnie Tanno – trumpet
  • Mike Lewis – tenor saxophone
    Tenor saxophone
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  • Whit Sidener – baritone saxophone
    Baritone saxophone
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  • Beverly Champion – background vocals
  • Margaret Reynolds – background vocals
  • Jeanette Williams – background vocals
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