In the 1990s and 2000s he split his time between Miami Lakes, Florida and Durham, North Carolina. He grew up in Hialeah and graduated from Hialeah High School. Casey, who was later told that his mother did not appear at the custody hearing for her children, lived with his father. He was born to an Irish-American father and an Italian-American mother who ended their marriage when he was 10. In the mid-1990s, due to the revived interest in the music and fashions of the 1970s, Casey re-formed the Sunshine Band.Ĭasey was born on January 31, 1951, at the Naval Hospital in Opa-locka, Florida. However, it would later become a Top 20 hit in the United States (1984) when issued on the independent Meca label. ' Give It Up' was released as a solo hit, shot to Number One in the UK (but his U.S. He was left partially paralyzed for six months, and had to re-learn how to walk, dance, and play the piano, but by the end of the year he was back in the recording studio. In January 1981, he survived a serious car accident - another car hit his car head-on. Casey also part-wrote 'I Ain't Lyin'' (a UK hit for George McCrae in late 1975).Īs a result of the soaring popularity of new wave and synthpop in the early 1980s, Casey dissolved the Sunshine Band and recorded several pop-oriented solo albums. He also joined Teri DeSario on her hit ' Yes, I'm Ready' in 1979. ' Boogie Shoes' appeared on the soundtrack album for Saturday Night Fever. Other Casey-Finch favorites include ' (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty', ' I'm Your Boogie Man', ' Keep It Comin' Love' and ' Please Don't Go'. KC and the Sunshine Band became prominent in the United States in 1975 with ' Get Down Tonight' and ' That's the Way (I Like It)'. The band's 'Queen of Clubs' was a hit in the UK, peaking at No. However, while working on demos for KC & the Sunshine Band the song ' Rock Your Baby' ( George McCrae) was created. R&B chart and overseas that TK wanted a follow-up single and album. The first of couple songs, 'Blow Your Whistle' (September 1973) and 'Sound Your Funky Horn' (February 1974), were released as singles, and did well enough on the U.S. They later added guitarist Jerome Smith (1953–2000) and drummer Robert Johnson, both TK studio musicians.

The initial members were just Casey and Finch. Thus began the Casey-Finch musical collaboration.

He was introduced to Richard Finch, who was doing engineering work on records for TK Records. Harry Wayne Casey formed KC and the Sunshine Band in 1973. He is best known for his band, KC and the Sunshine Band, as a producer of several hits for other artists, and as a pioneer of the disco genre of the 1970s. Harry Wayne Casey (born January 31, 1951), better known by his stage name KC, is an American record producer, musician, and songwriter.

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