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From 1974-1979, KC & the Sunshine Band were one of the most popular R&B/pop acts and writers of the era. The Best of KC & the Sunshine Band covers the high points of the band's production team of keyboardist/vocalist Harry Wayne "K.C." Casey and quirky bassist Richard Finch. The earliest tracks, "Queen of Clubs" and "Sound Your Funky Horn," are good but not great glossy, heavily produced R&B. The list of hits here is impressive whether looking from a straight-up R&B standpoint or early R&B-based disco. "Get Down Tonight" and "That's the Way I Like It," in fact, are the perfect examples of what happened in dance-based music. Tracks from the band's best album, Part 3, rightfully get a lot of slots here. Essential offerings like "I'm Your Boogie Man," "Wrap Your Arms Around Me," "I Like to Do It," and "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" display the band as a tireless polyrhythmic machine. The brilliant "Keep It Comin' Love" arguably bests them all. This best-of also includes later tracks, including the raucous and flashy "Do You Wanna Go Party" and the sweeping ballad "Please Don't Go." Although this best-of is more thorough than most, fans might notice a few omissions. "I Get Lifted" and their so-bad-it's-good cover of the Four Tops' classic "It's the Same Old Song" didn't make the cut. The Best of KC & the Sunshine Band is an excellent overview and proves that the band was indeed closer to R&B than they ever were to disco.
© Jason Elias /TiVo
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Harry Casey, Writer - Harry Wayne Casey, Producer, Keyboards, Lead Vocals - Robert Johnson, Drums - Margaret Reynolds, Background Vocals - Richard Finch, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Percussion, Writer, Bass - KC & The Sunshine Band, MainArtist - Oliver Brown, Percussion - Ken Faulk, Trumpet - Beverly Champion, Background Vocals - Fermin Goytisolo, Percussion - Jerome Smith, Guitar - Vinnie Tanno, Trumpet - Jeanette Williams, Background Vocals
© 1996 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Harry Casey, Writer - Harry Wayne Casey, Keyboards, Lead Vocals - Margaret Reynolds, Background Vocals - Richard Finch, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer, Bass - KC & The Sunshine Band, MainArtist - Oliver Brown, Percussion - Ken Faulk, Trumpet - Beverly Champion, Background Vocals - Fermin Goytisolo, Percussion - Jerome Smith, Guitar - Vinnie Tanno, Trumpet - Jeanette Williams, Background Vocals
© 1996 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1973 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Harry Casey, Writer - Harry Wayne Casey, Keyboards, Lead Vocals - Margaret Reynolds, Background Vocals - Richard Finch, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer, Bass - KC & The Sunshine Band, MainArtist - Oliver Brown, Percussion - Ken Faulk, Trumpet - Beverly Champion, Background Vocals - Fermin Goytisolo, Percussion - Jerome Smith, Guitar - Vinnie Tanno, Trumpet - Jeanette Williams, Background Vocals
© 1996 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1977 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Harry Casey, Writer - Harry Wayne Casey, Producer, Keyboards, Lead Vocals - Mike Lewis, Tenor Saxophone - Robert Johnson, Drums - Richard Finch, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer, Bass - KC & The Sunshine Band, MainArtist - Oliver Brown, Percussion - Fermin Goytisolo, Percussion - Jerome Smith, Guitar - Vinnie Tanno, Trumpet - Ken Faulk , Trumpet - Whit Sidener , Baritone Saxophone
© 1996 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975 Parlophone Records Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company
Harry Casey, Writer - Willie Clarke, Writer - Harry Wayne Casey, Producer, Keyboards, Lead Vocals - Mike Lewis, Tenor Saxophone - Robert Johnson, Drums - Richard Finch, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer, Bass - KC & The Sunshine Band, MainArtist - Oliver Brown, Percussion - Fermin Goytisolo, Percussion - Jerome Smith, Guitar - Vinnie Tanno, Trumpet - Ken Faulk , Trumpet - Whit Sidener , Baritone Saxophone
© 1996 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975 Parlophone Records Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company
Harry Casey, Writer - Harry Wayne Casey, Producer, Keyboards, Lead Vocals - Mike Lewis, Tenor Saxophone - Robert Johnson, Drums - Margaret Reynolds, Background Vocals - Richard Finch, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer, Bass - KC & The Sunshine Band, MainArtist - Oliver Brown, Percussion - Beverly Champion, Background Vocals - Fermin Goytisolo, Percussion - Jerome Smith, Guitar - Vinnie Tanno, Trumpet - Jeanette Williams, Background Vocals - Ken Faulk , Trumpet - Whit Sidener , Baritone Saxophone
© 1996 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1976 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Harry Casey, Writer - Harry Wayne Casey, Producer, Keyboards, Lead Vocals - Robert Johnson, Drums - Richard Finch, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer, Bass - KC & The Sunshine Band, MainArtist - Ken Faulk, Trumpet - Jerry Peel, French Horn - Fermin Goytisolo, Percussion - Jerome Smith, Guitar - Joe Singer, French Horn - Vinnie Tanno, Trumpet
© 1996 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1979 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Harry Wayne Casey, Producer, Keyboards, Lead Vocals, Writer - Mike Lewis, Tenor Saxophone - Robert Johnson, Drums - Margaret Reynolds, Background Vocals - Richard Finch, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer, Bass - KC & The Sunshine Band, MainArtist - Oliver Brown, Percussion - Beverly Champion, Background Vocals - Fermin Goytisolo, Percussion - Jerome Smith, Guitar - Vinnie Tanno, Trumpet - Jeanette Williams, Background Vocals - Ken Faulk , Trumpet - Whit Sidener , Baritone Saxophone
© 1996 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1976 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Harry Casey, Writer - Harry Wayne Casey, Producer, Keyboards, Lead Vocals - Mike Lewis, Tenor Saxophone - Robert Johnson, Drums - Margaret Reynolds, Background Vocals - Richard Finch, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer, Bass - KC & The Sunshine Band, MainArtist - Oliver Brown, Percussion - Beverly Champion, Background Vocals - Jerome Smith, Guitar - Vinnie Tanno, Trumpet - Jeanette Williams, Background Vocals - Ken Faulk , Trumpet - Whit Sidener , Baritone Saxophone
© 1996 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1978 Parlophone Records Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company
Harry Casey, Writer - Harry Wayne Casey, Producer, Keyboards, Lead Vocals - Mike Lewis, Tenor Saxophone - Robert Johnson, Drums - Margaret Reynolds, Background Vocals - Richard Finch, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer, Bass - KC & The Sunshine Band, MainArtist - Oliver Brown, Percussion - Beverly Champion, Background Vocals - Fermin Goytisolo, Percussion - Jerome Smith, Guitar - Vinnie Tanno, Trumpet - Jeanette Williams, Background Vocals - Ken Faulk , Trumpet - Whit Sidener , Baritone Saxophone
© 1996 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Harry Wayne Casey, Producer, Keyboards, Lead Vocals - Mike Lewis, Tenor Saxophone - Lamont Dozier, Writer - Eddie Holland, Writer - Brian Holland, Writer - Richard Finch, Producer, Drums, Bass - KC & The Sunshine Band, MainArtist - Beverly Champion, Background Vocals - Fermin Goytisolo, Percussion - Jerome Smith, Guitar - Vinnie Tanno, Trumpet - Jeanette Williams, Background Vocals - Ken Faulk , Trumpet - Whit Sidener , Baritone Saxophone
© 1996 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Harry Casey, Writer - Harry Wayne Casey, Producer, Keyboards, Lead Vocals - Mike Lewis, Tenor Saxophone - Robert Johnson, Drums - Margaret Reynolds, Background Vocals - Richard Finch, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer, Bass - KC & The Sunshine Band, MainArtist - Oliver Brown, Percussion - Beverly Champion, Background Vocals - Fermin Goytisolo, Percussion - Jerome Smith, Guitar - Vinnie Tanno, Trumpet - Jeanette Williams, Background Vocals - Ken Faulk , Trumpet - Whit Sidener , Baritone Saxophone
© 1996 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975 Parlophone Records Ltd. A Warner Music Group Company
Harry Casey, Writer - Harry Wayne Casey, Producer, Keyboards, Lead Vocals - Mike Lewis, Tenor Saxophone - Robert Johnson, Drums - Margaret Reynolds, Background Vocals - Richard Finch, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer, Bass - KC & The Sunshine Band, MainArtist - Oliver Brown, Percussion - Beverly Champion, Background Vocals - Fermin Goytisolo, Percussion - Jerome Smith, Guitar - Vinnie Tanno, Trumpet - Jeanette Williams, Background Vocals - Ken Faulk , Trumpet - Whit Sidener , Baritone Saxophone
© 1996 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1977 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Harry Casey, Writer - Harry Wayne Casey, Producer, Keyboards, Lead Vocals - Mike Lewis, Tenor Saxophone - Robert Johnson, Drums - Margaret Reynolds, Background Vocals - Richard Finch, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer, Bass - KC & The Sunshine Band, MainArtist - Oliver Brown, Percussion - Beverly Champion, Background Vocals - Fermin Goytisolo, Percussion - Jerome Smith, Guitar - Vinnie Tanno, Trumpet - Jeanette Williams, Background Vocals - Ken Faulk , Trumpet - Whit Sidener , Baritone Saxophone
© 1996 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1977 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
Willie Clarke, Writer - Harry Wayne Casey, Keyboards, Lead Vocals, Writer - Mike Lewis, Tenor Saxophone - Margaret Reynolds, Background Vocals - Richard Finch, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer, Bass - KC & The Sunshine Band, MainArtist - Oliver Brown, Percussion - Beverly Champion, Background Vocals - Fermin Goytisolo, Percussion - Jerome Smith, Guitar - Vinnie Tanno, Trumpet - Jeanette Williams, Background Vocals - Ken Faulk , Trumpet - Whit Sidener , Baritone Saxophone
© 1996 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1974 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Harry Casey, Writer - Harry Wayne Casey, Keyboards, Lead Vocals - Mike Lewis, Tenor Saxophone - Betty Wright, Writer - Margaret Reynolds, Background Vocals - Richard Finch, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer, Bass - KC & The Sunshine Band, MainArtist - Oliver Brown, Percussion - Beverly Champion, Background Vocals - Fermin Goytisolo, Percussion - Jerome Smith, Guitar - Vinnie Tanno, Trumpet - Jeanette Williams, Background Vocals - Ken Faulk , Trumpet - Whit Sidener , Baritone Saxophone
© 1996 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1974 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
From 1974-1979, KC & the Sunshine Band were one of the most popular R&B/pop acts and writers of the era. The Best of KC & the Sunshine Band covers the high points of the band's production team of keyboardist/vocalist Harry Wayne "K.C." Casey and quirky bassist Richard Finch. The earliest tracks, "Queen of Clubs" and "Sound Your Funky Horn," are good but not great glossy, heavily produced R&B. The list of hits here is impressive whether looking from a straight-up R&B standpoint or early R&B-based disco. "Get Down Tonight" and "That's the Way I Like It," in fact, are the perfect examples of what happened in dance-based music. Tracks from the band's best album, Part 3, rightfully get a lot of slots here. Essential offerings like "I'm Your Boogie Man," "Wrap Your Arms Around Me," "I Like to Do It," and "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" display the band as a tireless polyrhythmic machine. The brilliant "Keep It Comin' Love" arguably bests them all. This best-of also includes later tracks, including the raucous and flashy "Do You Wanna Go Party" and the sweeping ballad "Please Don't Go." Although this best-of is more thorough than most, fans might notice a few omissions. "I Get Lifted" and their so-bad-it's-good cover of the Four Tops' classic "It's the Same Old Song" didn't make the cut. The Best of KC & the Sunshine Band is an excellent overview and proves that the band was indeed closer to R&B than they ever were to disco.
© Jason Elias /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:46
- Main artists: KC And The Sunshine Band
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Electronic Dance
© 1996 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1996 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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