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Группа KC and The Sunshine Band - настоящие "монстры" популярной музыки 70-ых годов. В течение семидесятых они продали 75 миллионов дисков, завоевали кучу всевозможных музыкальных наград и стали легендой американской музыки. Стиль группы можно определить как Miami Sound - смесь яркого тропического фанка, ритм-энд-блюза и диско.
Кроме того, KC, наряду с Beatles, стали единственной группой чьи сразу четыре хита достигли первых мест в мировых чартах в течение одного года. Теплота фанк-музыки и вибрирующее звучание мелодий плюс ритмичный привкус диско и латинско-карибские мотивы делают музыку группы легко узнаваемой, и именно подобное гармоничное смешение стилей принесло КС невиданный успех на протяжении всех семидесятых годов.
Группа была основана в 1973 году во Флориде двумя людьми: Harry Wayne Casey и Richard Finch. В 1974 году они написали для George McCrae песню "Rock Your Baby", незамедлительно возглавившую чарт Billboard. Звукозаписывающая компания ТК, вдохновленная успехом "Rock Your Baby", подписала с КС контракт, набрав в группу, помимо Финча и Кейси, еще троих музыкантов: гитаристf Jerome Smith, барабанщика Robert Johnson и Fermin Goytisolo. Первые два сингла группы хорошо пошли в континентальной Европе, но провалились в на родине. Дело было в том, что группа в тот момент еще не нашла свой КС-стиль...
Успех пришел позже, летом 75-го, с суперхитом "Get down tonight" (Отрывайся сегодня вечером). Песня быстро стала очень популярной - немудреный текст плюс уникальное звучание голоса Кейси и оргинальная аранжировка, непохожая на обычную музыку тех золотых времен сделали свое дело. "Get Down Tonight" звучала повсюду. Следующий хит тоже был в своем роде "инновационным". "That's The Way (I Like It)" добрался до первых мест в хит-парадах в ноябре 75-го. Песня представляет собой не что иное, как музыкальную иллюстрацию к половому акту. Придыхания (uh-huh), которые издавал Кейси во время исполнения номера в сочетании с такими же стонами, которые издавали девочки в подпевке, дали прекрасный "порнографический" эффект. "That's The Way (I Like It)" - визитная карточка КС, эта песня все еще популярна и сейчас, спустя 26 лет после своего релиза.
Летом 76-го группа выпустила просто-таки бриллиантовую классику диско - "(Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Bootie". Эта композиция, благодаря своему необычному началу и блестящему ритму и аранжировке, произвела огромное впечатление на неискушенную публику середины семидесятых. КС and The Sunshine Band стали настоящим явлением в американской музыкальной культуре 70-х годов. Хиты #1 сыпались как их рога изобилия: "I'm Your Boogie Man", "Boogie Shoes", "Keep It Comin Love" безоговорочно занимали первые места в мировых чартах. В 1979 году КС записывают балладу "Please Don't Go" - они меняют свой стиль, но успех все так же с ними. Популярность получила в 1979 году и другая композиция - "Yes, I'm Ready" (дуэт с Тери ДеСарио).
В 80-ых годах группа, в отличие от многих "диско-феноменов" 70-х, не распалась, довольно удачно приобретя рок'н'ролльную направленность, и выпустив два заметных хита - "Let's Go Rock and Roll" и "Give It Up" (песня заняла первое место в британском хит-параде, а затем покорила и Штаты). КС популярны и по сей день, особенно в Штатах, бессмертные хиты группы перепеты несчитанное количество раз... А иначе быть и не могло - такая музыка не может кануть в небытие. Это просто классика... Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Кроме того, KC, наряду с Beatles, стали единственной группой чьи сразу четыре хита достигли первых мест в мировых чартах в течение одного года. Теплота фанк-музыки и вибрирующее звучание мелодий плюс ритмичный привкус диско и латинско-карибские мотивы делают музыку группы легко узнаваемой, и именно подобное гармоничное смешение стилей принесло КС невиданный успех на протяжении всех семидесятых годов.
Группа была основана в 1973 году во Флориде двумя людьми: Harry Wayne Casey и Richard Finch. В 1974 году они написали для George McCrae песню "Rock Your Baby", незамедлительно возглавившую чарт Billboard. Звукозаписывающая компания ТК, вдохновленная успехом "Rock Your Baby", подписала с КС контракт, набрав в группу, помимо Финча и Кейси, еще троих музыкантов: гитаристf Jerome Smith, барабанщика Robert Johnson и Fermin Goytisolo. Первые два сингла группы хорошо пошли в континентальной Европе, но провалились в на родине. Дело было в том, что группа в тот момент еще не нашла свой КС-стиль...
Успех пришел позже, летом 75-го, с суперхитом "Get down tonight" (Отрывайся сегодня вечером). Песня быстро стала очень популярной - немудреный текст плюс уникальное звучание голоса Кейси и оргинальная аранжировка, непохожая на обычную музыку тех золотых времен сделали свое дело. "Get Down Tonight" звучала повсюду. Следующий хит тоже был в своем роде "инновационным". "That's The Way (I Like It)" добрался до первых мест в хит-парадах в ноябре 75-го. Песня представляет собой не что иное, как музыкальную иллюстрацию к половому акту. Придыхания (uh-huh), которые издавал Кейси во время исполнения номера в сочетании с такими же стонами, которые издавали девочки в подпевке, дали прекрасный "порнографический" эффект. "That's The Way (I Like It)" - визитная карточка КС, эта песня все еще популярна и сейчас, спустя 26 лет после своего релиза.
Летом 76-го группа выпустила просто-таки бриллиантовую классику диско - "(Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Bootie". Эта композиция, благодаря своему необычному началу и блестящему ритму и аранжировке, произвела огромное впечатление на неискушенную публику середины семидесятых. КС and The Sunshine Band стали настоящим явлением в американской музыкальной культуре 70-х годов. Хиты #1 сыпались как их рога изобилия: "I'm Your Boogie Man", "Boogie Shoes", "Keep It Comin Love" безоговорочно занимали первые места в мировых чартах. В 1979 году КС записывают балладу "Please Don't Go" - они меняют свой стиль, но успех все так же с ними. Популярность получила в 1979 году и другая композиция - "Yes, I'm Ready" (дуэт с Тери ДеСарио).
В 80-ых годах группа, в отличие от многих "диско-феноменов" 70-х, не распалась, довольно удачно приобретя рок'н'ролльную направленность, и выпустив два заметных хита - "Let's Go Rock and Roll" и "Give It Up" (песня заняла первое место в британском хит-параде, а затем покорила и Штаты). КС популярны и по сей день, особенно в Штатах, бессмертные хиты группы перепеты несчитанное количество раз... А иначе быть и не могло - такая музыка не может кануть в небытие. Это просто классика... Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
KC and the Sunshine Band is an American musical group. Founded in 1973, 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 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 Richard Finch, a budding studio engineer prodigy at TK Records and Harry Wayne Casey ("KC"), a record store employee and part-timer at TK Records in Miami. Though both worked at TK Records, their meeting was not immediate, with Finch spending much of his time in the recording studio working with other TK artists and Casey on the phones at the front desk. An introduction by Clarence Reid through a mutual friend was the beginning of their musical connection. Following demo work, Casey and Finch were encouraged to create their own group. The initial members were just Casey and Finch (first starting out as songwriting collaborators), but Finch soon added guitarist Jerome Smith (June 18, 1953 - July 28, 2000), and drummer Robert Johnson, both TK studio musicians.
The first few songs, "Blow Your Whistle" (September 1973) and "Sound Your Funky Horn" (February 1974), were released as singles, and had limited impact. However, a side project writing and producing music for George McCrae took Finch and Casey's "Rock Your Baby", featuring Smith on guitar, and made it a hit in mid-1974, selling 11 million copies worldwide. The band's "Queen of Clubs", which featured uncredited vocals by George McCrae, was a hit in England, peaking at #7, and they went on tour to England in 1975 off that success.
With the release of the self titled triple platinum second album KC and the Sunshine Band in 1975 came the group's first major US hit with "Get Down Tonight". It topped the R&B chart in April and the Billboard chart in August. "That's the Way (I Like It)" also became a number one hit in November 1975 and the group did well at the 1976 Grammy Awards. The 1976 album Part 3 yielded three top 5 singles: "I'm Your Boogie Man", "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" and "Keep It Comin' Love". Their success lasted until the fifth album and 1979—80; their last chart topping hit was "Please Don't Go" in December 1979, hitting #1 for one week in January 1980, and becoming the first #1 hit of the 1980s. With the declining popularity of disco, the group explored other styles and changed labels, joining Epic Records in 1980 after TK Records went bankrupt.
In 1981, the partnership between Finch and Casey came to an acrimonious end. Two years after the release of the previous album, the group released two solo albums with new material, geared toward pop: The Painter and Space Cadet. These albums generated little success, but in 1982, a hit track called "Give It Up" on the album All in a Night's Work (recorded before Casey and Finch split partnership) brought a return to success in the UK, and appeared two years later on the United States Billboard Top 40. The song was also featured on the band's next album, 1983's KC Ten. Epic Records, however, refused to issue the song as a single due to its prior failure in the US. Because of this, a frustrated Casey formed Meca Records, releasing the single himself on this label in a final attempt to garner the song some success in America. It worked, but the album still failed to surpass expectations. This led to the group falling into stasis around 1985 with Casey's retirement.
A revival in the interest of disco music in 1991 brought Casey out of retirement. He reformed the group with entirely new members except for the percussionist and began touring once again. Some of the original members of the band are now deceased. The new band has released a large number of compilation albums through Rhino Records, featured along with some newly recorded material. The album Oh Yeah! was released in 1993 after a ten year gap between new albums, excluding compilations.
On July 28, 2000, Jerome Smith (rhythm guitar) died accidentally while working as a bulldozer operator.
In 2001, the band made a brief comeback into the music scene after an eight-year lull with the release of a new album titled I'll Be There For You. The album was praised by critics, but it failed to generate any impact on the charts or in sales. More recently, the group had an appearance in the 2003 remake of the movie The In-Laws.
Several KC/Finch songs have been included in the Dance Dance Revolution series of dance video games. That's the Way (I Like It) was included in the original Dance Dance Revolution, Shake Your Booty was in Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix and Get Down Tonight was in the American home version of DDRMAX2.
The song Keep It Comin' Love was on the soundtrack of the movie "Blow" about 1970s and 1980s cocaine smuggler George Jung.
The track 'I'm your boogie man' was used in the 2009 film of the graphic novel, 'The Watchmen' .
Additionally, many KC/Finch songs, most frequently "I Get Lifted," have been sampled for hip hop songs. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
The group was formed by Richard Finch, a budding studio engineer prodigy at TK Records and Harry Wayne Casey ("KC"), a record store employee and part-timer at TK Records in Miami. Though both worked at TK Records, their meeting was not immediate, with Finch spending much of his time in the recording studio working with other TK artists and Casey on the phones at the front desk. An introduction by Clarence Reid through a mutual friend was the beginning of their musical connection. Following demo work, Casey and Finch were encouraged to create their own group. The initial members were just Casey and Finch (first starting out as songwriting collaborators), but Finch soon added guitarist Jerome Smith (June 18, 1953 - July 28, 2000), and drummer Robert Johnson, both TK studio musicians.
The first few songs, "Blow Your Whistle" (September 1973) and "Sound Your Funky Horn" (February 1974), were released as singles, and had limited impact. However, a side project writing and producing music for George McCrae took Finch and Casey's "Rock Your Baby", featuring Smith on guitar, and made it a hit in mid-1974, selling 11 million copies worldwide. The band's "Queen of Clubs", which featured uncredited vocals by George McCrae, was a hit in England, peaking at #7, and they went on tour to England in 1975 off that success.
With the release of the self titled triple platinum second album KC and the Sunshine Band in 1975 came the group's first major US hit with "Get Down Tonight". It topped the R&B chart in April and the Billboard chart in August. "That's the Way (I Like It)" also became a number one hit in November 1975 and the group did well at the 1976 Grammy Awards. The 1976 album Part 3 yielded three top 5 singles: "I'm Your Boogie Man", "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" and "Keep It Comin' Love". Their success lasted until the fifth album and 1979—80; their last chart topping hit was "Please Don't Go" in December 1979, hitting #1 for one week in January 1980, and becoming the first #1 hit of the 1980s. With the declining popularity of disco, the group explored other styles and changed labels, joining Epic Records in 1980 after TK Records went bankrupt.
In 1981, the partnership between Finch and Casey came to an acrimonious end. Two years after the release of the previous album, the group released two solo albums with new material, geared toward pop: The Painter and Space Cadet. These albums generated little success, but in 1982, a hit track called "Give It Up" on the album All in a Night's Work (recorded before Casey and Finch split partnership) brought a return to success in the UK, and appeared two years later on the United States Billboard Top 40. The song was also featured on the band's next album, 1983's KC Ten. Epic Records, however, refused to issue the song as a single due to its prior failure in the US. Because of this, a frustrated Casey formed Meca Records, releasing the single himself on this label in a final attempt to garner the song some success in America. It worked, but the album still failed to surpass expectations. This led to the group falling into stasis around 1985 with Casey's retirement.
A revival in the interest of disco music in 1991 brought Casey out of retirement. He reformed the group with entirely new members except for the percussionist and began touring once again. Some of the original members of the band are now deceased. The new band has released a large number of compilation albums through Rhino Records, featured along with some newly recorded material. The album Oh Yeah! was released in 1993 after a ten year gap between new albums, excluding compilations.
On July 28, 2000, Jerome Smith (rhythm guitar) died accidentally while working as a bulldozer operator.
In 2001, the band made a brief comeback into the music scene after an eight-year lull with the release of a new album titled I'll Be There For You. The album was praised by critics, but it failed to generate any impact on the charts or in sales. More recently, the group had an appearance in the 2003 remake of the movie The In-Laws.
Several KC/Finch songs have been included in the Dance Dance Revolution series of dance video games. That's the Way (I Like It) was included in the original Dance Dance Revolution, Shake Your Booty was in Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix and Get Down Tonight was in the American home version of DDRMAX2.
The song Keep It Comin' Love was on the soundtrack of the movie "Blow" about 1970s and 1980s cocaine smuggler George Jung.
The track 'I'm your boogie man' was used in the 2009 film of the graphic novel, 'The Watchmen' .
Additionally, many KC/Finch songs, most frequently "I Get Lifted," have been sampled for hip hop songs. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.