Harry Wayne Casey Explained

Birth Date:	31 January 1951
Birth Place:	Opa-locka, Florida, U.S.
Origin:	Hialeah, Florida, U.S.
Alias:	KC
Years Active:	1973–present
Associated Acts:	KC and the Sunshine Band

Harry Wayne Casey (born January 31, 1951), better known by his stage name KC, is an American record producer, musician, and songwriter. He is best known for his band, KC and the Sunshine Band, with co-founder Richard Finch. Casey has enjoyed success and recognition as a producer of several hits for other artists, and as a pioneer of the disco genre of the 1970s.^{[1] [2] [3]}

In January 1981, he survived a serious car accident — another car hit his car head-on. He was left partially paralyzed for six months, and had to relearn how to walk, dance, and play the piano, but by the end of the year he was back in the recording studio.^[4]

He grew up in Hialeah and graduated from Hialeah High School.^[5] In the 1990s and 2000s he split his time between Miami Lakes, Florida and Durham, North Carolina.^[6]

Casey appeared in season 25 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.^[7]

Discography

• Do It Good (1974)
• KC and the Sunshine Band (1975)
• The Sound of Sunshine (1975)
• Part 3 (1976)
• Who Do Ya Love (1978)
• Do You Wanna Go Party (1979)
• Space Cadet Solo Flight (1981)
• The Painter (1981)
• All in a Night's Work (1982)
• KC Ten (1983)
• Oh Yeah! (1993)
• I'll Be There for You (2001)
• Yummy (2007)

Selected compilations

• Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (1980) (compilation)
• The Best of KC and the Sunshine Band (1990) (compilation)
• Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1990) (compilation)
• KC and the Sunshine Band...and More (1994)
• Part 3... and More (1995)
• Get Down Live! (1995) (live)
• Shake, Shake, Shake and Other Hits (1997)
• I'm Your Boogie Man and Other Hits (1997)
• Yummy in My Tummy (1998) (live)

As songwriter

Songwriter: Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch

• "Rock Your Baby"^[8] (1974) - George McCrae
• "Gimme Some" (1975) - Jimmy "Bo" Horne
• "Dance Across the Floor" (1978) - Jimmy "Bo" Horne
• "Get Happy" (1978) - Jimmy "Bo" Horne
• "I Wanna Go Home with You" (1978) - Jimmy "Bo" Horne
• "Don't Worry About It" (1978) - Jimmy "Bo" Horne
• "It's Your Sweet Love" (1978) - Jimmy "Bo" Horne
• "Let Me" (1978) - Jimmy "Bo" Horne
• "Ask the Birds and the Bees" (1978) - Jimmy "Bo" Horne
• "You Get Me Hot"^[9] (1979) - Jimmy "Bo" Horne
• "Goin Home for Love" (Foster/Casey/Finch/Horne) (1979) - Jimmy "Bo" Horne
• "I Get Lifted" (1979) - Jimmy "Bo" Horne
• "Without You" (1979) - Jimmy "Bo" Horne

See also

• TK Records
• Henry Stone
• Hamilton Bohannon

External links

• Official website
  • Band history
• Harry Casey Interview at NAMM Oral History Library (2017)

Notes and References

1. Randolph Heard, "An Interview with KC [Harry Wayne Casey]", in Shelton Waldrep, ed., The Seventies: The Age of Glitter in Popular Culture (London: Routledge, 2013), 283-92.
2. Craig MacInnis, That's the Way I Like It (The Harry Wayne Casey Story), Team Power Publishing, 2002,
3. Web site: Connect Savannah. KC and the Sunshine Band still going strong. April 6, 2022. Sculley, Alan.
4. Web site: KC: He's Still Your Boogie Man . Sun Sentinel. November 21, 1996 .
5. Web site: The Boogie Man Is Back. Baker, Greg. September 19, 1990. Miami New Times.
6. Web site: The Virginian-Pilot. August 28, 1997. VanHecke, Sue. KC COMES TO FESTIVAL AMID ECHOES FROM PAST, NEW ALBUM.
7. Web site: Season 25, Episode 4, Chew and Brew. Food Network.
8. Web site: Rock Your Baby. 45cat.com. 17 February 2023.
9. Web site: Discogs. You Get Me Hot. 8 February 2023.