Harry Wayne Casey

Harry Wayne Casey
Casey in 2025
Background information
Also known as	KC
Born	(1951-01-31) January 31, 1951 (age 74) Opa-locka, Florida, U.S.
Origin	Hialeah, Florida, U.S.
Genres	Disco funk blue-eyed soul R&B
Occupations	Record producer musician songwriter
Instruments	Vocals keyboards
Years active	1973–present
Member of	KC and the Sunshine Band
Website	heykcsb.com

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]}

Biography

Family and studies

He grew up in Hialeah, Florida and graduated from Hialeah High School in September 1969. ^[4]

Car accident

In January 1981, he survived a serious car accident when another car hit his vehicle 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. ^[5]

Cities where he chiefly had worked

In the 1990s and 2000s he split his time between Miami Lakes, Florida and Durham, North Carolina. ^[6]

Discography

KC and the Sunshine Band performing in 2006

• 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" ^[7] (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" ^[8] (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

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. ISBN   1136690611
2. Craig MacInnis, That's the Way I Like It (The Harry Wayne Casey Story), Team Power Publishing, 2002, ISBN   2-89568-059-0
3. Sculley, Alan (April 6, 2022). "KC and the Sunshine Band still going strong". Connect Savannah .
4. Baker, Greg (September 19, 1969). "The Boogie Man Is Back". Miami New Times .
5. "KC: He's Still Your Boogie Man". Sun Sentinel . November 21, 1996.
6. VanHecke, Sue (August 28, 1997). "KC COMES TO FESTIVAL AMID ECHOES FROM PAST, NEW ALBUM". The Virginian-Pilot .
7. "Rock Your Baby". 45cat.com. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
8. "You Get Me Hot". Discogs . Retrieved February 8, 2023.

External links

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