The KC Konspiracy
These five songs by KC and the Sunshine Band all reflect a definite “conspiracy theory” ……. it  is time to call Oliver Stone !!!!

 

1. “Rock Your Baby” by George McRae was a # 1 hit for two weeks in July 1974. It was written by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch, the two most prominent members of KC and the Sunshine Band who also wrote all the band’s songs. It would be another 13 months before KC and the Sunshine Band had their first number one hit with “Get Down Tonight”. Too bad they didn’t save this song for themselves!

 

2. “Get Down Tonight”, the band’s first of five # 1 hits, topped the charts for one week in August 1975. Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch, who both wrote and produced the hit, were inspired to write the song by the 1973 Top Ten hit “Get Down” by Gilbert O’Sullivan. After “Get Down Tonight” was a smash hit, Casey and Finch were dumbfounded to learn that O’Sullivan had written the song about his dog!

 

3. “Boogie Shoes” was the B-side of the # 1 hit “(Shake, Shake, Shake)Shake Your Booty”, but the forgotten song became a hit a couple of years later after being included in the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever. As a result of its use in the blockbuster movie, it reached number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978 and became a staple song at disco clubs throughout the world. In recent years it has been included in numerous movies such as Boogie Nights, Detroit Rock City and Mallrats, in addition to the tv show Desperate Housewives.

 

4. “Please Don’t Go” is very unique. While KC and the Sunshine Band are heavily associated with the 1970’s, ironically “Please Don’t Go” was the first number one hit of the 80’s decade, staying in the top slot for the first week of January 1980. The song was the fifth and last number one hit for the group.
5. “Give It Up”, which reached # 18 in 1984, was supposed to be a comeback song of sorts for Harry Wayne Casey, who ran into hard times in the early 1980’s after the hits had ended. The song was written by the Casey/Finch songwriting duo and was recorded with the members of The Sunshine Band, yet for some reason it was released as a KC solo song. Go figure! ……….. (money and contractual issues figured prominently).

 

 

 

 

 

 

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