The Hialeah group that turned funk and R&B into dancefloor anthems in the 1970s.
If you need one song to frame them, put on "Boogie Shoes." It's all there, the bounce, the cheeky charm, the reason they outlasted the disco backlash.
They gave disco a loose, funky edge that felt more like a backyard party than a studio session. Songs like "I'm Your Boogie Man" and "Shake Your Booty" were built on simple, insistent grooves that made them impossible to ignore on the radio. Even their ballad "Please Don't Go" showed they could stretch beyond the four-on-the-floor template.
Harry Wayne "KC" Casey started the band in Hialeah in 1973 with musicians like Jerome Smith and Richard Finch. Their debut album "Do It Good" landed with "Get Down Tonight," and they kept the hits coming through the late '70s with albums like "Part 3" and "Who Do Ya Love." The lineup shifted over time, but KC's voice and their blend of R&B and dance grooves stayed constant.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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