K.c. And The Sunshine Band - Give It Up

With sales of over 100 million records, nine Grammy nominations, three Grammy Awards and an American Music Award, KC and The Sunshine Band is one of the seminal forces in pop. In more than 25 years of making music, the group developed an original funk style that continues to delight old fans and attract new ones into the millennium. Hits like GET DOWN TONIGHT, THAT'S THE WAY (I LIKE IT) and SHAKE YOUR BOOTY established KC & the Sunshine Band as movers and shakers in the music business. Along with the Beatles and the Jackson Five, KC's the only new artist to have four number one singles in the span of one year: BOOGIE SHOES, GET DOWN TONIGHT, THAT'S THE WAY (I LIKE IT), and ROCK YOUR BABY. Harry Wayne Casey - KC for short - started working in the music business at age 17, performing menial tasks around the TK Records/Studio complex in his hometown of Miami. He formed The Sunshine Band in 1973, by which time he had begun writing songs, playing keyboards and producing for the band and for other TK artists. The Sunshine Band's first single, BLOW YOUR WHISTLE, made the R&B top 15. His second album, KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND, was released in 1975, went triple platinum and contained the Number 1 hits GET DOWN TONIGHT and THAT'S THE WAY (I LIKE IT). KC's third album, PART 3, released in 1976, also went triple platinum and spawned the Number 1 singles I'M YOUR BOOGIE MAN, SHAKE YOUR BOOTY and KEEP IT COMIN' LOVE. In 1978, he added yet another hit with BOOGIE SHOES, which was included <b>...</b>