American musician and record producer (born 1951)
Harry Wayne Casey
Casey in 2025
Background information Also known as KC Born (1951-01-31 ) January 31, 1951 (age 74) Origin Hialeah, Florida , U.S.Genres Occupations Record producer musician songwriter Instruments Years active 1973–present Member of KC and the Sunshine Band Website heykcsb
Musical artist
Harry Wayne Casey (born January 31, 1951), better known by his stage nameKC , is an American record producer, musician, and songwriter. He is best known for his band,KC and the Sunshine Band , with co-founderRichard Finch . Casey has enjoyed success and recognition as a producer of several hits for other artists, and as a pioneer of thedisco genre of the 1970s.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
He grew up inHialeah, Florida , and graduated fromHialeah High School in September 1969.[ 4]
In January 1981, he survived a serious car crash 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]
In the 1990s and 2000s, he split his time betweenMiami Lakes, Florida , andDurham, North Carolina .[ 6]
KC and the Sunshine Band performing in 2006Selected compilations [ edit ] Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (1980) (compilation)The Best of KC and the Sunshine Band Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1990) (compilation)KC and the Sunshine Band...and More (1994)Part 3... and More (1995)Get Down Live! Shake, Shake, Shake and Other Hits (1997)I'm Your Boogie Man and Other Hits (1997)Yummy in My belly (1998) (live)Songwriter: Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch
"Rock Your Baby "[ 7] 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] "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 ^ 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 ^ Craig MacInnis,That's the Way I Like It (The Harry Wayne Casey Story) , Team Power Publishing, 2002,ISBN 2-89568-059-0 ^ Sculley, Alan (April 6, 2022)."KC and the Sunshine Band still going strong" .Connect Savannah the original on April 6, 2022. ^ Baker, Greg (September 19, 1969)."The Boogie Man Is Back" .Miami New Times ^ "KC: He's Still Your Boogie Man" .Sun Sentinel ^ VanHecke, Sue (August 28, 1997)."KC COMES TO FESTIVAL AMID ECHOES FROM PAST, NEW ALBUM" .The Virginian-Pilot ^ "Rock Your Baby" .45cat.com . RetrievedFebruary 17, 2023 .^ "You Get Me Hot" .Discogs . 1979. RetrievedFebruary 8, 2023 .
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Awarded to songwriters
1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s "No Scrubs " –Kandi Burruss ,Kevin Briggs &Tameka Cottle (2000) "Say My Name " –Beyoncé ,Rodney Jerkins ,LaShawn Daniels ,Fred Jerkins III ,LeToya Luckett ,LaTavia Roberson &Kelly Rowland (2001) "Fallin' " –Alicia Keys (2002) "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop) " –Erykah Badu , Glenn Standridge,James Poyser , Madukwu Chinwah,Raphael Saadiq ,Lonnie Lynn & Robert Ozuna (2003) "Crazy in Love " –Beyoncé Knowles ,Shawn Carter &Rich Harrison (2004) "You Don't Know My Name " –Alicia Keys ,Harold Lilly &Kanye West (2005) "We Belong Together " –Mariah Carey ,Johntá Austin ,Manuel Seal Jr. &Jermaine Dupri (2006) "Be Without You " –Bryan-Michael Cox , Jason Perry,Johntá Austin &Mary J. Blige (2007) "No One " –Alicia Keys ,George M. Harry &Kerry "Krucial" Brothers (2008) "Miss Independent " –Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen &Ne-Yo (2009) 2010s "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) " –Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell ,Beyoncé Knowles ,Terius Nash &Christopher Stewart (2010) "Shine" –John Legend (2011) "Fool for You " –CeeLo Green ,Melanie Fiona &Jack Splash (2012) "Adorn " –Miguel Pimentel (2013) "Pusher Love Girl " –James Fauntleroy ,Jerome Harmon ,Timothy Mosley &Justin Timberlake (2014) "Drunk in Love " –Shawn Carter ,Rasool Diaz ,Noel Fisher ,Jerome Harmon ,Beyoncé Knowles ,Timothy Mosley ,Andre Eric Proctor &Brian Soko (2015) "Really Love " –D'Angelo , Gina Figueroa & Kendra Foster (2016) "Lake by the Ocean " – Hod David &Musze (2017) "That's What I Like " –Christopher Brody Brown ,James Fauntleroy ,Philip Lawrence ,Bruno Mars ,Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip (2018) "Boo'd Up " –Larrance Dopson ,Joelle James ,Ella Mai &Dijon McFarlane (2019) 2020s "Say So " –PJ Morton (2020) "Better Than I Imagined" –Robert Glasper ,Meshell Ndegeocello &Gabriella Wilson (2021) "Leave the Door Open " –Brandon Anderson ,Christopher Brody Brown ,Dernst Emile II &Bruno Mars (2022) "Cuff It " –Denisia "Blu June" Andrews ,Beyoncé ,Brittany "Chi" Coney ,Terius "The-Dream" Gesteelde-Diamant ,Morten Ristorp ,Nile Rodgers &Raphael Saadiq (2023) "Snooze " –Kenny B. Edmonds , Blair Ferguson, Khris Riddick-Tynes,Solána Rowe &Leon Thomas III (2024) "Saturn " –Rob Bisel ,Carter Lang ,Solána Rowe , Jared Solomon &Scott Zhang (2025)
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