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KC and the Sunshine Band (album)

album by KC and the Sunshine Band

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ3811943 ↗
Source-derived summary

KC and the Sunshine Band is the second studio album by KC and the Sunshine Band. The record was produced by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch and was released in July 1975 on the TK label.

History

KC and the Sunshine Band contains two of the group's biggest hits, "That's the Way (I Like It)" and "Get Down Tonight", both of which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the R&B Singles Chart. "Boogie Shoes" also subsequently became a hit in early 1978 after a slightly pitched-down version of the song was included on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.

The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2012 by Big Break Records.

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The public source identifies “KC and the Sunshine Band (album)” as album by KC and the Sunshine Band. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Sunshine, Band and album.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1975, 1978, 2012—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1975. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Sunshine, Band and album providing the first useful test.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3811943. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1975, 1978 and 2012.

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This entry incorporates text from “KC and the Sunshine Band (album)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.