KC and the Sunshine Band / discography

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Harry Wayne Casey of KC & the Sunshine Band performing in Del Mar , California July 4, 2006

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the US Disco - Formation KC and the Sunshine Band .

Albums

Studio albums

year Title
music label
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US R&B R&B
1975 KC and the Sunshine Band
T. K. Records
- UK26 (7 weeks)
UK
US4 (47 weeks)
US
R&B1 (31 weeks)
R&B
First published: July 6, 1975
The Sound of Sunshine
T. K. Records
- - US131 (8 weeks)
US
R&B24 (8 weeks)
R&B
Instrumental album, first published as The Sunshine Band
: September 1975
1976 Part 3
T. K. Records
- - US13 (77 weeks)
US
R&B5 (50 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 1976
1978 Who Do Ya (Love)
TK Records
- - US36 (13 weeks)
US
R&B25 (11 weeks)
R&B
First published: August 1978
1979 Do You Wanna Go Party
T. K. Records
- - US50 (37 weeks)
US
R&B19 (36 weeks)
R&B
First published: June 1979
1983 All in a Night's Work
Epic Records
- UK46 (4 weeks)
UK
- -
First published: August 1982
1984 KC Ten
Meca Records
- - US93 (18 weeks)
US
-

First published as KC : December 28, 1983

More studio albums

  • 1974: Do It Good (TK Records)
  • 1980: Space Cadet: Solo Flight (TK Records)
  • 1981: The Painter (Release: September; Epic Records)
  • 1993: Oh Yeah! ( ZYX Music )
  • 2001: I'll Be There for You (Sunshine Sound)
  • 2007: Yummy (Sunshine Sound)
  • 2015: Feeling You! (The 60s) (Release: March 10th; BFD)

Live albums

  • 1995: Get Down Live! (Castle Classics)
  • 2007: That's the Way I Like It - The Greatest Hits Live (Music Sessions)

Compilations

year Title
music label
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US R&B R&B Dance Dance
1980 Greatest Hits
T. K. Records, EMI
- UK10
silver
silver

(6 weeks)UK
US132 (11 weeks)
US
R&B62 (3 weeks)
R&B
-
1998 The Very Best Of
EMI
- UK82 (2 weeks)
UK
- - -
2011 Flashback with KC & the
Sunshine Band
Rhino Records
- - - R&B33 (48 weeks)
R&B
Dance6 (68 weeks)
Dance

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More compilations

  • 1976: The Best of KC and the Sunshine Band (Jay Boy)
  • 1983: Their Greatest Hits ( Epic )
  • 1986: Greatest Hits (BR Music)
  • 1990: Greatest Hits - Volume 2 (Hollywood)
  • 1990: The Best of KC and the Sunshine Band (TK Records, EMI )
  • 1991: Greatest Hits (Hollywood)
  • 1993: The Magic Collection ( ARC Records )
  • 1993: Please Don't Go (Legend)
  • 1994: KC & the Sunshine Band (DE) / The Very Best Of (MasterTone / EMI)
  • 1996: The Best of KC & the Sunshine Band (EMI) (US:goldgold)
  • 1996: Shake Your Booty (Music De Luxe)
  • 1997: Shake, Shake, Shake and Other Hits (Flashback Records)
  • 1997: I'm Your Boogie Man and Other Hits (Flashback Records)
  • 1998: Dance Remixes (release: September 15th; Rhino Records)
  • 1999: Greatest Hits (Masters Intercontinental)
  • 1999: 25th Anniversary Collection (2 CDs; Rhino)
  • 1999: Best of KC & the Sunshine Band Vol. 1 & 2 (2 CDs; LaserLight Digital)
  • 2001: Behind the Music: The KC & the Sunshine Band Collection (Rhino)
  • 2005: Super hits ( Sony BMG )
  • 2006: The Sound of Sunshine (Instrumental) (Collectors' Choice Music)
  • 2009: The TK Years (2 CDs; Stateside, EMI, TK Records)
  • 2012: Essential (EMI Gold)
  • 2014: Original Album Series (5 CDs; Rhino)

Participation in soundtracks

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT UK UK US US R&B R&B
1980 Saturday Night Fever DE1
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(10 weeks)DE
AT1 (12 weeks)
AT
UK1
gold
gold

(18 weeks)UK
US1
Diamond + quintuple platinum
Diamond + quintuple platinum
× 5
Diamond + quintuple platinum

(25 weeks)US
R&B1 (38 weeks)
R&B
with the Bee Gees and others

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks [↑]: treated together with the previous entry;
[←]: placed in both charts
DE DE UK UK US US R&B R&B Dance Dance
1973 Blow Your Whistle
Do It Good
- - - R&B27 (12 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: August 1973
Author: Harry Wayne Casey
1974 Sound Your Funky Horn
Do It Good
- UK17 (9 weeks)
UK
- R&B21 (15 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: January 1974
Authors: Clarence Reid, Harry Wayne Casey
Queen of Clubs
Do It Good
- UK7 (12 weeks)
UK
US66 (5 weeks)
US
R&B25 (10 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: August 1974
Chart entry in the USA only in March 1976
Author: Willie Clarke
1975 I'm a Pushover
Do It Good
- - - R&B57 (8 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: December 1974
Author: Harry Wayne Casey
Get Down Tonight
KC and the Sunshine Band
- UK21 (9 weeks)
UK
US1 (15 weeks)
US
R&B1 (23 weeks)
R&B
Dance11 (10 weeks)
Dance
First published: February 11, 1975
Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
That's the Way (I Like It)
KC and the Sunshine Band
DE20 (19 weeks)
DE
UK4 (10 weeks)
UK
US1 (16 weeks)
US
R&B1 (16 weeks)
R&B
Dance18 (3 weeks)
Dance
First published: June 10, 1975
Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
Shotgun Shuffle
The Sound of Sunshine
- - US88 (2 weeks)
US
R&B25 (11 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: August 1975
Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
I'm so Crazy (Bout You)
KC and the Sunshine Band
- UK34 (3 weeks)
UK
- - -
First published: November 10, 1975
Author: Willie Clarke
1976 Rock Your Baby
The Sound of Sunshine
- - - R&B70 (6 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: May 1974
Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
1976 (Shake, Shake, Shake)
Shake Your Booty

Part 3
DE23 (12 weeks)
DE
UK22 (8 weeks)
UK
US1 (21 weeks)
US
R&B1 (18 weeks)
R&B
Dance9 (25 weeks)
Dance
First published: May 27, 1976
Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
1977 Keep It Comin 'Love
Part 3
- UK31 (7 weeks)
UK
US2 (20 weeks)
US
R&B1 (17 weeks)
R&B[Dance: ↑]
First published: May 16, 1977
Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
I'm Your Boogie Man
Part 3
- UK41 (4 weeks)
UK
US1 (23 weeks)
US
R&B3 (17 weeks)
R&B[Dance: ↑]
First published: January 24, 1977
Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
1976 I Like to Do It
Part 3
- - US37 (12 weeks)
US
R&B4 (14 weeks)
R&B[Dance: ↑]
First published: March 1976
Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
1977 Wrap Your Arms Around Me
Part 3
- - US48 (7 weeks)
US
R&B24 (13 weeks)
R&B[Dance: ↑]
First published: November 1977
Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
1978 Black Water Gold
- - - R&B75 (8 weeks)
R&B
Dance28 (5 weeks)
Dance
First published: June 1976
as B-side of (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty
as Sunshine Band
Author: Louis Villery, Original: African Music Machine, 1972
Boogie Shoes
KC and the Sunshine Band
- UK34 (5 weeks)
UK
US35 (10 weeks)
US
R&B29 (10 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: January 19, 1978
Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
It's the Same Old Song
Who Do Ya (Love)
- UK47 (6 weeks)
UK
US34 (10 weeks)
US
R&B30 (10 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: May 1978
Authors: Holland – Dozier – Holland
Original: The Four Tops , 1965
Do You Feel All Right
Who Do Ya (Love)
- - US63 (5 weeks)
US
R&B62 (4 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: September 1978
Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
Who Do Ya Love
Who Do Ya (Love)
- - US68 (8 weeks)
US
R&B88 (3 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: December 1978
Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
1979 Do You Wanna Go Party
Do You Wanna Go Party
- - US50 (10 weeks)
US
R&B8 (29 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: March 1979
Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
Please Don't Go
Do You Wanna Go Party
DE20 (23 weeks)
DE
UK3
silver
silver

(12 weeks)UK
US1 (26 weeks)
US
- -
First published: July 12, 1979
Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
I Betcha Didn't Know That
Do You Wanna Go Party
- - - R&B25 (18 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: July 12, 1979
B-side of Please Don't Go
Authors: Frederick Knight, Sam Dees
Original: Frederick Knight, 1974
Yes, I'm Ready
Moonlight Madness
- - US2
gold
gold

(23 weeks)US
R&B20 (13 weeks)
R&B
-
First publication: 1979
with Teri DeSario
Author and original: Barbara Mason , 1965
1980 Dancin 'in the Streets
Moonlight Madness
- - US66 (6 weeks)
US
- -
First published: 1979
with Teri DeSario
Authors: Marvin Gaye , William Stevenson, Ivy Hunter
Original: King Curtis , 1966
1982 (You Said) You'd Gimme Some More
All in a Night's Work
- UK41 (3 weeks)
UK
- - Dance9 (16 weeks)
Dance
First published: September 1982
Chart entry in UK only in September 1983
Author: Harry Wayne Casey
1983 Give It Up
All in a Night's Work
DE23 (12 weeks)
DE
UK1
gold
gold

(14 weeks)UK
US18 (21 weeks)
US
- Dance24 (10 weeks)
Dance
First published: July 1983
as KC
Authors: Deborah Carter, Harry Wayne Casey
1991 That's the Way (I Like It)
(Re-Master Mix)
- UK59 (2 weeks)
UK
- - -
First published: April 29, 1991
Remix: Dave Roarty, Steve Moore
Authors: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
1998 2 Live Party
- - - R&B52 (20 weeks)
R&B
-
First release: March 1998
The 2 Live Crew feat. KC & the Sunshine Band and Freak Nasty
Authors: Chris Wong Won, Harry Wayne Casey,
Rick Finch, Mark Ross
2015 I Love You More (Remix)
- - - - Dance30 (8 weeks)
Dance
First published: June 9th, 2015
Remix: Tony Moran

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More singles

  • 1979: Let's Go Rock and Roll
  • 1979: I Will Love You Tomorrow
  • 1979: Come to My Island
  • 1979: Let's Rock (as Magic City feat. Fire)
  • 1980: Manhattan N.4 (DJ Mix: Mason & Smith)
  • 1981: All Through the Night
  • 1981: Love Me (release: October)
  • 1981: It Happens Every Night (release: November)
  • 1983: Don't Run (Come Back to Me) (Release: February)
  • 1983: Are You Ready?
  • 1983: Something's Happening
  • 1986: Get Down Tonight
  • 1987: KC's Miami Sunshine Mega Mix (Remix: Peter Vriends)
  • 1988: Game of Love
  • 1992: Please Don't Go (92 Remix) (Another Class feat.KC & the Sunshine Band)
  • 1993: Will You Love Me in the Morning
  • 1993: Megamix - The Official Bootleg (Producer: Robyx, Mix: Francesco Alberti)
  • 1994: Megamix - The Disco Revival
  • 1994: Sunshine Megamix
  • 1997: Hooked on Dance (with Silver Convention , Remix: Mark Anderson)
  • 1998: Give It Up (Jacynthe feat. KC)
  • 2005: That's the Way I Like It (DJ Kama vs. KS and the Sunshine Band, Remix: Gianluca Argate)
  • 2013: I Can't Get You Out of My Mind (with Bimbo Jones)

Video albums

  • 1974: In Concert
  • 1997: Box of KC & the Sunshine Band (release: November 18th)
  • 2008: KC & the Sunshine Band in Concert
  • 2009: KC & the Sunshine Band (release: August 3rd)

statistics

Chart evaluation

UK UK US US R&B R&B Dance Dance
Number one albums UK-UK US-US R&B1R&B Dance-Dance
Top 10 albums UK1UK US1US R&B2R&B Dance1Dance
Albums in the charts UK4thUK US7thUS R&B7thR&B Dance1Dance
DE DE UK UK US US R&B R&B Dance Dance
Number one singles DE-DE UK1UK US5US R&B4thR&B Dance-Dance
Top 10 singles DE-DE UK4thUK US7thUS R&B7thR&B Dance2Dance
Singles in the charts DE4thDE UK14thUK US18thUS R&B21stR&B Dance7thDance

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1976: for the single Get Down Tonight
    • 1976: for the single (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty
    • 1977: for the single I'm Your Boogie Man
    • 1978: for the single Keep It Comin 'Love

Platinum record

  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1976: for the single That's the Way (I Like It)
    • 1976: for the album KC and the Sunshine Band
    • 1977: for the album Part 3

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 500,000 musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 1,500,000 riaa.com US2
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 2 × silver2 Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 660,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 2 × silver2 Gold record icon.svg 7 × gold7th Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3

* The soundtrack Saturday Night Feaver is not included in this statistic because the Bee Gees are represented as the main performers.

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  1. a b c d Chart sources: Singles albums UK US
  2. a b The Billboard album by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0898201864 .
  5. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .

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