KC and The Sunshine Band

His music has been featured at EVERY major sporting event in the world including the Super Bowl, World Series, Conference Championships, The NBA, Collegiate Bowl Games National Championship Games, the NASCAR racing circuit and championships, The World Cup, The Indianapolis 500, The Kentucky Derby, EVERY Holiday Parade include the famous Macys Thanksgiving Day parade and the Tournament of Roses Parade, Political Party Conventions, Presidential Campaigns, and nearly EVERY wedding, confirmation, and bar mitzvah in the world?

He is Harry Wayne Casey, better known as the founder and leader of KC and The Sunshine Band.

The music that got people out of their seats and onto the dance floor originated with humble beginnings in Hialeah, Florida the birthplace of his legendary music. He is proud that “Sunshine Sound” has flourished for over 37 years.

“I remember that I always wanted to do something that would make people forget about their problems and be happy,” recalls KC. 

Let’s “rewind” back to 1973. The price of an average home was $32,500. The price of an average automobile was $2,900. The price of a gallon of gasoline was 40 cents a gallon. The United States was still involved in the Vietnam conflict, Richard Nixon was the target of the Watergate investigation, University Students were protesting and rioting, and there was discontent all over the world with rising unemployment and inflation. People were looking for something that would divert their attention from the negative aspects of everyday life surrounding them.

During this time, young Harry Casey did anything and everything that he could do to further his passion for music. He worked at a local record store, opened boxes at Tone Record Distributors and hung around a local recording studio just hoping that somebody would give him a chance to fulfill his biggest dream…to record a record.

That “dream” was answered by a man named Henry Stone who owned both Tone Distributors and TK Recording Studios.

Nobody would have thought that Henry Stone’s insight and Harry Casey’s talent and enthusiasm would make history. 

Things have changed drastically since 1973. One thing hasn’t changed: The infectious, feel good happy music of KC and the Sunshine Band. What started out as a “dream” is now “legend.”