Casey says he knew every one of those songs was going to be a hit, which you’ll likely hear at their Rivers Casino show July 12. 2 single in “Keep It Comin’ Love.” Another chart topper, “Please Don’t Go,” arrived in 1979. 1 hits – “That’s the Way (I Like It”), “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty,” “I’m Your Boogie Man” and a No. 1.”īetween 19, the group notched three more No. “He says, ‘Don’t worry about it.’ And six weeks later it was No. I said ‘Henry, what’s happening? I have a smash record,’” Casey recalled in a recent phone interview. I went to the owner of the record company, who was Henry Stone at the time. 98 one week and the next week it fell off. The man who would become known to millions as KC of KC and the Sunshine Band enjoyed some minor success with a pair of early singles, “Blow Your Whistle” in 1973 and “Sound Your Funky Horn” in 1974 on the Miami-based label, TK Records, before making the group’s 1975 self-titled debut album.Īnd when he came up with a song he was calling “Get Down Tonight,” Casey knew he had a game-changing tune for the album.
In the 1970s, one artist who surely seemed to have his finger on the pulse of what type of songs would be hits at top 40 radio was Harry Wayne Casey.
