2011-2012 Season

KC & The Sunshine Band
and the RSO

Roanoke Symphony Orchestra

David Stewart Wiley, Conductor

Fri 30 Mar 2012, 8:00 PM
Salem Civic Center On Sale 8.15.11

Generously supported by
Allstate Insurance
Carilion Clinic
Virginia Western Community College Educational Foundation
SunTrust Bank
and partially supported by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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KC & The Sunshine Band are still as widely popular today as they were when they first danced into the music scene. KC developed a unique fusion of R&B and funk, with a hint of a Latin percussion groove, giving us an impressive string of hits like Get Down Tonight and That's The Way (I Like It). With sales of over 100 million records, nine Grammy nominations, three Grammy Awards and an American Music Award, KC and The Sunshine Band was one of the most progressive bands and is credited with changing the sound of modern pop music!

With the RSO in 2012, hear the pioneers of an original style that continue to delight fans old and new.

KC & The Sunshine Band

Singer / Songwriter / Performer

About this Artist

KC & The Sunshine Band are still as widely popular today as they were when they first danced into the music scene. Harry Wayne Casey -- KC for short -- developed a unique fusion of R&B and funk, with a hint of a Latin percussion groove, giving us an impressive string of hits. With sales of over 100 million records, nine Grammy nominations, three Grammy Awards and an American Music Award, KC and The Sunshine Band was one of the most progressive bands and is credited with changing the sound of modern pop music!

The Sunshine Band originated when KC began writing songs with bassist Richard Finch. Their first record, Blow Your Whistle, made the top 15 on the R&B chart. Their second album, KC & The Sunschine Band, was released in 1975, went triple platinum and contained the #1 hits Get Down Tonight, That's The Way I Liked, Boogie Shoes and Rock You Baby. KC & The Sunshine Band became the first act to score four #1 pop singles in one 12- month period and three of those singles crossed over to become #1 R&B, as well.

KC's third album, Part 3, also went triple platinum and contained three the #1 singles Your Boogie Man, Shake Your Booty and Keep It Comin' Love. The band's string of hit singles continued with Boogie Shoes, which was included on the Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack, Please Don't Go, and Yes, I'm Ready. KC climbed the charts with Give it Up, which also hit #1 in the UK.

KC won a songwriting Grammy for best R&B song for Where Is The Love, which was recorded by Betty Wright. He also received Grammy Awards for Album of the Year, as well as Producer of the Year for his work on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. KC won the American Music Award for Best R&B Artist and was honored with the NARAS Governor's Award, the highest honor given by a chapter of the Academy. KC received the coveted Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, where Dick Clark and music producer Michael Lloyd turned out to honor him. This particular honor represents the passion that KC has in writing music, implementing elements of various eras with his songs being a powerful signature from a passionate veteran craftsman.

You can count on hearing his music on the radio, at a nightclub, at the movies, in a sports arena or at one of the 100-plus concerts KC and the Sunshine Band pyear. It is always fun and truly makes all who hear it happy enough to dance!

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KC & The Sunshine Band and the RSO

Roanoke Symphony Orchestra

David Stewart Wiley, Conductor

Box Office Information

KC & The Sunshine Band
and the RSO